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Nuclear Power Is the Future
Nuclear power alone is positioned to help meet the world's burgeoning energy demand and supply electricity to power-starved areas of the world.
Read a related essay in the Autumn 2006 issue, "Nuclear Is Not the Way" by Brice Smith and Arjun Makhijani.
In the early morning hours of March 28, 1979, a pump that provided cooling water to Unit No. 2 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station suddenly broke down. The 880-megawatt reactor, located on an island in the Susquehanna River 10 miles from the Pennsylvania capital of Harrisburg, was operating at close to fullcapacity.
When the cooling pump failed, the turbine and the reactor automatically shut off, as they had been programmed to do. But an entire nuclear power plant doesn't halt operations as easily as one flips a switch. The other parts of the plant that are goingfull-bore have to ramp down, too, in a carefully managed process. The safe shutdown of a nuclear plant relies partly onautomation—an elaborate, sophisticated series of computers, pumps, valves, and mechanical checks andbalances—and partly on humanoversight.
As the turbine and reactor at Unit No. 2 turned off, the pressure in the nuclear portion of the plant began to build excessively. In such situations, a valve should pop open, releasing coolant and thereby relieving the pressure. In this case, the valve did. But it failed to close when the pressure decreased. It wasstuck.
Worse, according to the federal government's subsequent investigation, "signals available to the operator failed to show that the valve was still open." As a result, "cooling water poured out of thestuck-open valve." As coolant continued to escape, unbeknownst to the engineers in the control room, the reactor began to overheat. It was melting down, and, terrifyingly, Three Mile Island's overseers didn't knowit.
After that accident 27 years ago, a consensus quickly emerged that nuclear energy was too inherently dangerous for the United States to pursue a future powered by splitting the atom. More than 60 nuclear reactor units at various stages in the permitting and construction pipeline were canceled in the aftermath of Three Mile Island. So complete was this rout that not a single new nuclear power plant has been ordered since. The disaster at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union seven years later seemed merely to confirm that nuclear power wasdead.
The obituaries written for U.S. nuclear power in the wake of Three Mile Island were, however, premature. True, the industry suffered greatly, but it did not die entirely. In fact, under the radar, nuclear energy production has actually expanded. In 2005, the 103 U.S. commercial nuclear reactors operating in 31 states generated 782 billionkilowatt-hours (kWh), three times more power than in1979.
Not every nuclear plant in the pipeline was cancelled after Three Mile Island. In fact, there are 50 percent more commercial nuclear reactors in operation today. More important, massive gains in operating efficiency have helped boost nuclear plants' output. At the time of the accident, nuclear facilities ran at about 60 percent of their capacity; they were offline for several months a year for refueling and maintenance. Today this work is done in weeks, not months, and plants can run at nearly 90 percent of capacity. From 1990 to 2002, these gains helped add the equivalent of 26 new,standard-sized 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plants to the U.S. power supplysystem.
While the United States has been suffering its crisis of confidence about nuclear energy, much of the rest of world has shrugged off such anxieties. Today, more than 300 nuclear reactors produce electricity in nearly 30 other countries. The vast majority have come online since Three Mile Island. More than 130 new plants are under constructionworldwide.
Now, the United States seems poised to catch up. Today, we routinely hear about a "renaissance" or "revival" of nuclear energy. The recognition that nuclear power is vital to global energy security in the 21st century has been growing for some time. Public opinion on the relative dangers and benefits of atomic energy is shifting, particularly in the United States. Opinion polls routinely show that a majority of Americans support nuclear energy. That support translated into favorable provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which specialists claim will facilitate the construction of new nuclear plants in the United States. Within the next 10 years, we are told, we should see the first new nuclear power plant in decades get licensed and built.
But such a renaissance is not a sure thing. Legitimate questions remain about safety, about the licensing process for new reactors, and, most important, about how to handle and where to store spent nuclear fuel. Failure to answer these questions adequately could imperil the nuclear revival so many have proclaimed isnigh.
The beauty of nuclear fission is its ability to derive so much from so little. The energy density of nuclear fuel far exceeds that of any other energy source. As my Manhattan Institute colleague Peter Huber has noted, "A bundle ofenriched-uraniumfuelrods that could fit into atwo-bedroom apartment in Hell's Kitchen would power [New York City] for a year: furnaces, espresso machines, subways, streetlights, stock tickers, Times Square,everything—even our cars and taxis, if we could conveniently plug them into the grid."
Pound for pound, coal stores twice as much energy as wood. Oil packs the same amount of energy that coal does into half the weight and space. But a gram of uranium 235 contains as much energy as four tons of coal. This is why splitting the atom was key to inventing the new type of bomb that could win World War II. And it is why President Dwight D. Eisenhower, an early proponent of commercial nuclear power, could argue that atomic energy might transform medicine, agriculture, and, in particular, electricity generation. It succeeded on allcounts.
At times, enthusiasm for nuclear power's potential bordered on the hyperbolic. In 1954, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission famously predicted in a speech to science writers, "Our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter." Though to this day there remains speculation about whether he was referring to nuclear fission or perhaps to something farther off in the future, such as fusion power, the"too-cheap-to-meter" promise has been attached to commercial nuclear power generation ever since. It is cited frequently by antinuclear activists as evidence that the technology's proponents have their heads in theclouds.
Just as there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as "too cheap to meter"—though in some respects nuclear energy isn't all that far off the mark. The generation of electricity from nuclear power entails significant costs. By and large, however, these are capital investments having to do with construction and transmission. Because a plant requires so little uranium to generate so much power, once a nuclear plant isbuilt—and the expected life span of a conventional reactor is 40 to 60 years, perhapslonger—the price of fuel is close to irrelevant in figuring the cost of electricity. The nuclear industry boasts of providing some of the cheapest electricity on the grid, at an average production cost (after a plant is built) of less than 1.8 cents per kWh. These costs are close to 40 percent lower than they were just two decadesago.
On its merely pecuniary merits, then, nuclear power looks pretty good compared to the alternatives. Electricity generated from natural gas can cost anywhere from three cents per kWh to more than six cents, depending on the market price for gas. Electricity from renewable energies such as wind, solar, or biomass can cost anywhere from two to six times as much as electricity from nuclear power. Only coal can provide electricity at prices to rival those of nuclear energy, but coal has evident environmental drawbacks tied to pollution and climatechange.
Given the economics, it is little wonder that nuclear power has gained a strong foothold in America's energy economy. Coal accounts for half of all electricity generated in the United States. Nuclear power's share is aboutone-fifth, roughly as much electricity as is generated by natural gas. (Worldwide, nuclear power provides 16 percent of all electricity.) Hydropower accounts for about six percent. Fashionable but uneconomic renewable energies such as wind and solar power generate less than half of one percent of America'selectricity.
Total world energy demand is expected to double by 2050. Over the next two decades, global appetites for electricity are expected to increase 75 percent over current levels. Electricity demand is predicted to skyrocket in the United States as well, continuing a recent trend that has gone largely unnoticed by many pundits and energy industry observers. Though the news media constantly broadcast our angst about reliance on petroleum, particularly oil from the Middle East, the most significant energy development in recent times has been the increasing electrification of America's amazing economic engine. More than 85 percent of the growth in U.S. energy demand in the last quarter-century has been met not by oil but by electricity, most notably in the information technology and telecommunications industries. Today, nearly three of every five dollars of U.S. gross domestic product come from industries and services that run on electricity. In 1950, just one in five dollars of GDP was dependent on electrical power.
