Nuclear-related links

Useful links

A selection of external links about energy systems, and nuclear energy in particular.

Energy links

• GB National Grid status, from Gridwatch.
• GB Electricity production and consumption, from Electricity Map.
• All Ireland Grid status, from EirGrid group.
• France Grid status, from Gridwatch.
• Ontario Grid status, from Gridwatch Canada.
• United States Grid map, from the US Energy Information Administration.
• Australia Grid status, from Renew Economy.
• Worldwide Electricity production and consumption, from Electricity Map.
• Electricity generation chart of selected countries and regions, from LowCarbonPower.
• Energy Statistics and Data up to 2015, from ENTSO-E (The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity).
• Transmission Grid Map up to 2018. Also from ENTSO-E.
• Daily Nuclear Plant status, from EDF.
• Electricity Data Summary, from Elexon BMRS.
• PV live generation. GB Photovoltaic energy generation, from Sheffield University.

Bloggers

• Generation Atomic, by Eric Meyer and others.
• The Kernel, The Generation Atomic magazine.
• Atomic Insights, by Rod Adams.
• Demystifying Nuclear Power, by Maggie Gundersen and others.
• Nuclear Newswire, by the American Nuclear Society.
• Neutron Bytes, by Dan Yurman.
• Thoughtscapism, by Iida Ruishalme.
• Nuclear Energy, by Oriol Planas.
• Isodope, by Isabelle Boemeke.

Books

• Radiation and Reason, by Wade Allison.
• Nuclear is for Life, by Wade Allison.
• Sustainable Energy - without the hot air, by David MacKay FRS.
• A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow, by Joshua S Goldstein and Staffan A Qvist.
• Market Failure: Market-Based Electricity is Killing Nuclear Power, by Edward Kee.
• Shorting the Grid, by Meredith Angwin.
• Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants, by the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board.
• Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone, by Richard Lloyd Parry.
• The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan.
• A review of Radiation and Reason, by Robert Hargraves.

Other campaigning groups

• World Nuclear News
• World Nuclear Association
• Nuclear Industry Association
• Nuclear Energy International
• European Nuclear Society
• American Nuclear Society
• FORATOM
• Mothers for Nuclear
• Mums for Nuclear

Podcasts

• Titans of Nuclear
• The Atomic Show (Atomic Insights)
• Nuclear Waste: The Whole Story
• Let’s Talk Nuclear Energy
• SONE’s James Lovelock podcast

Twitter

The following Twitter accounts tweet the outputs from various GB energy sources every hour, and also post daily, weekly, and monthly summaries.

Miscellaneous

• What is Nuclear?
• The complete case for Nuclear. Every chart you need.
• Nuclear Radiation and Health Effects
• Just how radioactive is St Peter's Square?