All About Energy Newsletter, Issue 2019 4 (John Shanahan) USofA

Irises at the home of a nuclear engineer in the wilderness of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State, USA. Issue 2019 - 4 Hello students, parents, friends and colleagues in 120 countries.

This newsletter is dedicated to the public around the world - you, your family and friends so you may have a better life with plentiful energy.

Professor Peter Lang, Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University in Canberra writes: "Energy is the lifeblood of modern civilization. Humans would still be hunter-gatherers if not for our ability to extract and use energy. Major advances in human wellbeing 1

have been driven by transitions to cheaper and more plentiful energy."

Examples include: the harnessing of fire, animals, (sadly also slaves pyramids, USA, very poorly paid laborers - cathedrals Europe, indentured servants - early USA), wind and water power, and transitions from wood to coal, from coal to oil, gas and nuclear. The transition to cheaper, cleaner electricity globally improves human wellbeing and reduces human environmental impact.

To have the benefits of modern civilization there should be peace, economic prosperity, and affordable, reliable energy. Nuclear is the only source that can do that for thousands of years. Leaders must work for the wellbeing of all their citizens and show respect for the world, not promote themselves and their personal interests. This applies to all political philosophies and systems of government.

Since the 1970s, anti-nuclear organizations have relentlessly made false claims and promoted fear mongering about nuclear energy. The media and certain heads of government have caused nuclear power to be far more expensive than necessary. Some are trying to bring nuclear to a stop after just one generation of power plants. China and Russia won't tolerate this.

The world outside China and Russia must change or they may end up being satellites like Der Anschluss. Throughout history humanity has not tolerated the weak.

Ordinary people must insist that the world use nuclear energy, nuclear science and nuclear medicine. The other choice, going without fossil fuels and nuclear, is back to life like in the Middle Ages with poverty, starvation, plagues and endless wars. Which do you want?

This newsletter will enable you to work to have nuclear energy, nuclear science and nuclear medicine for a better life.

We will use a standard format so you know where to get the information you need, consistently in every issue. There are seven short sections with links to our website and other sources:

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1) ENERGY AND BY-PRODUCTS The fossil fuels industry has been in battles with catastrophic man-made global warming alarmists since the 1980s. They produce carbon dioxide, a clear, odorless, safe gas that is essential for life. Virtually all the world's nuclear societies have taken positions that fossil fuels should be drastically reduced because they supposedly have catastrophic effects on "climate change." The Nuclear for Climate November 14, 2018 position paper states, "Climate change is the most significant threat to our planet today" REALLY? Are all the nuclear societies right about man-made global warming? The website allaboutenergy.net and its predecessor, efn-usa.org have over 400 papers and PowerPoint Presentations on all sides of the man-made global warming topic. We find the science behind the claims of catastrophic man-made global warming to be questionable at best and pure quack politics at worst. If this turns out to be true, the scientific credibility of the world's nuclear societies about global warming will disgrace the industry and reduce public trust in anything positive said about nuclear.

We recommend professionals and advocates promote nuclear on its own, not in connection with fossil fuels.

2) RADIATION Other alarmist have worked tirelessly since the 1950s to promote fear of low dose and low dose rate radiation. This contradicts everything that is known about radiation in the universe and permits regulatory agencies to strangle nuclear energy and nuclear medicine. This section gives links to articles that explain the benefits of low dose radiation. For starters, here is a book about radiation by Professor Thormod Henriksen and his team of bio-physicists in Norway. This book is for people of all ages.

3) RADIOISOTOPES AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE Children use their imaginations and all kinds of simple toys for the world they dream of having. In the past, they used drawings, toys, dolls, puppets, tree houses, even animal bones in their imaginary worlds.

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Given the right education when they are very young today, they can use knowledge of radioisotopes to dream of a better world. Here is a fun video

by Alan Waltar about what radioisotopes can do for the world.

4) YOUTH Youth of all ages are the future of the planet. We work with and present outstanding essays by youth and young adults who advocate for nuclear medicine and nuclear energy.

Here is the wonderful story of Ramรณn Cruz who grew up in poverty in the Dominican Republic and studied nuclear engineering in the United States in order to help his country have better electrical energy service 5) PEOPLE It is very important to study energy and energy by-products in relation to how they help people rather than to study them simply on their own. Here we explore what people do to enjoy life and properly use these wonderful natural assets - or to misuse them for bad purposes. By doing this, we will have a better understanding of how these energy sources can realistically be expected to develop and what design requirements should be used.

The country of Jordan borders on Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia and is home to millions of war refugees. In 1986, they opened a technical university to support energy and science critical to the needs of the country, Jordan University of Science and Technology, JUST. Their faculty and students are outstanding. One of their students, Mutaz Shannag, is on the Board of Advisors for this website. See the video he and a fellow student made, "Radiation for a better life." It is in Arabic with English subtitles. Very impressive. This was made for a competition of participants at the World Nuclear University in the UK. We encourage everyone to vote in support of this video, click here. This is a tremendous moment for young professionals in that part of the world to contribute to peace and prosperity through nuclear science, nuclear medicine and nuclear energy. Please give this video your vote of support now.

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Mutaz Shannag

Zaid Abulawi Nuclear engineering students Jordan University of Science and Technology World Nuclear Association, World Nuclear University Olympiad 2019

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6) ENVIRONMENT The environment is everything we need for humans to live happily and healthily. We must respect and protect it. We should not tolerate plastic trash clogging rivers and the oceans, landing on remote paradise islands.

Advocates and professionals for plentiful energy should have the highest respect for the environment and preservation of wildlife habitat. Follow us, we will make it fun and interesting.

7) UPCOMING EVENTS The Nuclear Decommissioning & Used Fuel Strategy Summit 2019 (30 Sep – 1 Oct, Charlotte, NC) have partnered with Entergy and the Nuclear Energy Institute to bring you a free webinar (23 May, 10am ET) on ‘Used Fuel Strategy: Utility & Industry Perspectives for the Short and LongTerm’.

Click here to secure your space at the webinar now.

With speakers including Sam Morris (Senior Counsel, Entergy) and Rod McCullum (Senior Director, Decommissioning & Used Fuel, NEI) find out how to enhance safety and capture market share in the most efficient way possible.

Just a snapshot of what you’ll learn: Yucca Mountain – Hear from the NEI on the continuing efforts to restart the licensing process Consolidated Interim Storage – what is industry doing to assure readiness for the movement of used fuel away from reactor sites as early as 2023 Utility Legal Issues – Hear questions on howl the DOE will pay for permanent & interim storage moving forwards, and GGTCC & the Standard Contract Increasing Decommissioning Activity – find out what the increasing pace and scope of decommissioning activity in the US means for used fuel 6

management Many parts of the world are beautiful today. We should make the rest of the world beautiful for mankind and nature.

Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. We should preserve and enjoy magnificent geology and nature worldwide.

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"Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning."

Similar weather observations are in Shakspeare's plays and the Bible.

Modern weather services struggle to correctly predict the weather one or two weeks in advance. Certain governments and their politicized scientific organizations spend millions to mass produce reports of computer predictions of catastrophic global warming and sea level rise 30, 50 and 80 years into the future. Why? We think it is to manipulate the public, control energy sources, and redistribute wealth. See the section on the ENVIRONMENT. Best wishes for a better, more peaceful life with plentiful energy from fossil fuels, nuclear power and hydro-electric.

John Shanahan Civil Engineer Denver, Colorado, USA

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