This shift from oil to electricity points to the gradual fulfillment of President George W. Bush's goal, expressed in the 2006 State of the Union address, that our nation "move beyond apetroleum-based economy." Oil will remain critical to the energy economy for as long as anyone can foresee, since the transportation sector depends on it. But as America's economic growth in the Internet age continues, sparked by electrons dancing along wires andfiber-optic cables, it will require ever more massive amounts of electricity. Nuclear power seems a promising solution to this need.
The questions about nuclear power, however, are not merely economic. If they were, there would be little controversy about whether to split atoms. Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during the Cold War, and particularly in the wake of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, legitimate inquiries into the safety, security, and environmental effects of nuclear energy have dominated thedebate.
With regard to the incidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, these objections don't quite seem fair. Opponents of nuclear energy seized on these episodes to argue that nuclear power is inherently unsafe, and they found a receptive audience in the United States and Europe. But a closer examination of the two events tells a differentstory.
God willing, Three Mile Island will be remembered as the worst nuclear accident in American history. But nobody died. Nobody was even injured. Despite thescary-sounding partial core meltdown that occurred, the nearby community was never really endangered. The massive concrete containment structures that are standard on almost all nuclear reactors did their job and ensured that no radiationleaked.
Chernobyl was different. The 1986 accident spiraled out of control partly because of human error by theSoviet-trained engineers, but more because of the nuclear plant's tragically flawed design.Many reactors built in the Soviet era, as Chernobyl was, did not feature the containment buildings found at virtually every other facility around the world. A toxic plume of radioactive fallout drifted across the Soviet Union, the rest of Europe and Asia, and even as far as North America. Hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine and Belarus were forced to relocate permanently. Several dozen people perished in the first few months after the accident. A recent United Nations report suggested that as many as 4,000 people will die fromradiation-induced cancers tied to the disaster. Had Chernobyl been built with the containment structures standard in nuclear reactors the world over, that tragedy could have beenavoided.
Still, the critics of nuclear power are right: Nuclear power is dangerous. Dealing with radioactive materials entails very real peril. Concerns about the proliferation of materials, technology, and nuclearknow-how are by no means unfounded. And for all of the nuclear industry's protestations about its safety record amassed almost 3,000 years of collective reactor operating experience, that record will mean nothing if even one catastrophe occurs. As one industry trade group executive recently acknowledged, "With nuclear energy, an accident anywhere is an accident everywhere."
In truth, every energy source has drawbacks, many related to safety. A large pile of coal, left alone, eventually will smolder and combust. Petroleum is highly flammable. Windmills kill birds and, arguably, disrupt the Navy's sonar. Hydroelectric dams kill fish, divert rivers, and threaten ecosystems with soil erosion. The question isn't whether the dangers associated with nuclear energy outweigh those from coal or petroleum or the Grand Coulee Dam. Of course they do. The question is whether the enormous benefits derived from nuclearpower—which pound for pound outweigh those of any other fuel or energytechnology—are worth accepting itsrisks.
Critics also cite concerns about the spread of dangerous nuclear waste that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. But the latest technology research is geared toward developing systems that resist proliferation. China and Russia are expected to join the United States, France, Canada, Japan, Britain, and other nations later this year in the Generation IV effort, an international consortium explicitly devoted to fostering technologies that limit proliferationrisks.
Meanwhile, South Africa and China are pioneering the development of smaller, "pebble-bed" reactors that operate differently from reactors typically found in the United States.Pebble-bed reactors useuranium-specked graphite balls, rather than rods, for fuel. Conventional fuel rod assemblies must be removed before they are completely used up, butpebble-bed fuel balls burn until they are depleted, lessening the chance for trafficking in dangerous nuclearwaste.
In addition, the Bush administration has proposed a new method for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel. Reprocessing traditionally has entailed recycling the remaining uranium from spent fuel rods after removal from a reactor and using it as additional fuel. But the procedure used to separate the uranium for reuse also produces small amounts ofweapons-grade plutonium. For that reason, President Jimmy Carter banned the reuse of spent fuel in the United States as a proliferation risk. Today, spent nuclear fuel is stored on-site at nuclear plants, awaiting final disposal upon the completion of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in the Nevadadesert.
The Bush proposal, however, seeks to develop a promising new technology for recycling spent fuel in a manner that renders the material suitable for use as nuclear fuel but not for use in nuclear weapons, thereby eliminating the risk. If successful, this technology could not only help make nuclear energy safer, but could also extend its benefits to the far reaches of theglobe.
The equation skews more decidedly in favor of nuclear power with the introduction of the environment as a factor. Electricity generated by nuclear power plants gives off no emissions: no sulfur, no mercury, and, most important, none of the greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), thought to contribute to climatechange.
Roughly 700 million metric tons of CO2 emissions are avoided each year in the United States by generating electricity from nuclear power rather than some other source. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, that is nearly equivalent to the CO2 released from all U.S. passengercars.
The argument that nuclear power should be a critical component in a strategy to deal with concerns about climate change is quite new. Certainly, it was not anything that occurred to Eisenhower when he crafted his Atoms for Peace message for a postwar era. Nor was it much on the radar screen in the 1970s when concerns about global cooling were in vogue. And even those who have raised the specter of global warming most alarmingly by and large haven't embraced the potential of nuclear energy. Former vice president Al Gore, who has stated that global warming ultimately is a greater threat than terrorism, pointedly refuses to endorse expanded use of nuclearpower.
Yet some longtime opponents are overcoming their fear of atomic energy. Patrick Moore, one of the founders of Greenpeace, recently declared his support for nuclear energy as "the onlylarge-scale,cost-effective energy source that can reduce [greenhouse-gas] emissions while continuing to satisfy a growing demand for power." British prime minister Tony Blair, an enduring critic of nuclear power, this spring signaled his government's support for expanding nuclearenergy production.
Today, it is the global climate change argument that clinches the case in favor of nuclear power. If, as Gore asserts, combating climate change is our highest priority, and if the future of civilization itself is at stake, then nuclear power must play a significant and expanded role not just in America's energy mix but in the world's.
For all of nuclear energy's apparent advantages (even when weighed against its risks), its renaissance faces several challenges. The chief question is what to do with the waste. Political squabbling has pushed back the opening of Yucca Mountain, the disposal facility the Department of Energy began contemplating in 1978, to 2017 at the earliest, and even that date is in doubt. The country's reactors have accumulated 55,000 metric tons of nuclear waste in temporary storage, and many are running out of space. Failure to open Yucca Mountain or otherwise solve the waste question could force some reactors to shut down and discourage investors from supporting new nuclearplants.
Meanwhile, the nuclear licensing process must be improved. Last year's energy bill streamlined procedures somewhat, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must get serious about processing license applications in a timely manner. Delays caused by red tape and bureaucraticfoot-dragging could send private investmentelsewhere.
