Everything has a price. The digital age has brought all corners of the Earth within the human grasp of connection—our price, the one that we seem to be paying with increasing frequency, may well be our security: our information, intellectual property, data, etc. And this is strictly from an individual level. On an industrial and… Read more »
Tag: NEI 08-09
Regulatory Policies Hampering Valuable Climate Change Technology
In the ever-escalating fight for climate change policy in the United States, it may be the policies themselves that are preventing valuable technology from being sewn into progress. Racked with climate lawsuits, protests, and befuddling bills languishing in bureaucratic red tape, the clean energy debate in this country consistently overlooks a major asset in lowering… Read more »
A malicious cybersecurity threat
A malicious cybersecurity threat infiltrated one of India’s top nuclear power plants in recent days and leading security researchers have identified the Lazarus Group, a North Korean hacking team, as the culprit. Reports began surfacing Monday that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) had been attacked by malware that… Read more »
Nuclear Energy Takes Another Step in Clean Energy Discussions
In 2018 the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) made a proclamation heard around the world: nuclear energy is a source of clean energy alongside solar and wind renewables. As a collective organization made up of twenty-six different nations and sponsored by the European Union as a whole, their pronouncements on clean energy carry a global weight…. Read more »
Structurally Faulty Welds Found in French Nuclear Reactors
The devil, as they say, is in the details. Unfortunately, this English proverb translates to a €400 million problem in French for the state-owned power company, Electricite de France SA. In an announcement Tuesday, the company issued a warning that several of its nuclear reactors have been structurally compromised by faulty welding. EDF said it… Read more »
Russian Explosion Points to Nuclear Reactor
U.S. Intelligence released a report detailing information on the mysterious August 8th Russian explosion, indicating that a nuclear reactor was involved. The report highlights a cocktail of radioactive isotopes—the main byproducts of nuclear fission—which swept over a nearby town and were identified by the state weather agency Roshydromet. These decaying isotopes, chalked thick with radiation,… Read more »
OTEK at ISA Energy & Water Automation 2019 Conference
Among the lush emerald fairways and the heated palms, the Florida sun and summer’s end, OTEK President & CEO Dr. Otto Fest is presenting his solution to analog obsolescence at the 2019 ISA Energy & Water Automation Conference. Under the stage lights of the Omni Orlando Resort, Dr. Fest will lecture on several key tenets… Read more »
The Cybersecurity of Riviera Beach
The Cybersecurity of Riviera Beach East of Miami, under the tropical liquid heat and along the smooth white sands nestled into the Atlantic, the small city of Riviera Beach waits idly inside a digital paralysis. The looming threat of cybersecurity attacks dropped through golden air and punctuated the city’s computer systems. In the stalled doldrums… Read more »
40 Years in the Shadow of Three Mile Island
A 40-year anniversary is usually cause for jubilant celebration, of endearing reflection—unless you are staring down the 40th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in United States’ history. Shortly after dawn broke over Dauphin County on March 28th, 1979, the mechanisms of what would eventually come to be known as the Three Mile Island disaster… Read more »
Early Returns from the ANS Winter Conference
Nuclear Industry on Life Support… How Can OTEK Help? Dr. Fest has returned from the sun and sand of Orlando, Florida, where he received dour news from industry leaders around the world at the ANS Winter Conference. The Nuclear Industry, it seems, can no longer bury its head in the proverbial sand. A cloud encroaching… Read more »