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Richard Lester: Person DB Profile

This profile page summarizes all known activity of the person Richard Lester related to Nuclear. This person may have appeared in articles supporting this topic, against it, or in a separate context: this biographical entry simply demarks this person as appearing in content suggesting contextual association with Nuclear.


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At-A-Glance Vitals

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All Media Count   260
News Count (W/Clustered)   232 (89.23%)
Distinct Stories   57
Blog Count   24 (9.23%)
Tweet Count   3 (1.15%)
Shared Tweet Count   2
Links Tweeted   0
Combined Tone   0.04
Combined Polarization   7.85
Combined Activity   0.56
Combined Personalization   0.56
News Tone   -0.14
Blog Tone   1.06
Tweet Tone   5.30
First Seen   5/19/2009
Last Seen   3/17/2013
News/Social Ratio  89.23%
Attention/Loyalty  51 / 1337 days (3.81%)

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Category Breakdown
Articles mentioning this person fall into the following system categories:

Activism
1.17% (3)
Documentaries/Movies
0.78% (2)
Legislation
88.67% (227)
Project
96.88% (248)


Related Countries
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RELATIONSHIPS


Related People

The following names occur in articles mentioning this person:

Richard Lester   98.46% (256)
Louis Zeller   66.15% (172)
Ridge League   66.15% (172)
Westinghouse Co   65.38% (170)
Atlanta-Based Co   64.23% (167)

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Related Organizations

The following organizations occur in articles mentioning this person:

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology   87.69% (228)
Southern Co   72.31% (188)
Westinghouse Electric Co   70.77% (184)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission   70.77% (184)
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League   66.15% (172)

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RELATED GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES


Related Worldwide Cities

The following cities worldwide occur in articles mentioning this person:

Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, United States   63.08% (164)
Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States   62.69% (163)
Watts, South Carolina, United States   10.77% (28)
Washington, District Of Columbia, United States   6.54% (17)
Waynesboro, Georgia, United States   6.54% (17)

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Related Countries
The following countries occur in articles mentioning this person:
United States   11.15% (238)
Georgia   11.15% (201)
China   11.15% (182)
Finland   11.15% (163)
Japan   11.15% (63)

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Related Global Regions

The following regions worldwide occur in articles mentioning this person:

London, City Of, United Kingdom   5.00% (13)
Tokyo, Japan   3.85% (10)
Dimashq, Syria   3.46% (9)
Baghdad, Iraq   3.46% (9)
DiyalăˇZ, Iraq   3.46% (9)

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Related US States

The following US states occur in articles mentioning this person:

Georgia, United States   77.31% (201)
Pennsylvania, United States   73.08% (190)
Vermont, United States   62.69% (163)
Massachusetts, United States   15.38% (40)
Tennessee, United States   11.15% (29)

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Outlet Location Countries
This person is mentioned in articles from outlets in these countries:
United States   11.15% (190)
Canada   11.15% (16)
Scotland   11.15% (2)
Seychelles   11.15% (2)
Bermuda   11.15% (1)

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TWITTER


Twitterers

The following Twitterers tweet links about this person

Atomicrod   0.38% (1)[Profile]
mcggarc   0.38% (1)[Profile]
DelusionalDuck   0.38% (1)[Profile]
CDEP49   0.38% (1)[Profile]
RightWingTalk   0.38% (1)[Profile]



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Top News Outlets

This person tends to be mentioned in articles from the following news outlets:

Mit.Edu   1.54% (4)
Wjtv.Com   1.15% (3)
Technologyreview.Com   1.15% (3)
Ajc.Com   0.77% (2)
Nctimes.Com   0.77% (2)

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Top Blogs

This person tends to be mentioned in articles from the following blogs:

Productsonlineblog.Com   0.38% (1)
Thedeflationtimes.Com   0.38% (1)
Newenergyandfuel.Com   0.38% (1)
Directed-By.Blogspot.Com   0.38% (1)
Howtoolkit.Com   0.38% (1)

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News Articles

All 232 news articles:

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MIT Develops Meltdown-Proof, Nuclear Waste-Eating Reactor

...... PhD candidates at MIT Yet the design has attracted some top advisors , including Regis Matzie , the former CTO of the major nuclear power plant supplier Westinghouse Electric , and Richard Lester , the head of the nuclear engineering department at MIT Ms Dewan Mr Massie and Mr Lester of Transatomic Power the new reactor design called the Waste-Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor WAMSR ......

(1191 words by oilprice.com)
(03/17/2013)
Legislation
Project
Tone: -0.77%
Pol: 5.39%
Act: 25.48%
Per: 0.38%
Que: 3.39%
Exc: 0.00%

New nuke could POWER WORLD UNTIL 2083 The Register

...... Middle Kingdom wants Nuclear energy is the only low carbon energy source that is both scalable and already generating large amounts of electricity around the world , said Dr Richard Lester , head of the department of nuclear science at MIT When we look at the world rapidly growing demand for energy and combine with the need for deep reductions in carbon emissions to avoid worst ......

(638 words by theregister.co.uk)
(03/14/2013)
Project
Tone: -0.75%
Pol: 7.09%
Act: 24.59%
Per: 0.75%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

A New Molten-Salt Reactor Could Halve the Cost of Nuclear Power | MIT Technology Review

...... PhD candidates at MIT , the design has attracted some top advisors , including Regis Matzie , the former CTO of the major nuclear power plant supplier Westinghouse Electric , and Richard Lester , the head of the nuclear engineering department at MIT the new reactor is expected to save money not only because it can be built in a factory rather than on site but also because it adds safety ......