The 21st century will be marked by a near-insatiable thirst for energy around the world, particularly in the large and growing economies of the United States, China, and India, and among thelarge-scale consumers of industrial Europe. At the same time, the developing world will greatly benefit if granted access to cheap, reliable sources of energy. According to the United Nations, 2.4 billion people lack access to modern energy service for cooking and heating. Roughly 1.6billion—about a quarter of the world's population, including most ofsub-SaharanAfrica—have no access to electricity atall.
Nuclear power alone is positioned to help meet the world's burgeoning energy demand and supply electricity to thepower-starved areas of the world in a manner that safeguards the environment. It alone can raise standards of living on every continent while emitting no pollutants or greenhouse gases. It is the best candidate among many to help raise more than a billion people out of darkness and grinding poverty, and to do so in a way that does no harm, but onlygood.
Brice Smith and Arjun Makhijanirespond:
In his article, "Nuclear Power Is the Future," Max Schulz claims that there would "be little controversy over splitting the atom" if cost were the only consideration. But he failed to add up all the costs. His figure of 1.8 cents per kWh ignores the most important cost element: capital cost. By the same argument, wind power would cost only half a cent per kilowatt hour. When capital cost is included, the total cost of electricity from new nuclear plants is between 6 and 7 cents per kWh. This was the conclusion of studies published by MIT in 2003 and by the University of Chicago in 2004, both of which advocate nuclear power. In fact the authors of the MIT report concluded that nuclear power would not likely be a sound choice for a merchant plant because it would be "just too expensive." That's the main reason the nuclear industry hasn't ordered a plant in over a quarter of acentury—they've been waiting for the kind of government subsidies enacted by Congress in2005.
Schulz's claim that electricity from renewable energy can cost from two to six times as much as nuclear power is also incorrect. Estimates from 2005 from both the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Energy Information Administration put the cost of electricity from wind power at favorable sites at between 4 to 6 cents per kWh. This already makes wind power cheaper than new nuclear power, and projections are that the cost of wind will continue to fall. In addition, as we noted in our original article, the cost of new advancedthin-film solar panels is expected to fall to a level that would make them economically competitive with new nuclearplants.
Schulz deals with reactor safety by saying: "God willing, Three Mile Island will be remembered as the worst accident in American history."Faith-based analysis is a dangerous way to address the problem of earthly risk and engineering realities. For instance, a U.S. government analysis, carried out by Sandia National Laboratory and entitled Calculation of Reactor Accident Consequences for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants, concluded that aworst-case accident could kill tens of thousands of people and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. It is this potential for accidents at nuclear plants to cause massive casualties and for the effects of radioactive contamination to impact future generations that set nuclear accident risks apart. While it is true that the probability of such aworst-case accident occurring is very small, the exact risk is not well known. As we noted in our article, risk assessments have numerous methodological weakness that contribute significantly to the uncertainty of their results. One sure thing is that a major expansion of nuclear plants around the world would increase those risks. From our calculations using historical data, the construction of 2,500 nuclear plants, even if they were 10 times safer than existing plants, would make it likely that there would be two Three Mile Island scale accidents in the next 40 to 50 years. The inclusion of terrorist threats to this analysis would only heighten the potentialrisk.
Schulz never once addresses the issue of the proliferation risk of uranium enrichment. This is a surprising omission given the current crisis over Iran's attempted acquisition of uranium enrichment capacity and the fact that the most recent crisis with North Korea flared up over a U.S. conclusion that they had begun a secret uranium enrichment program in violation of theNon-Proliferation Treaty. Alllight-water reactors require enriched uranium as fuel. In addition, the Pebble Bed reactor, touted as more proliferation resistant by Schulz, will require uranium fuel enriched to an even higher degree than that required forlight-water reactors, making it more proliferation prone in that respect, since it would take even less work to turn Pebble Bed reactor fuel intoweapon-grade material. Overall, in order to fuel 2,500 reactors, there would have to be a nearly six fold increase in global enrichment capacity. This would be equivalent to over 300 enrichment plants the size of the proposed Iranian facility at Natanz. The expansion of the world's uranium enrichment capacity on such a scale would pose very significant securityrisks.
Schulz mentions reprocessing in a hopeful tone; he never refers to North Korea, which used a small commercial reprocessing plant to become a nuclear weapon state. It had already credibly claimed to be one at the time he wrote his article. Perhaps the North Korean nuclear test will cause him tore-evaluate his position, since that dictatorship showed the great powers as helpless Gullivers, tied down by the threads of the atom theyunleashed.
Finally, nuclearwaste—Schulz characterizes the delays in the Yucca Mountain repository as resulting from "[p]olitical squabbling." He ignores the very real deficiencies of the site: seismic and volcanic activity in the region and an oxidizing geochemical environment creates the risk that the waste packages will corroderapidly—in hundreds of years or perhapsthousands—leaving the waste seeping through the porous rock into the groundwater. With all the scientific, political, and legal hurdles facing Yucca Mountain, Ernest Moniz and John Deutch, the twoco-chairs of the MIT study and both former undersecretaries in the Department of Energy, concluded in January 2006 that "it is unclear whether Yucca Mountain will ever receive a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission."
It has been more than 50 years since the birth of the nuclear power industry, which still needs a massive presence of government in the marketplace. Nuclear power had its chance, and created an expensive mess that will endure for many generations. It is time to move on fromfaith-based solutions to energy and global warming problems to more rapid, robust, and sustainable options: Efficiency, conservation, renewable resources, and some types of transition technologies are capable of completely meeting our future energy needs. The alternatives are available if we have the will to make them areality.
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Max Schulz is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
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The Best Power Source
The simple infrastructure investment of installing solar panels on every rooftop in the US sunbelt would dramatically increase our energy independence, improve the environment, create US jobs, and allow us to pursue sane foreign policies. Done well people could even drive electric cars charged by the solar panels of their homes and offices, drastically reducing the use of fossil fuels. Nuclear power, by contrast, is a boondoggle of risk, radioactive waste management, and terrorism targets. In developing nations in particular the inability to run complex systems competently over a long period of time would result in environmental disasters and allow materials for dirty bombs to proliferate.
Posted by: Brian Orazetti | 10/10/06
The Real World of Nuclear
One of the difficulties when discussing our electric energy future is that most of our citizens have little understanding of our electirc energy present. It is difficult to make large amounts of electricity - whether by fossil, nuclear or soar power. [One good reason why conservation and better efficiency should be at the top of any energy plan.] The real world of nuclear energy, in particular, is little understood. I've worked in it over 20 years and have never seen a good profile of the people, the politics and the technology. So I wrote one, in the form of a thriller novel, available at no cost to readers (who seem to like it, judging from their homepage comments) at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com "I'd like to see Rad Decision widely read." - Stewart Brand, internet pioneer, founder of "The Whole Earth Catalog" and author of "Environmental Heresies" in the MIT Technology Review. RadDecision.blogspot.com
Posted by: James Aach | 10/13/06
Schulz commits a common error
when he says, with respect to reprocessing of American power reactor fuel, "... the procedure used to separate the uranium for reuse also produces small amounts of weapons-grade plutonium". There's plenty of plutonium in that spent fuel, but it's not weapons-grade; it does not have the necessary high degree of purity in the 239 isotope. Due to the long residence time needed to get nearly the maximum energy yield per pound of fuel, or as nuclear people say, due to the high burnup, much of the plutonium-239 that was produced in it was burned up, yielding some of the energy, before the fuel left the reactor. Much of the rest was converted to the 240, 241, and 242 isotopes.
