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Quote from Iran Press ☫ (@IR_Press):
Iran destroy American radars in the region,Increased rainfall Dams are overflowing after 7 years.
Tucker Carlson Exposed American Weather Engineering in Iran.
Follow Us for updates.
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Quote from Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani):
A Palestinian Christian woman explains to Tucker Carlson that after Israeli settlers physically choked her, she called the Israeli police.
Police arrested her -- the victim.
Mideast nerds know this happens *constantly.*
God Bless Tucker for educating his audience.
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Quote from Censored Humans (@CensoredHumans):
Tucker Carlson - "The idea that Israel accidentally killed tens of thousands of women and children in Gaza is a total lie-they murdered them on purpose. It's not even debatable; it's a fact..."
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Quote from Ounka (@OunkaOnX):
Tucker Carlson shares footage of IDF soldiers mocking Christian worship inside a church.
This is what happens when a society believes it is chosen. Everyone else's faith is a joke
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Quote from Ounka (@OunkaOnX):
Tucker Carlson: 'No place occupied by Israel is thriving. That includes the United States. We're not thriving. This is an obvious observation'
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Quote from Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_):
⚡️ 🔺CNN: Trump worried about losing his voter base over war with Iran
🔹Joe Rogan's sudden appearance at the White House came after he had recently criticized Trump's handling of the Iran war several times on his highly popular podcast.
🔹While Trump usually fiercely attacks other supporters like Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones for their criticisms, he has a different approach with Rogan, who called the war with Iran "insane."
🔹Trump approved one of Rogan's supported projects. Two days later, Rogan was a guest at the White House.
🔹At the event, Trump referred to Rogan's massive audience, saying that their election conversation had "over 300 million" viewers and that this interview played a role in his victory. He also called Rogan an "amazing human being."
🔹Trump is likely concerned about losing a portion of his voter base due to the Iran war.
🔹According to polls, a significant portion of Trump's voters are dissatisfied with the war, and some have even expressed regret.
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Quote from Remarks (@remarks):
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Tucker Carlson says he regrets helping get President Trump elected, apologizes for "misleading people."
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Quote from Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media):
Tucker Carlson discloses that soon after Charlie Kirk urged Donald Trump not to attack Iran, he began to receive "massive abuse" from his donors.
"I think he made real enemies in doing that."
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Quote from HatsOff (@HatsOffff):
Tucker Carlson labels Israel the most violent country in the world
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Quote from AF Post (@AFpost):
Buckley Carlson, Tucker Carlson’s son, has left his position as Vice President JD Vance’s deputy press secretary.
Buckley has left to start his own consulting business.
Vance was under pressure from pro-Israel pundits to remove Buckley from his office because of his father’s remarks criticizing Israel.
Follow: @AFpost
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Quote from Fish_Groyper (@fish_groyper):
Nick Fuentes explains the reason Tucker Carlson has increased his rhetoric against Jews
During the Republican Jewish coalition Mark Levin said “We are watching who disavows who”. They want JD Vance to disavow Tucker and fire his son Buckley.
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Quote from Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra):
Tucker Carlson believes that the U.S. government has already entered into a secret agreement with creatures thought to be aliens.
He claims these beings are not extraterrestrial but have always been present on Earth and may be spiritual in nature.
“There are forces that are not human, that exist in a spiritual realm of some kind that we cannot see.”
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Quote from Uncensored.AI (@GoUncensored):
Is Tucker Carlson right?
Is Islam more compatible to Christianity than Judaism?
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Quote from Joel Webbon (@JoelWebbon):
There really is one world religion.
@TuckerCarlson called it “Israelism”.
Some call it “Judaism”.
Its true name is “Holocaustianity”.
Going Live Today at 12pm EST.
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Quote from Carrie Prejean Boller (@CarriePrejean1):
Calling Tucker, Megyn, and Candace “low IQ” is really calling 50+ million Americans stupid.
These three command audiences he can’t control and attention he can’t buy. Candace has held the #1 podcast in the world, Tucker dominates independent media, and Megyn routinely outperforms legacy networks.
@POTUS is like a toddler throwing a tantrum when no one wants to play with him anymore.
He’s attacking them because they don’t bow to him. He’s attacking them because they’re bigger than him, and no longer need him, nor want him.
When he calls @RealCandaceO @TuckerCarlson @megynkelly stupid, he’s effectively calling their audience stupid too.
This is how desperate he is for attention.
Nothing terrifies an ego maniac more than people with larger, independent microphones, and people who are actually listening.
There’s nothing more low IQ than a man who builds a movement, then destroys it with his own ego.
Oh, and a man who chooses heretic @Paula_White as his “pastor-ess”.
