Nuclear Reactors 419 - Energy Secretary Moniz Discusses Eight Major Problems For The U.S. Nuclear Industry - Part One of Two Parts
Part One of Two parts.
Part One of Two parts.
When atoms are smashed together in colliders, huge amounts of information are generated with respect to the daughter particles that result from the collisions. It is important for scientific, engineering and industrial applications that this information is stored in high quality data formats.
Cyber security has been the news a lot lately. The various hacking attacks and the recent Denial of Service attack on major parts of the U.S. Internet have prompted many media stories. I believe that much of the lack of security in computer and communication systems stems from laziness and greed. We can solve these problems if we are willing to spend the money and time.
I have often blogged that ultimately it will be the market and public opinion that will kill off nuclear power. One or two more major accidents will sour the public and investors on nuclear power. Increasingly cheap alternative energy and rising costs for nuclear power will also doom nuclear as a source of electricity. Relevant to this point of view is the fact that the Ft.