Despite these heavier isotopes' high concentration, it is, in theory, potentially weapons-usable, but testing the theory has, to every known nuclear weapons proliferator, seemed like a long way around compared to just using a low-burnup low-temperature reactor, or going the reactor-independent Hiroshima route.
Posted by: G. R. L. Cowan, boron combustion fan | 10/14/06
Competition among energy sources
One factor that almost always is ignored in essays about the controversy surrounding nuclear power is the fact that the market to supply the world's energy demands is extremely competitive and lucrative. Market and technological histories of the industry have legendary stories about the battles between coal and oil, between electricity and "town gas" and between sail and coal fired steam. Nuclear power's introduction changed the market forever - uranium is so concentrated and so clean that the other fuel sources simply could not compete, even against second generation plants. As new ideas and designs began to appear, the fossil fuel industry was threatened with its very survival. The US Energy Information Agency predicted (in the early 1970s) that fully 80% of the electricity in the US would be nuclear by 2000 and the US Congress passed a law requiring all major naval vessels to be nuclear powered. There was even a nuclear airplane project that showed some promise. In that environment - what do you think that the always competitive fossil fuel industry did? In my opinion, supported by a few key pieces of documentation - many individual members of fossil fuel interest groups decided that they needed to do everything in their power to make people afraid of the new energy source. I am not alleging any organized effort, what I am suggesting is that lots of people saw that fighting nuclear power was in their best interest. Groups that fought nuclear power found that their donations increased and never really questioned the source. If you do not think that this is a logical thing, think about the behavior of storekeepers in the face of Wal-Mart, about the steel industry with regard to plastic automobile parts, the aluminum industry with regard to steel cans, etc. Wind and solar pose no threat to Big Fossil. They produce a tiny amount of expensive, feel good power and require a tremendous fossil infrastructure for back up.
Posted by: Rod Adams | 10/16/06
Recommended Corrections
A few minor corrections to Mr. Schulz's article (I worked at Three Mile Island for nearly 8 years). First, I do not believe it was a pump, but rather a valve in the 'Powdex' condensate polishing system that initially caused the plant trip. This valve went to the bypass position and operators working locally at the valve (which unfortunately included the Shift Manager) were not able to return it to normal. This starved the secondary plant of water which led to a pressure increase of the primary plant, opening the PORV and so on. Second, there were only operators in the Unit-II control room at the time of the accident. Following the subsequent investigation, new regulations expressed in, among others, NUREG 0737 require an Engineer be stationed in the control room during reactor operation. Lack if an independent Engineer was a contributing cause of the accident in the first place (at least according to the NRC).
Posted by: Ed | 10/27/06
Nuclear or Coal
There's a huge fallacy in almost every article opposing nuclear energy: almost all of them promote "efficiency, conservation, renewable resources, and some types of transition technologies" as alternatives. Those are great alternatives, if only they were real alternatives. The reality, however, is that we use a lot of energy, and none of those alternatives is going to fill in the gap. Right now nuclear energy provides about 19% of U.S. electric production, but it could be expanded to 90%. Yes, nuclear plants are expensive, but so are windmills and solar panels. And guess what -- falling prices with constantly improving technology is not just the providence of renewables. Then there are the renewables. They provide 10% of electric energy, which is great, but don't get too excited -- 6% of that is hydroelectric. Dams are almost as difficult to push through as nuclear power plants and they aren't exactly environmentally friendly. Oh, they can also break, causing disasters on the magnitude of, say, Chernobyl or greater. So all of your touted energy producing solutions are producing about 3% of our nation's energy. Where does the rest come from? The answer is fossil fuels. Within that category, we have natural gas, oil and coal. Now natural gas is pretty clean, although it produces almost as much tonnage of greenhouse gasses as coal, but it is stuck at 19% because it's competing with all of the other uses for natural gas, like heating homes. Oil is about 3%, and is ever in decline because of its usefulness in car engines and high price. So where does that leave us? That leaves us with coal. As most people are aware, coal is disgusting -- it's the reason that London had its famous fog. Now granted, there have been plenty of advances since then, but coal is still the dirtiest of all major energy sources. The problem is, it's cheap, prevalent and easy to license. The result is that 50% of our electricity is produced using coal. And unlike all of those other technologies that are out there, coal has room to grow--a lot. So next time you are talking about how bad nuclear energy is, remember to mention the real alternative: coal.
Posted by: Phil Bastian | 11/16/06
Nuclear Power is a Clean & Viable Option for Green Manufacturing
I think that politicians and the American public are finally waking up to the cleanliness and safety of nuclear power. There was an episode of 60 minutes that had this new nuclear technology that basically made a reactor almost un-meltdown-able. It distributed the nuclear elements from the rods into small balls that spread out the heat thus making a cooler reaction and safer! Now is the most crucial time to begin making our manufacturing methods more green!
Posted by: green manufacturing Purdue | 2/9/11


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Trane evap coil leaks
I had a Trane XL16i 5-ton heat pump and 4TEE3F65 air handler installed in Nov 2004. Since then I have had the evap coil replaced 4 times - once each year since the install. The coils keep developing pin holes leading to leaks. The tech that was out told me that a Trane rep told him that I should have an indoor air quality check done as the air in my home is likely causing the problem. I disagree with this as the Carrier system that was in place for 8.5 years prior still had the original evap coil and no leaks. The old Carrier used R22 freon and the new Trane uses 410A.
Has anyone seen such issues with Trane evap coils? I understand that Trane has an all aluminum evap coil. Would this help?
I am thankful I have a 10-yr P&L contract but the higher electric bills and inconvenience of being in the "coil of the year" club are wearing thin. Any input is appreciated. Thanks!
Sounds like there might be something else going on. One of the reasons I install all aluminum coils is because of their reliability. I'd get a 2nd opinion.
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have you seen the leaky coils when they are taken out?
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yea they got problems.
Just try to get them to say it
just changed the second coil in a 3 year old 410 system
the all aluminum coil is the replacement coil of recordIt`s better to be silent and thought the fool; than speak and remove all doubt.
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I'd get a second opinion from another company. Make sure there isn't a leak somewhere else. I've never heard of that many replacements in that short of time. Are they doing a leak search with an electronic leak detector in the coil?
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Thanks for all of the input. To answer all of your questions:
Yes - I have seen the leaky coil when it was taken out
Yes - they did perform a thorough electronic leak detector test each time. I watched the last 2 times. The leak is always on the evap coil.
I also found out one of my neighbors has a newer Trane system with the 410 system and is on her second coil in 3 years.
I am not sure why I should get a second opinion as I have not paid a $ for any of these replacement coils as the parts and labor were covered under a 10-yr contract. I would think they would want to get it right so they are not spending so much time on a job they are not making money on but I may be wrong.
Poking around on the internet it seems there is an issue with the 410 refrigerent and copper coils. I am going to insist they install an aluminum coil if this happens again.
