If you click on this you will be taken to a list of the latest BNC posts including “Carbon offsetting of uranium mines” now click on this heading and it will open the comments thread for that post. This post has had 347 views so far and 19 comments. You can check for yourself how many views and comments each post has received in the columns beside each post title.

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The “home” page also lists topic subjects under broad categories such as Climate Science, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy etc which break down into more specific sub-boards e.g. on the Nuclear Energy board some sub-boards are Nuclear Waste, Radiation, Safety etc. Each main board has a General Discussion board which may be used like an Open Thread for that main topic. You can choose to start a new discussion yourself or join in one already running.

Do have a play around with the category boards on the “home” page to familiarise yourself with what is being discussed.

However, as I said, if you just want to comment on any BNC post you only ever have to click on the “BNC Blog Post Comments” board on the “home” page.

The “new topics” button only takes you to a list of the latest comments on any topic and switches between topics, (the newest or older) depending on who has last commented on which topic thread and probably not all that useful for your purposes.However, a quick scan down the page will reveal the most commented on “hot” topics as a flaming folder appears on the right hand side of the post title. You can of course, click on that burning folder to take you directly to that post. The “hottest” topics are often the BNC current blog posts.

Be aware that this is a work in progress and Barry is open to changes which may improve the Forum. I will have look at the “Energy from Thorium” discussion forum to see how they go about things and I will also have a talk with Barry about your concerns.

DBB is right-the “Power Maker’s Challenge” post still hasn’t received a comment – maybe you could be the first :)

To respond just click “reply” which is one of the options (others being: search, bookmark, share, print) on the blue bar underneath Barry’s introductory remarks. There is the option to post a quick reply in the box supplied below this blue bar, but using this will not give you access to all the formatting buttons.

To make visiting the Forum easier, after logging-in at the bottom of the main page, you should tick the box next to “Keep me logged in” which is the option for your browser to save your user name and password. After that each time you visit BNC Forum you will be automatically logged-in.

If you want to create a new thread yourself you need to go to Home and select the relevant board and sub-board you think most closely applies to your topic. (There is also a General Discussion sub-board for each Board.) Click on your selected board/sub-board and right at the top of the page is a blue bar with the listed headings – “search”, “mark as read”, “new thread”, “new poll”. Click on “new thread” to create your topic.