Notices tagged with nuclear

ozamidas@floss.social's status on Monday, 04-Jul-2022 12:34:01 UTC ozamidas

Well, #Nuclear energy is objectively better than #solar panels and other green energy methods. It doesn't shape the deserts like solar panels do, and it's way more consisten than any of the other methods.
Maybe we should go back to do nuclear research and invest more into it now that our #environment needs an alternative to oil and natural gas.
#ClimateChange

In conversation Monday, 04-Jul-2022 12:34:01 UTC from floss.social permalink
sтυx⚡ (stux@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 15:06:50 UTC sтυx⚡

CNN's Fred Pleitgen visits the abandoned #Russian military positions in #Chernobyl where Russian soldiers went into the Red Forest, the most #nuclear contaminated area on the planet, and brought back #radioactive dust.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jWnuvrPgu4

In conversation Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 15:06:50 UTC from mstdn.social permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Dec-2021 14:39:49 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

> The federal government defaulted on its legal obligation to take used nuclear fuel from commercial reactors beginning in 1998. … the nuclear energy industry, are committed to working with Congress, the administration and state leaders on proposed legislation to create a sustainable, integrated program.

— The DTE Energy site.

#nuclear #energy #power_generation #nuclear_energy

In conversation Thursday, 16-Dec-2021 14:39:49 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 10-Dec-2021 00:09:29 UTC simsa04

Oscar Archer, "Something Happened At GE Hitachi" https://medium.com/generation-atomic/something-happened-at-ge-hitachi-832996f4a998

« BWRX-300 is a mini version of a currently licensed reactor design, requiring a fraction of the concrete and steel, 26 months to build, on a 0.026 square km site, using proven reactor components and off-the-shelf balance of plant, based on real world operating experience for similar size and coolant circulation.

[...] Not only are loss of coolant accidents eliminated by design, the smaller nuclear core leads to significantly limited source term, the inventory of radioactives which need to be kept in the reactor. A small source term justifies a small site boundary, which should be no more than a 1 km radius. Passive coolant circulation takes care of any risk of overheating.

GE Hitachi are already working with Dominion in the US and OPG in Canada, targeting operation in 2028 and a cost of $1 billion USD (all in, not overnight capital cost). »

#nuclear
In conversation Friday, 10-Dec-2021 00:09:29 UTC from gnusocial.net permalink
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1. Something Happened At GE Hitachi
  
  from Medium
  
  ‘It was becoming clear that nuclear energy would never be the same and that the industry needed a different approach.’
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Sep-2021 14:36:55 UTC simsa04

Peter Beaumont, "China hit by power cuts and factory closures as energy crisis bites" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/29/china-hit-by-power-cuts-and-factory-closures-as-energy-crisis-bites

China increases coal transports to counter power cuts and failures in electricity supplies. Similiar dangers to electricity supplies and grid stability happened in California in August and seems to be about to occur in Europe should natural gas supplies stay low. Which is to be expected when you heavily invest in RE and phase-out nuclear and coal.

#nuclear #energy
In conversation Wednesday, 29-Sep-2021 14:36:55 UTC from gnusocial.net permalink
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1. China hit by power cuts and factory closures as energy crisis bites
  
  from the Guardian
  
  The world’s top coal consumer implements power rationing as supplies dwindle ahead of winter
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 27-Sep-2021 00:20:14 UTC simsa04

Harry Howard, "Dawning of Britain's 'new nuclear age': Gas crisis prompts ministers to 'change focus' with Kwasi Kwarteng poised to approve 16 mini-reactors in bid to hit 2050 net zero target" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10029709/Kwasi-Kwarteng-poised-approve-16-mini-nuclear-reactors-bid-hit-2050-net-zero-target.html

« Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is poised to approve funding for British engineering giant Rolls-Royce to create a fleet of mini-reactors. [...]

According to the Sunday Times, a consortium led by the engineering firm has secured the necessary £210million to get matching funding from the taxpayer.

It comes amid news that Chinese investment in Britain's next generation of nuclear power stations is set to be banned on security grounds. »

#nuclear
In conversation Monday, 27-Sep-2021 00:20:14 UTC from gnusocial.net permalink
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1. Government poised to approve 16 mini nuclear reactors to hit net zero
  
  from Mail Online
  
  Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is poised to approve funding for Rolls-Royce to create a fleet of mini-reactors. Above: An image released by Rolls-Royce of how the reactors could look.
simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.no)'s status on Monday, 21-Jun-2021 16:52:32 UTC simsa03
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Atalay Atasu, Serasu Duran, & Luk N. Van Wassenhove, "The Dark Side of Solar Power" https://hbr.org/2021/06/the-dark-side-of-solar-power

« The totality of these unforeseen costs could crush industry competitiveness. If we plot future installations according to a logistic growth curve capped at 700 GW by 2050 (NREL’s estimated ceiling for the U.S. residential market) alongside the early replacement curve, we see the volume of waste surpassing that of new installations by the year 2031. By 2035, discarded panels would outweigh new units sold by 2.56 times. In turn, this would catapult the LCOE (levelized cost of energy, a measure of the overall cost of an energy-producing asset over its lifetime) to four times the current projection. The economics of solar — so bright-seeming from the vantage point of 2021 — would darken quickly as the industry sinks under the weight of its own trash. »

#infrastructure #nuclear

cc @lnxw48a1 @andrej
In conversation Monday, 21-Jun-2021 16:52:32 UTC from gnusocial.no permalink
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1. The Dark Side of Solar Power
  
  from Harvard Business Review
  
  As interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill.
Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Jun-2020 00:30:45 UTC Stephen Sekula

From JLab_News https://twitter.com/JLab_News on Twitter: #Nuclear and #Particle physics friends: Make your mark on the highly anticipated #ElectronIonCollider - @BrookhavenLab & @JLab_News invites groups to express interest in facilitating detector components for a diverse science program. https://www.bnl.gov/eic/EOI.php https://twitter.com/JLab_News/status/1268678674825580545/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/65470
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@mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Nov-2016 23:42:27 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se
- Constance Variable
Trump: "If we have #nuclear weapons why can't we use them?" http://qttr.at/1k25
In conversation Wednesday, 09-Nov-2016 23:42:27 UTC from quitter.se permalink
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1. Donald Trump 'asked why US couldn't use nuclear weapons if he becomes president'
  
  from The Telegraph
  
  Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert three times why the United States couldn't use nuclear weapons if he becomes president, it has been claimed.
Matze D. (phononic@nerdpol.ch)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 00:13:20 UTC Matze D.

[Picture shared from Rofl.nu](What could go wrong? - http://rofl.nu/3qv8u) #ViaDiasporaNativeWebApp #nuclear #spiders #humor

In conversation Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 00:13:20 UTC from nerdpol.ch permalink Repeated by mcscx
Matze D. (phononic@nerdpol.ch)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 00:13:20 UTC Matze D.

[Picture shared from Rofl.nu](What could go wrong? - http://rofl.nu/3qv8u) #ViaDiasporaNativeWebApp #nuclear #spiders #humor

In conversation Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 00:13:20 UTC from nerdpol.ch permalink
Erkan Yılmaz (erkan@fediverse.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Nov-2014 15:23:51 UTC Erkan Yılmaz
- Markov Dosto(y)evsky
"talks on Tehran's #nuclear programme will resume in July 2015 after negotiators #fail to clinch final deal" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/iran-nuclear-talks-likely-adjourned-20141124111048750699.html

In conversation Monday, 24-Nov-2014 15:23:51 UTC from fediverse.com permalink

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