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Quote from Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield):
What Trump doesn't seem to understand is that he has lost a significant chunk, not necessarily of the MAGA base (though that is shrinking), but of the independent minded voters who swung the election in his favor in 2024. These voters, and I'll count myself among them, aren't in a cult of personality, but we did vote for Trump because he promised to do things we believed were right for the country, like, for example, mass deportations and no pointless wars in the Middle East. And a significant segment of these types of voters, being independent minded and, you know, not in a cult of personality, also tend to listen to some combination of media figures like Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, Tim Dillon, Theo Von, and other podcasters who have solidly turned against Trump for breaking said promises. He could have never won in '24 without us (remember, just a few percentage points in the other direction would have yielded an entirely different result), and Republicans will never win in '26 or '28 unless this voter segment and our issues, which, despite Trump's retcon attempts, were original MAGA issues, are addressed in a major way by Trump and especially the next GOP nominee.
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Quote from Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS):
Tucker Carlson suggests Trump might be the ANTICHRIST
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Quote from Joe Rogan Podcast News (@joeroganhq):
Tucker Carlson says Trump's religion is "Israelism."
"It's not Christianity, clearly. It's Israelism. It's the defense of Israel."
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Quote from Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs):
Tucker Carlson on Dan Bongino:
"It kind of wrecks Dan’s career… It’s pretty hard for Dan to go back to his podcast audience and be like, ‘I'm telling you the truth’ when they all think he’s covering up for Epstein."
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Quote from Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle):
🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Tucker Carlson says Trump is the Antichrist.
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The thread about Peat Loan; an old house in Trinity on the “wrong” orientation is “wrong”
Here is an interesting house which was recently for sale in Trinity. Whenever there is a building like this, it piques my interest. Why is it at an irregular angle to its regularly ordered Georgian and Victorian neighbours, all of which are in neat plots perpendicular to the road? Why does the boundary follow that line? Shall we find out?
A house for sale in TrinityWe can quite easily answer these first 2 questions by a quick glance at an old map. Even in 1804 our building stands out like it does now. The boundary is at an angle because it follows a much older property boundary – in this case the stream of the Anchorfield Burn, and the property is at an angle because it pre-dates the others and has been aligned to the burn rather than its neighbours.
The Anchorfield Burn is the dark, wiggly line through the middle of the map. Our building is the one marked “Peat Loan”, on the Newhaven Road. Ainslie’s 1804 Town Plan, reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandOur house of interest is Peat Loan: it’s fairly obvious to look at that it’s a 3 bay building that has been extended at either side with additional wings, then end result being rather barn-like. The entrance door has been narrowed, making it somewhat awkwardly offset from the window above it. The whole building seems quite a bit lower than the modern (actually Victorian) road surface over the tall wall to the left
A fairly obvious, unadorned, three-bay Georgian house which has been extended on either side.William Roy doesn’t record any buildings on the Newhaven Road in the 1750s, neither does a map of 1759 or one of 1765, so Peat Loan must be built in the later third of the 18th century. It is therefore amongst the oldest surviving buildings in the neighbourhood of Trinity. You can see below that a road marked by Roy is missing in the 1804 map, it runs from Ferry Road, to the west of Leith Mount in a direct line to the houses of Laverockbank and Lilliputhall, intersecting the Newhaven Road at almost exactly where the house of Peat Loan is marked in 1804. Note that in 1755 the Ferry Road was slightly further south than its current alignment, running about 150m closer to the houses of Old Bonnington and East Warriston, being widened and straightened by 1759 when a feuing map shows that it has moved to its current position.
Roy’s map, c. 1755. Road highlighted from Leith Mount to Laverockbank. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandAinslie’s Map, 1804. Road alignment from Roy’s Map highlighted. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandPeat Loan means Peat Lane, loan being the Scots name for a lane. There was a Peat Neuk (a corner for storing peat) in Leith near the Coalhill since the 17th century, suggesting that peat was being transported to the town and stored for fuel. If it was being gathered on the Wardie Muir it stands to reason that this route to Leith would cross the Newhaven Road here, as there would be a way across the Anchorfield Burn. It is also obvious why it would be known as the Peat Loan.This track was removed by 1804, as the lands of the Trinity House and Hospital of Leith were laid out in plots for building villas and gardens on, and the Ferry Road and Newhaven Road were widened and improved.
The house of Peat Loan sits on a plot that Ainslie puts in the ownership of Mr T. Williamson, alongside villas called St. Catharines Bank (possibly named for his daughter, Catherine) and Northfield. The latter had been a farm, unsurprisingly referring to a subdivision in the northern part of an older landholding. Thomas Williamson of Northfield (1756-1838) was a merchant who had premises on Quality Street and is listed in the 1804-5 Post Office directory. His wife was Elizabeth Ramsay, daughter of his business partner Robert Ramsay of Camno.