Thanks again!


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This student-organized week of events raises funds to provide summer grants to current students so they may work at public interest organizations.
The 22nd Annual Public Interest Law Week
September 18-22, 2012
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This annual event includes a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament, in addition to several tables of black jack, roulette and craps, plus the Live and Silent Auctions. Playing chips, appetizers, drinks and prizes are included in the ticket price. Click here for more information or to purchase tickets online.
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Just after sending the above comment, my local newspaper, Dec 23, I find, has a front page story on EPA moving to control drugs in drinking water. Again I point to what pyrolysis of the massive never-ending messes of organic wastes and sewage can do to stop drugs from getting out of dumps to pollute . If we do not get action going to control those messes, they may soon overwhelm us with ever-growing water pollution problems causing irrigated food crops to be recalled more and more often as well as many other problems. For more, see my comments on Dodd's posting today about EPA on NRDC's Switchboard blog. Dr. J. Singmaster
Mr. Lash and WRI: The Nopenhagen conf. closed with No awareness of where to take action. No action was taken to call for getting stopped the releasing of fresh energy that is trapped in nuclear and fossil fuels as the energy overload crisis is not recognized with fresh energy having to add to the overload. By the way recent reports including one in Sci. Apr. 17 p 323, this year indicates a report that 75% of Arctic warming is due to soot. something not discussed at Nopenhagen, and points to the need to shift real concern for GW action to getting soot removal.
No action for turning the ever-expanding huge messes of organic wastes and sewage solids, an unrecognized biomass supply system, into a resource for a sustainability was called for. Those messes can be pyrolyzed to stop them from biodegrading naturally to reemit GHGs getting instead inert charcoal, useful as a non-GHG-emitting soil amendment, from about 50% of the biocarbon. The other 50% gets expelled from the pyrolysis chamber as a gaseous mix of water and various simple volatile organic chemicals something like an oil well blowout mix. The gas can be passed through a turbocharger to get some electricity, and the cooled collected mix can be refined to get a renewable fuel to fire the pyrolysis. Pyrolysis of those ignored biomass messes would also destroy germs, drugs and most toxics(Some probably will have to refined out of the expelled mix) and that would greatly reduce costs for new dumps not have those hazards in taken in wastes.
Too Bad That Nopenhagen did not cover anything but useless emission controlling actions that will run into the barrier of expanding demand for energy arising from an expanding population on earth.
Dr. J. Singmaster, Environmental Toxicologist, Ret., Fremont, CA


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I am back in Munich for the summer and I am falling in love with my old home city again: the people, the architecture, the green parks and the river where I went running for the first time in 14 months again this morning, and the crisp and clear sky with its beautiful little wooly clouds are simply beautiful.
However they say the soul travels slower than airplanes fly and so mine is still on its way back from Bangkok, my last stop in Asia. Not only do I like discovering new food places wherever I am but I also love photography and contemporary art. Bangkok is more about graphic design than art in the classical European sense, but the newish Bangkok Art & Culture Center next to the MBK mall is well worth a visit. The modern and spacious building is a space where Thais just come to have a coffee and many school kids come to do their homework. I spent most of my last day there, walking around, looking, discovering. Three of the nine (!) levels were full of little arty shops and photography exhibitions, one level housed a film festival, one the finalists and winners of a drawing and printing contest, yet another some great installations and finally at the top all art forms (including Facebook!) were integrated in a captivating project called Politic Me.
I was only in the city for two nights but made the time to check out some new (to me) little cafés and veggie restaurants. Bangkok does not have nearly as many organic or vegan-vegetarian eateries and markets as Chiang Mai but more and more are popping up. Thailand is well-known for its medical tourism and the capital has several malls built around wellness and medical care such as the Mediplex or Q-House's Life Center with fitness studios, spas, cosmetic surgery, dentists, and… healthy food. The ambience is somewhat sterile but they are centrally located, easy to find and the food there is delicious!
Here are my tips on where to eat fair, green and well in Bangkok:
Khao San Road area:
May Kaidee - an institution under travelers, May Kaidee offers delicious vegan Thai food, cheap and comforting – an all-time favourite! Has three locations in Bangkok and a cooking school. Might be the only place with healthy food AND a fun and busy vibe in Bangkok.
Sukhumvit Road:
Khun Churn – vegetarian restaurant on the GF of the Mediplex mall, connected to the BTS station Ekkamai (corner Sukhumvit Soi 42). Large choice of Thai and macrobiotic dishes, a little expensive by Thai standards but great quality.
Open daily from 10am to 8:30pm
Sustaina – I didn't eat there but visited the busy organic shop and looked at their menu. Sustaina is a well reviewed organic restaurant just off Sukhumvit Soi 39 (walk into the first little lane on the left in Soi 39, around the corner and it is on your right), serve meat and fish too but all from sustainable sources. Great choice for healthy veggies!
BTS station Phrom Phong
Restaurant open daily: 10:30am-2pm, 5-8:30pm, shop open from 10:30am to 8:30pm
Rasayana – Bangkok's first and best raw food café, delicious desserts and a long menu full of all the gourmet raw classics such as soups, smoothies, salads and their specials: sun burger, fettuccini in red sauce, Thai pasta, nut loaf and savory stuffed tomatoes. Check out their whole menu.
Location: 57 Soi Sukhumvit 39 (Soi Prom-mitr) Sukhumvit Rd, a short walk from BTS station Phrom Phong (they also have a Pattaya location).
Open daily from 10am until 8pm
Govinda Italian Restaurant – Govinda is just off Sukhumvit Soi 22, well signposted, fully vegetarian and organic, offers whole wheat pizzas, vegan options for everything if you ask, lovely big salads and has a mean dessert menu. You can sit inside or out, it is well worth a visit!
Opening times: Wed-Sun 11:30am-3pm, 6-11:15pm; Mon 11:30am-3pm, 6-11:15pm
Location: BTS station Phrom Phong
Ariya - Ariya Organic Café is on the street level of the Life Center, another health/medical mall in the Q-House Lumphini, just next to MRT (not BTS!) station Lumphini. Sparkling new, still a bit quiet but offers fresh and crunchy raw food, organic juices and smoothies and a mouth-watering banana cake!
Here are three more that were on my list but I didn't visit personally, please let me know how they are in the comments field or on foodcircle's Facebook page if you did.
Home Sweet Home Organic Garden – it is Narathiwat Rd. Soi 8 – recommended by a very dear friend
Seven Spoons - http://www.kohspot.com/bangkok/eats/seven-spoons-organic-bangkok-dining/
Anotai – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anotai/40116588503?sk=info
Don't miss the Bangkok Art and Culture Center:
Location: corner of Rama I and Phayathai Roads, right across from MBK.
Mass transit: Connected to BTS National Stadium
Hours: 10 am-9 pm Tuesday to Sunday
Web: www.bacc.or.th (mostly Thai but just go and discover, there is always a lot going on)
Medical Care:
Hoping you will never need it, but just in case:
BNH Hospital is top notch, very cheap compared to Europe, has very kind staff and great standards. I had dental work done there and a nasty bout of parasites treated – I highly recommend them for any care you need. They speak perfect English and you can make appointments online. They are also very easy to get to by sky train (BTS Sala Daeng)


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Notice how they try to slyly and falsely tie Nugent to this insanity.
