nuclear energy
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@pretentiouswhat Kazatomprom warned delivery to Europe is getting too difficult & China is willing to buy everything they produce See below for transport routes to EU/US. W/ curren...
🗣 "Why bother with nuclear and its perceived risks, if we have solar and wind?" ✅ Because nuclear is THE BEST way to completely decarbonize the grid. Here's why (🧶 1 / 7) https:...
Your frequent reminder that the world could have defeated climate change in the 1980s if all industrialized nations had followed France's lead. https://t.co/NSgK6B5NEs
Update: fresh @googleearth imagery of China's Huludao nuclear submarine shipyard (from 12/26/2022) provides further evidence that construction of a new, larger class of nuclear sub...
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster is teaching us a lot about chronic low-dose radiation exposure. For instance, that the evacuation of 160k people and culling of ~...
"Advanced Nuclear Technology for Maritime: ‘30 knots for 30 years’ with true zero emissions as the standard" [Patrick G. Gerrity via @USCG] ht @COREPOWER10 #marine_nuclear #SMR ht...
@mnovendstern I suspect that solar might beat nuclear for AI ... e.g. 25% of the land area of Arizona gives you 6000GW of power using 30% efficient solar, obviously that's an avera...
@N7Bernardo Depleted uranium (DU) is a toxic heavy metal and the main by-product of uranium enrichment. It is the substance left over when most (some remain and that is key) of the...
🇺🇦 Unit 6, the last unit operating unit at the #Zaporizhzhia #nuclear power station in #Ukraine, was shut down at 03.41 local time on 11 September (Sunday), state operator Energoat...
Concerning the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) 1. 1 Sept Residents of the town of Energodar hand a letter to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, asking him to "stop the pro...
Energy prices in Europe have gone parabolic…again. As Russia continues to politicize energy, many in Europe are feeling the squeeze. Our energy infrastructure’s fragility is expo...
A lot of people think that we need both renewables and nuclear, but we don't. If you have nuclear, there's no need for solar panels & wind turbines, particularly since they make el...
Am I the only one who thinks we SHOULD store nuclear waste in dry casks above ground precisely because 90% of the potential energy is still in it, and within ~100 yrs we’ll probabl...
WHAT ABOUT CHERNOBYL? Chernobyl the accident shows that, even in a worst-case scenario, the health and environmental risks of nuclear are small. Chernobyl the cultural phenomeno...
Incredible -- USA battery storage now reaching the combined cumulative energy storage capacity of a single decent pumped hydro facility from the 70s. We're so advanced and futuris...
BREAKING: Extraordinary, powerful new interview. Joachim Bühler, CEO of safety inspection association TÜV, says Germany's working nuclear plants, plus 3 plants closed in December,...
MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem" REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while prote...
Chinese nuclear project update - A project that's kept a VERY low profile since its FCD last year: the 125MW CNNC-led Small Modular Reactor (SMR) down in Hainan. Announcement cam...
🧵THREAD🧵 1/10 Saba Naqvi made fun of ShivLing shaped Nuclear reactor without knowing the background behind it. Bhagwan Shiv is the ultimate source of energy. https://t.co/3uS2HpR...
Fascinating inside details about the development of the AUKUS deal (part 1)… 1/5 https://t.co/KE1zmNXBR0
On this day in May 1998, India conducted three underground nuclear tests. Major foreign powers which includes the US, Israel, UK, Germany, Canada, Russia and France have provided c...
Spent some time tonight updating my #uranium enrichment graphics. A monolithic SWU price doesn't really tell us anything without context. I'll walk through a few examples below....
Diablo Canyon and Indian Point were marked for death by @NRDC specifically because they were structurally profitable and therefore needed special intervention from "environmentalis...
Since the myth of limited nuclear fuel supply is back in the zeitgeist due to some popular YT videos, I figured I would finally dive into the true insanity of nuclear fission fuel...
