The first of a series on people and events at the 2012 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting

As the Eastern half of the United States falls under siege by Hurricane Sandy and combined weather fronts-which together are being termed "Frankenstorm"-the nuclear community is targeted by nuclear opponents keen on capitalizing on this severe weather event. A recent piece quoting Arnold Gundersen asserts that Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station is facing serious problems should it lose offsite power, saying essentially that the plant will be unable to provide cooling for the spent fuel in its spent fuel pool.

Recently, Dr. Nicole Stricker of the Idaho National Laboratory sent a link for the following video to members of the ANS Social Media list.

The 126th Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers posted this weekend at the very new blog titled "Entreprenuclear," the enterprising product of Joel Riddle.  Click here to see this episode of the Carnival.

The 125th Carnival of Nuclear Energy is up right now at "The Next Big Future."

The 124th weekly Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers is up right now at Atomic Power Review.

When I was registering for the various events scheduled to take place during the ANS Annual Meeting this past June, I was quite excited to see that one of the three technical tours would be at Exelon's Dresden Nuclear Station, not too far from downtown Chicago where the meeting was taking place. Luckily, I made the cut for attendance and was issued a ticket for the tour when I checked in at the meeting desk.

Findings could be significant for other reactors