Notice how they try to slyly and falsely tie Nugent to this insanity.
Guess TT forgets the bands/entertainers who blamed Bush for 9-11. this is just more of the same derangement.
Would of fallen on deaf ears in Singapore.
That is why I prefer Metallica
He is a total lunatic, and been that for a good while. He and Alex Jones are butt buddies.
He is an idiot but he plays good. Gulden rule with musicians is to never listen to their political opinions.
Ding ding ding, we have a winner.never listen to their political opinions
Back in the day I preferred Metaillica, pre black album. Mustaine closed the gap in later years.
I was just hoping that Dave Mustaine's appearance on Alex Jones was just merely promo for his Endgame album; you know, just playing off the whole conspiracy theme to the album. It's the same logic that most metal musicians aren't really satanists even if their music and image can be satanic.
Nope. Dave wasn't playing. He's an Alex Jones drone. I'll go warn Dave to get off Facebook because it's a CIA front and see if he buys it.
I started to dislike megadeth after United Abominations, an album that can easily be put on the same shelf as Lulu.
Mustaine may know how to sing and handle a guitar, but a drunk quarrelsome junkie he should shut his trap
I love how when a crazy right-winger starts spouting off **** it's obviously a conspiracy and he is crazy and lets laugh. When a left-winger starts spouting off ****, no one really does much and some even consider it... Even when said **** spouted is claiming that the most horrific act to happen to the United States since Pearl Harbor was done by our own government.
My point, both are bat **** insane and I just wish it would be recognized as such.
If you don't think Bleeding Me, The Outlaw Torn, Where The Wild Things Are, Fixxxer are all some of the best Metallica songs, please go stab yourself.
One of my favorite musician. Extremely intelligent and well informed.
But this is sad. Maybe age has started to catch up with him.
PS: Post Black album Metallica can suck a big one.


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WASHINGTON–Spending on residential construction declined again in February, following a months-long trend, and reinforcing a widely held view that the economy is heading toward recession.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported this morning that total expenditures for the construction of homes during the month fell 0.9 percent to $463.8 billion. When compared with the same month last year, the decline was nearly 18.6 percent. All figures are seasonally adjusted at an annual rate.
Although some government-sponsored building expenditures increased, more than 98 percent of residential construction today derives from the private sector.


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Dr. Robert Spitzer was the psychiatrist who led the fight in the early 70s to get homosexuality removed Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association, but in 2001 he published a study in which he said that highly motivated patients can, through therapy, convert from gay to straight. He has now retracted that study and apologized for it in a letter to the journal in which it was published. Truth Wins Out has the full text:
Several months ago I told you that because of my revised view of my 2001 study of reparative therapy changing sexual orientation, I was considering writing something that would acknowledge that I now judged the major critiques of the study as largely correct. After discussing my revised view of the study with Gabriel Arana, a reporter for American Prospect, and with Malcolm Ritter, an Associated Press science writer, I decided that I had to make public my current thinking about the study. Here it is.
Basic Research Question. From the beginning it was: "can some version of reparative therapy enable individuals to change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual?" Realizing that the study design made it impossible to answer this question, I suggested that the study could be viewed as answering the question, "how do individuals undergoing reparative therapy describe changes in sexual orientation?" – a not very interesting question.
The Fatal Flaw in the Study – There was no way to judge the credibility of subject reports of change in sexual orientation. I offered several (unconvincing) reasons why it was reasonable to assume that the subject's reports of change were credible and not self-deception or outright lying. But the simple fact is that there was no way to determine if the subject's accounts of change were valid.
I believe I owe the gay community an apology for my study making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy. I also apologize to any gay person who wasted time and energy undergoing some form of reparative therapy because they believed that I had proven that reparative therapy works with some "highly motivated" individuals.
Robert Spitzer. M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry,
Columbia University
As many others have noted, anti-gay and ex-gay groups have cited the Spitzer study over and over again over the last 11 years. This retraction removes any shred of credibility they might have had in doing so.


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The illumia lite overcomes the drawbacks inherent in other handhelds by incorporating a spectrometer calibrated for absolute spectral flux and employs an integrating sphere in its design. This combination delivers more complete spectral flux measurement capability than simple illuminance meters using near cosine receivers. The ergonomic handheld instrument measures both luminous flux and colour of a device under test, including LEDs and other sources up to 1 cm in diameter. A built-in auxiliary lamp provides self-absorption correction for highly accurate results.
The luminous flux range of illumia lite is 0.1 lumens to 5000 lumens, with a wavelength resolution of <5nm and accuracy of <0.5nm. Data is retrieved via USB connection to any laptop or PC and analysed with Labsphere's easy-to-use MtrX-Spec software. The software calculates all industry standard colour parameters such as x, y, CCT, CRI, and lumens, as well as spectral irradiance.
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David C. Turnley is a world renowned photographer, filmmaker, and University of Michigan Alumnus. He received the Pulitzer Prize in photography and filmmaking for his coverage of The Revolutions of 1989, including the fall of the Berlin Wall and Tiananmen Square in China. In addition, he was twice awarded the World Press Picture of the Year, the prestigious Robert Capa Award for Courage and four Overseas Press Club Awards. Don�t miss the unique opportunity to view twent-five iconic photos October 4th � November 9th. Gallery of the International Institute in the School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University Ave. Free. (734) 763-9200. email@example.com www.ii.umich.edu [map]
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Moderate-paced 40-mile ride to Chelsea or Whitmore Lake and beyond. 10 a.m. (Apr.), 9 a.m. (May-July), Bird Hills Park parking lot, Newport Rd. Free. 649-9762.
All kids from preschoolers through 3rd graders (accompanied by an adult) invited for stories, songs, and trick-or-treats. 9:30-10 & 10:30-11 a.m., AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. Free. 327�8301. [map]
Every Wed., Sept. 5-Dec. 12. and Jan. 2-Feb. 6. CDL youth librarians present a program of stories, songs, fingerplays, and craft activities for kids ages 2-6 accompanied by a caregiver. 10:30 & 11:30 a.m., CDL McKune Room, 221 S. Main, Chelsea. Free. Preregistration required. 475�8732. [map]
All costumed kids and their parents invited to stroll through downtown and pick up treats from businesses displaying black and orange balloons. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Main, Liberty, Fourth, and Washington area. Free. 668-7112.
