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I am blessed with some good friends, some old, some new, but all that rally around when the times get rough. That was not always the case, especially during my more active work years when we collected “friends” through my interactions at work.

To fuel society, we need both a constant source of power for our baseline needs and a source of extra when demand rises.

The Russians have blamed Ukraine for launching attacks against their forces at the reactor site endangering the reactors; the Ukrainians have accused the Russians of deliberately putting the reactors at risk by stationing troops on the grounds.

“Regrettably, it is now apparent that reasonable, intellectually charitable discussions between progressives and conservatives are quite scarce in many places – leaving little room for compromise or legislative success.

A powerful fusion reactor is working right now – it currently provides just over 3.5% of the world’s energy…it’s called the Sun, and we can only tap it indirectly through solar panels.

Let’s begin a discussion about water and drinking water with some basics that not everyone knows.

   

In the last half-century, commercial nuclear power plants have gone from large to huge to gargantuan – it’s not uncommon for a nuclear power station to contain multiple reactors that each produce over 1000 MW (megawatts) of electricity from corres

“She was trying very hard to be a cannabis influencer,” a former coworker at a weed company says.

A musical icon, Joni Mitchell, returned to the stage 7 years after a brain aneurysm left her unable to speak or play the guitar. This is a real example of the strength of the human spirit.