Thomas Williamson-Ramsay of Lixmount and Maxton, by Sir Henry Raeburn, RA. © National TrustHe became Thomas Williamson of Lixmount when he bought the villa of this name in 1812. Lixmount had been built in 1792 by a lawyer, George Andrew, whose wife had a family connection to Lix in Perthshire.
Lixmount, colourised from an original print.Thomas became Williamson-Ramsay of Lixmount and Maxton in 1832 when he succeeded to this estate and its title on the death of his wife; her father having died in 1814, it fell to Thomas who himself died in 1838. He left a substantial legacy to Leith Hospital, which funded a £25,000, 7 ward extension in 1871 that was called Williamson-Ramsay House. The titles and property were inherited by George Williamson-Ramsay, eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth.
The Williamson-Ramsay wing at the former Leith HospitalBy 1817, St. Catherine’s is owned by a Dr. Ireland. Northfield remains in the posession of a Mr Williamson, who I think Thomas Williamson junior, son of William-Ramsay of Lixmount. By 1849 Peat Loan was known as Northfield Cottage and by 1857 was in the ownership of Mrs Barbara Notman, who had inherited it through an aunt, Susan Williamson, suggesting it had stayed in the Williamson family all this time. The resident is later Mr James Hume Notman, son of Barbara, he was a law agent and was still there in 1884. By 1891, James is resident in Edinburgh. His father, William Notman, died at Northfield Cottage in 1893 and his mother Barbara dies there in 1904.
Kirkwood’s map of 1817. Lixmount is on the left, north of the Anchorfield Burn. Peat Loan, St. Catherine’s Bank and Northfield are on the right, south of the burn. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandWilliam Notman was an architect and the house was used as both the family residence and his place of work and had apparently lived at Northfield Cottage since the age of 11. He was apprenticed to William Henry Playfair, the architect of Edinburgh’s Third or Calton New Town and many of its neoclassical monuments, at the age of 14. He was Playfair’s assistant before setting up his own practice, the work in his own name being mainly shops, farmhouses, domestic and alterations to existing buildings.
The house in the property listing is stripped back to a bare shell however photos taken by Canmore show the building before it was gutted in 2016. It largely looks untouched since the 1950s and 60s, but a few older features peek through, DSL suggests they are the work of Notman. Its new owners got in touch in 2023 to let me know that they had finished renovating and restoring it after much effort and were now enjoying living there.
Northfield Cottage interior, 2016Northfield Cottage interior, 2016And what of the Anchorfield Burn? Well, the little stream is still there, long since hidden underground within a culvert. You can still see it seeping out of this culvert and feeding a swamp alongside the cycle path on the old railway running through Trinity between the bridges which carry Clark Road and South Trinity Road across the path. The burn flowed out into the sea east of Newhaven, where there stood an early 18th century house – appropriately enough known as Anchorfield. It’s nice to think it’s a fancy name with a nautical connection. But… you’d be wrong. Anchor is a mis-spelling of an older word, Anker, which refers to a winding or hook-shaped stream. The –field part of the name was simply a common suffix with which to name a house at the time..
Ainslie’s Map, 1804 showing Anchorfield, with the burn forming its eastern boundary and flowing into the sea east of Newhaven. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandThe Mr Morrison referred to on the map was Sir Alexander Morison (1779 – 1866) who was born here. Sir Alexander specialised in mental health and treating a wealthy clientele. He was one of the consulting doctors to the Bethlem Royal Hospital in London in 1835; from where the word Bedlam comes from. An image of Morrison at Anchorfield was painted by a patient in Bethlem, the artist Richard Dadd, in 1835. Dadd had never seen this scene but based it off of drawings and descriptions from Morison’s daughter.
Sir Alexander Morison infront of Anchorfield, with two Newhaven Fishwives in their traditional garb behind him.Anchorfield now lends its name to a late Victorian tenement built on its site, which is in the news as of January 2024 as one side has had to be evacuated over severe structural concerns.
Footnote: Since this post was first written, the new owners of Peat Loan have been very hard at work renovating and restoring the house. They were kind enough to invite me around to see for myself and I am very pleased to say they have done a wonderful job and made the most amazing home.
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Would be assassin #ThomasCrooks': Trump let us down and ate our faces!