Mobile used to be a simple medium. If people could get on your website from their phone all they got to see was plain ole' text. Not exciting, but it made building mobile websites easy. Mobile has changed; there are more mobile devices than ever. Mobile is no longer just a phone; it's your TV, your tablet, your netbook and your MP3 player. And each device has different screen dimensions, capabilities and controls. How does one build a mobile website for such a broad range of variables?The answer is responsive design and the mobile first approach. Ross Johnson will discuss how plan your website so you can have one design that is optimized for a whole range of different devices.Ross Johnson founded successful 3.7 Designs in 2004. 3.7 DESIGNS is a web design and web strategy company. 3.7 DESIGNS focuses in not only the design of interactive web sites, but also the marketing of them, including search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media, pay per click, Conor O'Neills, 318 South Main. Free. 734-272-4698. email@example.com la2m.org [map]
Every Wed., Fri., & Sat. All invited to play one of 100 songs, with melodies transcribed in numbers, on the 17-bell chime�s numbered keys. Ambitious players can add chords. 10:30-11 a.m. (Sat.) & noon-12:30 p.m. (Wed. & Fri.), Kerrytown Market & Shops. Free. 369- 3107. [map]
Every Wed. beginning Sept. 26. Sept. 26: EMU electronic media and film studies professor Henry Aldridge discusses �Movie Theaters of Ann Arbor: Where They Were and Where They Went.� Oct. 3: Zingerman�s Creamery staff member Josh Minor presents �Tasting and Talking about Gelato.� Oct. 10: New Fontiers in Framing owner Laura Bahnmiller discusses �Conservation Framing Techniques and Family History Preservation.� Oct. 17: Littlefield & Sons Furniture Service president Brian Lenehan discusses �Dos and Don'ts of Restoring Antique Furniture.� Oct. 24: Local historian Mark Hildebrandt presents �Reuben Kempf�s Scrapbook,� a report on his research of the Kempf family vault at St. Andrew�s Episcopal Church. Oct. 31: Retired University of Illinois theater historian J.B. Harris, who is working on a book on surviving opera houses in Michigan, discusses �The Next Chapter: More History of Legitimate Theaters of Michigan and Their Relevance in Today�s World.� . Noon-1 p.m., Kempf House, 312 S. Division. Admission $2 (Kempf House members, $1). 994-4898. [map]
Every Wed. All seniors invited to play chess. Refreshments. 1-4 p.m., Turner, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353. [map]
Every Wed.-Sun., Sept. 20-Dec. 15, except Nov. 22. See review. Guy Sanville directs Tracy Letts� 2008 comedic drama, set in a diverse Chicago neighborhood, about the unlikely friendship between a burned-out doughnut shop owner and his young, idealistic new employee. New York Times critic Charles Isherwood calls it �a gentle comedy that unfolds like an extended episode of a 1970s sitcom�a warm bath of a play that will leave�audiences with satisfied smiles rather than rattled nerves.� Cast: California longtime TV and film actor Randolph Mantooth, as well as area actors Ryan Carlson, David Daoust, Alex Leydenfrost, Brian Marable, Michelle Mountain, Michael Brian Ogden, Sandy Ryder, and Lynch Travis. 8 p.m. (Wed.-Sat., except Oct. 31), 3 p.m. (Wed. & Sat., and Nov. 23), & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Sept. 20-27 previews: $22 (Wed. & Thurs.), $27 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & $32 (Sat. eve.). After Sept. 27: Tickets $27 (Wed. & Thurs.), $37 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & $42 (Sat. eves.) in advance at purplerosetheatre.org, and by phone. 433-7673. [map]
Lecture by American Medical Association president Jeremy Lazarus. 4 p.m., U-M Hospital Ford Auditorium (2nd floor), 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. Free. 647-8762. [map]
Lecture by Emory University classics professor Peter Bing. 4 p.m., Michigan League Hussey Room. Free. 764-0360. [map]
All kids invited to trick-or-treat for natural and organic treats throughout the store. Costumes encouraged. 4-6 p.m., Whole Foods, 990 W. Eisenhower, Cranbrook Village shopping center. Free. 997-7500. [map]
Lecture by City University of New York physics professor Michael Lubell. 4 p.m., 340 West Hall, 550 East University. Free. 764-4437. [map]
Every Mon.-Fri. (except Oct. 15 & 16), Sept. 8 & 15, & Oct. 13 & 20. The U-M�s highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (Sept. 3), 4:45-6:15 p.m. (every Mon.-Fri. beginning Sept. 4), 10 a.m.-noon (Sept. 8 & 15), 9 a.m.-noon (Oct. 13), & 8 a.m.-noon (Oct. 20), Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582. [map]
Every Wed. All invited to play this popular word game. Bring a set, if you have one. Regulars, including Michael Betzold, author of Bingo: The Secret to Scrabble Success, offer strategy tips. 5-8 p.m., Arbor Brewing, 114 E. Washington. Free. 994-0084. [map]
Every Wed. Moderate/fast-paced 25-mile ride and slow-paced ride, 13-18 miles, to the Dexter Dairy Queen and back. Now in its 36th year, this ride is a favorite with newcomers and casual riders. 6 p.m. (May-Sept.) & 5:30 p.m. (Apr. & Oct.) sharp, meet at at Paladin (formerly Sweepster) parking lot, 2800 N. Zeeb Rd. Free. 426-5116 (longer ride), 665-4552 & 761-2659 (shorter ride). [map]
Every Tues. Apr. 3-Oct. 30. 20-mile ride, at various paces, through Milan to the area around Britton-Macon. 5:30 p.m., meet at Saline municipal parking lot, Ann Arbor Rd. south of US-12, Saline. Free. 747-1862.
Daily through Nov. 4. An all-ages corn maze cut in an elaborate Titanic theme. Also, a petting zoo, a kiddie maze, hayrides, bonfires, a giant hay pile for climbing, and more. Cider & donuts available. 6-9 p.m. (Mon.-Thurs.), 6-10 p.m. (Fri.), 10 a.m.-10 p.m. (Sat.), & noon-9 p.m. (Sun.), Coleman�s Farm, 12758 Jordan Rd., Saline. $10 (kids ages 5-10, $5; kids age 4 & under, free). 429-1212. [map]
Please join us at our Downtown Miller Rd location from 6 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday, October 31 at Manzanitas Spanish Immersion Preschool and School Age Enrichment Programs for trick-or-treat goodies, music, and fun activities for the entire family! This event is free and all ages are welcome! Parents must accompany their children. Nos vemos! Manzanitas Spanish Immersion Preschool and Child Care, 511 Miller Rd. Free. 734-369-6563. email@example.com www.manzanitas.org [map]
Carvers of all abilities invited to work on projects, with help available from club members. Knives and block-out and rough-cut patterns available for sale. 6�8 p.m., Saline Area Senior Center, 7190 N. Maple, Saline. Free. 944�1918. [map]
An all-ages carnival with games, activities, a bounce house, a costume contest, drawings, and giveaways. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Candy, popcorn, and other treats. 6-8:30 p.m., Accelerate Church, 6075 Jackson Rd. Free. acceleratechurch.org, 585-5660. [map]
An all-ages carnival with games, activities, a bounce house, a costume contest, drawings, and giveaways. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Candy, popcorn, and other treats. Note: no scary costumes. 6-8:30 p.m., Accelerate Church, 6075 Jackson Rd. Free. acceleratechurch.org, 585-5660. [map]
Oct. 30 & 31. An elaborate, chilling yard-size haunt filled with ghoulish creations, creepy creatures, and other entertainingly scary oddities. Donations accepted for a local food bank. 7-9 p.m. (or so), 2727 Brandywine (off Packard between Platt & Carpenter). brandywinecemetery.com. [map]
Double bill. Reedman Baars and violist Henneman�both leaders in the jazz and improv scene in the Netherlands�improvise on their own compositions and perform completely improvised works. Dutch pianist van Hove (see review) performs free improvisation. The theme of this year�s Edgefest, which DownBeat lists as one of the world�s 50 top jazz/avant music festivals, is �Worldly Measures,� with a focus on musicians whose work reflects a growing awareness of the cultural complexity of contemporary American society. This year�s festival includes 12 different shows--2 tonight, 3 on Nov. 1, 2 on Nov. 2, and 6 on Nov. 3, as well as a parade on Nov. 3. 7 p.m., KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10 & $15 (students, $5; $135 Edgepass includes admission to all shows; $50 Sat. pass). Reservations recommended. 769-2999. [map]
