Princeton has its own steam plant and gas-fired generator as part of a 1996 cogeneration facility which received a U.S. EPA Energy Star award in 2007. But because PSE&G generates half its electricity from nuclear power, the carbon emissions attributable to Princeton’s energy use would decrease if it bought all its power from PSE&G instead [...]
Fukushima
May 6th, 2011Does Fukushima change our minds? No. While we sympathize with the Japanese national tragedy, what happened at Fukushima cannot occur with a small modular reactor. Learn more about the consequences of nuclear power accidents compared to accidents and natural catastrophes with coal and hydro: A Rational Environmentalist’s Guide to Nuclear Power[...here...]
Princeton University Energy Use- Total power delivered to campus: May 24, 201315.8564 MW-- Delivered by Feed43 service […]
- Total power delivered to campus: May 24, 2013
Greens for Nuclear Power
Resources
- "Terrestrial Energy" by William Tucker, Bartelby Press, 2008
- "The Health Hazards of NOT Going Nuclear", Petr Beckmann, Golem Press 1977
- A concise summary of the case for nuclear, with citations
- Debate moderated by Yale law prof.
- NRC: One Size Does Not Fit All
- SSTAR: science, safety, and engineering details<
- The Technology of Small-Scale Reactors
Archives
A Princeton Micro-Reactor
Princeton University has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
We believe that goal is far too modest. The technology exists today to reduce Princeton’s carbon emissions to 80-90% *below* 1990 levels, well before 2020. A Gen4 small-scale nuclear reactor is now being commercialized which is completely sealed and maintenance-free.
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