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Alvin Weinberg, Prophet of CO2 Driven Global Warming
(Cross posed on Nuclear Green) I have told the story before of my employment at ORNL in 1970-71, and hearing there, for the first time, about the problem of CO2 emissions and AGW. I had no doubt that awareness of the C… -
New life for nuclear power
From: Issues in Science and Technology (Summer 2003) New life for nuclear powerBy Alvin Weinberg Most of what I wrote in "Engineering in an Age of Anxiety" and "Energy Policy in an Age of Uncertainty" I still believe: … -
Alvin Weinberg: The Bell and The Bomb
The Bell and The Bomb By Alvin M. Weinberg The Earth's history has been punctuated by catastrophes. Perhaps the greatest was the impact of a 10-kilometer diameter meteorite on Yucatan, Mexico some 65 millio… -
Alvin Weinberg: The Second Nuclear Era
From Fifty Years of Nuclear Fusion in Review The Second Fifty Years of Nuclear Fission Alvin Weinberg Early 1944 was when the Chicago Metallurgical Project re-established contact with our colleagues f… -
Alvin Weinberg's integrity and vision
My father, Dr.. Charles Julian Barton, Sr., is still living. At the age of 95 he is one of the last of his generation of scientists in Oak Ridge. He was recruted in 1948 to do research at Oak Ridge, first at the Y-12… -
Alvin Weinberg, CO2 and global warming
When I worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in 1970-71, the idea of anthropogenic global warming was beginning to circulate. Alvin Weinberg had taken a long look at the future of humanity, and decided that for… -
Alvin Weinberg on Molton Salt Reactors
"Burn the rocks. Burn the seas." - Alvin Weinberg on CO2 free sources of energy WHY DEVELOP MOLTEN-SALT BREEDERS? Nuclearpower, based on light-water-moderated converter reactors, seems to bean assured commercial … -
Alvin Weinberg (1915 - 2006)
Alvin Weinberg died earlier this week at the age of 91, He was a major figure of 20th century American Science, ane a visionary, whose concepts will undoubtedly influance the way our society meets future technical chall…
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