In a recent article published in Water Technology magazine, Indegy Director of Industrial Security and cyber-defense strategies guru, Chris Grove draws attention to the types of cybersecurity threats currently facing industrial water facilities. What he extols is rather surprising—while nuclear power plants sit on a fevered pitch against cybersecurity hackers, Mr. Grove says that for… Read more »
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Will the American Nuclear Industry Lose Footing?
The U.S. soil continues to be a sensational battleground for a rabidly politicized energy debate. Resting for decades on the laurels of being the planet’s leading nuclear authority, a new wave has cascaded from the shores of California to Rockport, Maine, embroiling the United States in murky questions over its nuclear future. Will the American… 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 »
In Memoriam – Fukushima & the NRC
In commemoration of the March 11th, 2011, nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued new legislation aimed at imposing further rules on the U.S. nuclear industry. Collectively known as the Mitigation of Beyond-Design-Basis Events Rule, this piece of regulatory bureaucracy seeks to continue Obama-era reactionary oversight on the country’s nuclear fleet,… Read more »
Otek at ANS/NPIC-HMIT This Weekend
Otek President and Owner, Dr. Otto Fest, is heading back to Orlando for the 11th ANS/NPIC-HMIT conference in Orlando, Florida, this coming weekend, February 10th through the 13th. While there will be many major players in the industry present, including Lockheed Martin just a few booths away in #306, don’t miss out on the chance… Read more »
Dr. Fest Returns to Orlando for the Power Gen Conference
Dr. Fest will be traveling back to Orlando this coming Monday, December 3rd through the 6th, to attend the 2018 International Power Gen Conference. Industry leaders and those interested in the future of industry as a whole will be in attendance to discuss the direction of our energy future, with a heavy interest to be… Read more »
Dr. Fest heads to the ANS Winter Conference 2018
Is Cyber Security Your Problem? Is Meter Obsolescence? If so, please join OTEK’s President and CEO Dr. Otto P. Fest at this year’s American Nuclear Society Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida, November 11th-14th. Live from booth no. 300, Dr. Fest will be showcasing how OTEK’s award winning technology can help solve the Cyber Security challenges… 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 »