Every Fri. & Sat. Sept. 29-Oct. 28, every Sun. in Oct., and Oct. 30 & 31. Six different scary attractions--including a haunted hayride, alien clowns, the Asylum, and more--bristling with over 115 costumed monsters. Refreshments available. 7:15-11:30 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) & 7:15-10:30 p.m. (Sun. & Oct. 30 & 31), 5565 Merritt Rd., Ypsilanti. $17 for access to one area; $38 for all areas. 390-9208. [map]
Oct. 31-Nov. 2. This 3-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of the historic manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) first issued in June 1962 kicks off with �Refugees from the Fifties,� a talk by University of California-Davis history professor emerita Ruth Rosen, author of The World Split Open: How the Modern Women�s Movement Changed America. Former California state senator Tom Hayden, an early SDS member who was the principal author of the Port Huron Statement, gives a talk at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 on �The Future of Participatory Democracy.� The conference also includes several daytime panel discussions on in the Michigan Union Nov. 1 & 2. For a complete schedule, see lsa.umich.edu/phs/events/conferenceprogram. 7:30 p.m. (Oct. 31) 9 a.m.-9 p.m. (Nov. 1), 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. (Nov. 2), 100 Hatcher Library (keynote addresses) & Michigan Union (panels). Free. Preregistration requested at lsa.umich.edu/phs/register. 615-6434. [map]
Postponed until February 2013 8 p.m. (Oct. 31-Nov. 3) & 2 p.m. (Nov. 3 & 4), Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, Ypsilanti. $10 in advance by Oct. 16 at emergentarts.com; $15 (students with ID & seniors, $10) after Oct. 16. 985-0875. [map]
Oct. 18-21, 25-28, & 31 and Nov. 1-4, 9, & 10. Brian Carbine directs local playwright Audra Lord�s interactive haunted house, an adaptation of early-19th-century German playwright Georg B�chner�s unfinished episodic tragedy about a poverty-stricken barber driven insane by the apparently irremediable injustice of the world. Cast: Steve Carson, Colleen Cartwright, Alastar Demetrie, Marisa Dluge, Mark Drum, Karilu Forshee, Linda Rabin Hammell, and Emily Roll. A collaboration with Threefold Productions and the Brendalinda Performance Collaborative. 8 & 9:30 p.m., Mix Performance Space, 130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. Regular admission is $15 (students & seniors, $10) in advance at thenewtheatreproject.org and at the door. 645-9776. [map]
Every Wed. Swing dancing to recorded music. No partner needed. Bring casual or nicer shoes that stay on your feet when you�re active. Preceded by beginning Lindy hop (7 p.m.) and beginning swing (8 p.m.) lessons. 9-11 p.m., Michigan League Vandenburg Room (Oct. 3 & 17), Mason Hall Room TBA (Oct. 10, tentative location), Michigan Union Pendleton Room (Oct. 24), Michigan Union Ballroom (Oct. 31). $5 (students, $4), includes lessons. 945-8428. [map]
New York violinist-composer Hwang leads this quartet that includes bassist Ken Filiano, drummer Andrew Drury, and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum. Signal to Noise critic Michael Rosenstein says, �The four manage to meld their individual experiences into a group that can swing hard, evoke the pentatonics and timbres of Asian music traditions or blues edge and push toward freedom.� 9:30 p.m., KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $15 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999. [map]
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No plan for Lords reform referendum
23/06/2012 - 10:13:49The UK coalition has decided against holding a referendum on reforming the House of Lords, it was revealed today.
The outcome will be seen as a victory for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats, after David Cameron hinted that he could back a national poll.
Historic plans for introducing a largely elected second chamber are due to be published next week. It could begin operating in 2015, but the legislation is facing fierce resistance from Tories and Labour peers.
Critics have argued that the changes should not be a priority at a time of economic crisis, and said such a major constitutional reform requires a referendum.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has also suggested a vote will be needed, while the Prime Minister signalled he could back asking the public.
However, Mr Clegg has insisted that a referendum is unnecessary because Lords reform featured in the election manifestos of all three main parties.
Government sources have now confirmed that a national poll which could have cost more than £100m (€123.96m) will not feature in the plans.
Mr Cameron is said to have secured concessions in return, including making it clear that the new-look chamber cannot block legislation passed by the House of Commons.
The legislation is expected to propose cutting the number of Lords from around 900 to 300, with at least 80% of peers being elected.
Elections would be held every five years and appointed or hereditary peers will progressively be replaced by the new elected "senators".
Each senator will serve for a single term of 15 years and will represent a region rather than a traditional constituency, similar to the European Parliament system.
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WASHINGTON - The White House has been struggling to highlight cutbacks at federal agencies now that the so-called sequester has hit. On Tuesday, it found one close to home.
Tours of the executive mansion will be canceled starting March 9, the White House announced, citing "staffing reductions resulting from sequestration." The tours will not be rescheduled and the freeze will be in effect "until further notice."
The cancellation will annoy plenty of tourists who tour the White House after securing their tickets well in advance through their elected representative's office. It will also certainly annoy those congressional offices that must begin notifying disappointed constituents.
"We very much regret having to take this action, particularly during the popular spring touring season," the White House said in a recorded message on the tour hotline.
Within hours of the announcement, Republicans began to criticize the decision as a stunt. One GOP congressman offered his own solution to the budget cutting at the White House. In an amendment to a bill to fund the government, Texas Rep. Louis Gohmert proposed that none of the money "may be used to transport the president to or from a golf course until public tours of the White House resume."
The automatic budget cuts are a result of a deficit-reduction deal signed into law in 2011. Lawmakers and the White House agreed to the across-the-board cuts, hoping that the prospect of finding $85 billion in immediate savings would spark compromise on a broader deficit and debt-reduction deal. It did not.
In the lead-up to the budget cuts, which kicked in on Friday, the White House tried to pressure Republican lawmakers to reach a deal by highlighting the pain that would come from axing federal services. But its top spokespeople on the matter occasionally overstepped.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Monday apologized for saying that teachers in a West Virginia school district were receiving "pink slips" because of the budget cuts. The district's superintendent told The Washington Post that the teachers were receiving transfer notices and the move was not directly related to the federal funding cuts.
Republicans pounced on Duncan's comments and other claims as examples of the president hyping the cuts for political gain. On Tuesday, the news of the canceled tours prompted similar skepticism among some on the Hill and the GOP-led House administration committee offered tourists an alternative: "House Admin welcomes Americans visiting D.C. to tour Capitol instead," the committee tweeted.