(1061 words by technologyreview.com)
(03/12/2013)
Legislation
Project
Tone: -0.54%
Pol: 5.75%
Act: 26.68%
Per: 0.18%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

Climate Change Series: Energy Innovation And Nuclear Power | Cognoscenti

...... and use electricity MIT Professor Richard Lester offers one way to make that happen and explains why nuclear power remains a critical piece of the st century energy mix Richard Lester founded the Industrial Performance Center at the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology , and is Japan Steel Industry professor and head of MIT department of nuclear science and engineering Energy ......

(847 words by wbur.org)
(03/06/2013)
Legislation
Project
Tone: 1.13%
Pol: 6.99%
Act: 23.00%
Per: 1.80%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

And the DOE energy innovation award goes to a new type of nuclear power | SmartPlanet

...... as a stepping stone to a thorium version Transatomic is a spin-off of the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology , where Massie and Dewan are PhD students Its advisers include Richard Lester , who is head of MIT department of nuclear science and engineering , and who is also the school Japan Steel Industry Professor are Japanese steel makers interested in one of these MSRs ......

(903 words by smartplanet.com)
(03/01/2013)
Project
Tone: 0.53%
Pol: 5.43%
Act: 24.26%
Per: 0.43%
Que: 5.41%
Exc: 0.00%


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Blog Posts

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LENR Tungsten into Gold | Musings from the Chiefio

...... PhD candidates at MIT , the design has attracted some top advisors , including Regis Matzie , the former CTO of the major nuclear power plant supplier Westinghouse Electric , and Richard Lester , the head of the nuclear engineering department at MIT Half the cost , modular design , factory produced Good line up of people too think they have a shot at it Maybe they can talk to the ......

(1101 words by chiefio.wordpress.com)
(03/14/2013)
Project
Tone: 1.01%
Pol: 6.21%
Act: 24.60%
Per: 0.59%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

U.S.-China molten salt nuclear adviser among vets joining Transatomic board - The Weinberg Foundation

...... the US-China molten salt collaboration or of Matzie role in it Matzie and the three other new appointees join experienced nuclear experts already on Transatomic advisory team Richard Lester , head of the department of nuclear science and engineering at MIT , where he is also the Japan Steel Industry Professor Jess Gehin , Oak Ridge National laboratory senior program manager in ......

(818 words by the-weinberg-foundation.org)
(02/28/2013)
Tone: 2.85%
Pol: 5.46%
Act: 23.49%
Per: 0.59%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

Cost blowouts facing Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina in new nuclear reactors « nuclear-news.info

...... to meet thecountry growing power needs Industry watchers now say that only ahandful will be built this decade People are looking at these things very carefully , said Richard Lester , head of the department of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Inexpensive gas alone , he said , is casting a pretty long shadow over the prospects for ......

(510 words by nuclear-news.info)
(07/21/2012)
Project
Tone: 0.56%
Pol: 9.50%
Act: 24.39%
Per: 0.37%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

Cempaka Global Hotspots: AP IMPACT: Building costs rise at US nuclear sites

...... to meet the country growing power needs Industry watchers now say that only a handful will be built this decade People are looking at these things very carefully , said Richard Lester , head of the department of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Inexpensive gas alone , he said , is casting a pretty long shadow over the prospects for ......

(1980 words by cempaka-hotspots.blogspot.com)
(07/10/2012)
Legislation
Project
Tone: 1.10%
Pol: 8.72%
Act: 25.55%
Per: 0.50%
Que: 1.94%
Exc: 0.00%

The Global Scale Problem of Nuclear Energy Accidents and Nuclear Waste Contamination | http://www.thedeflationtimes.com

...... more portable , and even ones that produce hardly any nuclear waste From The Department Of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute Of Technology , Professor Dr Richard Lester and Graduate Students Mark Massie and Leslie Dewan will talk about the evolution of nuclear power in the United States , and directions that the industry might take in the future They will also ......

(1018 words by thedeflationtimes.com)
(06/07/2012)
Legislation
Project
Tone: -2.62%
Pol: 8.64%
Act: 23.79%
Per: 0.49%
Que: 4.55%
Exc: 0.00%


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Tweets

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 Tone

Atomicrod

...If #nuclear energy has “friends” like this, it does not need enemies http://t.co/hb97iOr Unfortunately, it has well organized opposition...

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(05/18/2011 at 05:02:23 am)
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Tone: -9.09%
Pol: 27.27%
Act: 31.82%
Per: 0.00%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

CDEP49

...Nuclear industry takes new path for new plants: Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactor... http://bit.ly/9umUZL...

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(08/31/2010 at 03:32:09 am)
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Tone: 12.50%
Pol: 12.50%
Act: 20.83%
Per: 0.00%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%

DelusionalDuck

...Nuclear industry takes new path for new plants: Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactor... http://bit.ly/drXkV5...

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(08/31/2010 at 05:15:11 am)
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Tone: 12.50%
Pol: 12.50%
Act: 20.83%
Per: 0.00%
Que: 0.00%
Exc: 0.00%






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