Nuclear Power Blogs Carnival 118

The 118th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is hosted at ANS Nuclear Cafe.

Two articles of note:

Brian Wang compares the amount of steel and concrete required to build a nuclear power plant vs. an onshore wind facility vs. an offshore wind facility. Brian finds that nuclear plants are far more efficient in the use of materials -- primarily steel and concrete -- than both onshore wind installations and offshore installations. Interestingly, he also finds that onshore wind installations are much more material-efficient than offshore wind installations.

Thorium MSR blog looks at a recent Washington DC conference on commercialising small modular reactors (SMRs), and makes recommendations to Canada about future investment in new nuclear reactors for process heat in the oil sands.

Environmentalists are a vested interest group, and should always be viewed as such.

Global development of nuclear power is ongoing despite the Fukushima overreaction by politicians and the media

A brief overview of nuclear energy for the general public (h/t Earth's Energy)