Trump Losing Grip on MAGA Media as Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham Challenge Him
Colby HallNov 14th, 2025
"Whatever else remains murky about the rooftop in Butler, Carlson insists Crooks’ digital footprint shows a classic right-wing grievance spiral, not a partisan mystery. "
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Multiple Nuclear Reactors Are on the Road to Restarts
- DOE Loans Holtec $57M to Restart Palisades
- NextEra Energy Follows Constellation; Files with Regulators to Restart Duane Arnold
- Santee Cooper Seeks Proposals to Complete Abandoned V C Summer plant
- Small Modular Reactors Considered for Site of Kewaunee Nuclear Plant
- Urenco to Supply HALEU Fuel for Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor
- EDF in Line for State Loan to Build Six New Reactors
- France Names New CEO at EDF to Execute Bailout Loans
- World Bank Mulls Ending Long Standing Ban on Funding Nuclear Power
- Rolls-Royce Seeks Space Partnerships for Moon / Mars Missions
DOE Loans Holtec $57M to Restart Palisades
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright announced the release of the second loan disbursement to Holtec for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. The action releases $56,787,300 of the up to $1.52 billion in loan guarantees to Holtec for the Palisades project, which will provide 800MW of affordable and reliable baseload power in Michigan.
“Unleashing American energy dominance will require leveraging all energy sources that are affordable, reliable and secure – including nuclear energy,” said Secretary Wright.”
The Palisades Nuclear Plant will be America’s first restart of a commercial nuclear reactor that ceased operations, subject to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing approvals. The project is projected to support or retain up to 600 high-quality jobs in Michigan, and many of them will be filled by workers who had previously been at the plant for over 20 years. The firm’s timeline for restart is within the next one to two years depending on NRC licensing.
The action by DOE is Holtec’s second disbursement of funds from the Loan Programs Office (LPO) since the announcement of its financial loan in September 2024. LPO funds go toward the plant restart and ensuring the plant is able to be licensed.
World Nuclear News reported that the 800 MWe single unit pressurized water reactor plant ceased operations in May 2022. Holtec International completed its acquisition of the plant from Entergy shortly afterwards. Initially, the path forward had been for Holtec to decommission it, but the company subsequently announced plans to apply for federal funding to support a restart of operations. It would be the first nuclear reactor in the USA to resume operations after having been retired.
Restarting the plant is anticipated to avoid the emission of 4.47 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year for a total of 111 million tCO2 during the projected 25 years of operations.
Holtec has also said it intends to use the Palisades site as the location for its first two small modular reactor units. These will potentially add an additional 600 MW of generation capacity at the site and take advantage of existing infrastructure.
One of the key challenges facing Holtec in the restart of the plant is to is the condition of the steam generator system of the 800 MW reactor. According to the NRC, an inspection of the steam system found more than 1,000 steam generator tubes, or just over 12% of all tubes, with indications of corrosion cracking. Holtec says it will use a repair method called “sleeving” which is a liner pushed inside of each original damaged steam tube.
Patrick O’Brien, a Holtec spokesperson, told Reuters in October 2024 the results of the NRC inspections of the steam tubes “were not entirely unpredicted” as the standard system “layup process”, or procedure for maintaining the units, was not followed when the plant went into shutdown.
According to the NRC, Palisades has two Combustion Engineering Model 2530 replacement steam generators. Each of them has 8,219 mill-annealed, Alloy 600 tubes. The tubes have an outside diameter of 0.75 inches, and a wall thickness of 0.042 inches. The alloy hasn’t lived up to expectations in terms of resisting corrosion.
The NRC has informally issued a caution flag about Holtec’s plan to deal with the steam tube problem. The first is that Holtec wants to go ahead to make the repairs and then have the NRC inspect and approve them. If the agency says if doesn’t like what it sees, that could add delays to a fast moving schedule for restarts.
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NextEra Energy Follows Constellation; Files with Regulators to Restart Duane Arnold
NextEra Energy has filed paperwork with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) indicating its intent to restart the 600 MWe Duane Arnold nuclear power plant. The reactor was shut down in 2020 after 45 years of operation.
The utility has also reportedly communicated with regional grid operators about its plans to be a source of power for new data centers being built in Iowa. However, the utility has not signed power purchase agreements with them. The utility also needs to sign up other customers to sell its power to them.
According to the utility the status of the shutdown plant has been reviewed in terms of engineering review of its condition. According to statements provided to the news media by the utility, the reactor is in good shape to support a restart subject to regulatory approvals. The plant’s cooling towers, which were destroyed in a storm will have to be rebuilt, but do not need nuclear related reviews. Work is needed on the switch yard, including new equipment, which needs to be ordered soon given the long lead times for it. The utility said it believes the plant could be restored to revenue service by 2028.
Constellation’s Restart of TMI-1 is the Model for Duane Arnold
NextEra is following in the footsteps of Constellation Energy’s which is restarting TMI-1, renamed Crane Clean Energy Center, in Pennsylvania, and which inked a power purchase agreement with Microsoft to power its data centers.
Constellation is seeking a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee to help finance its plan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant and sell the electricity to Microsoft to AI power data centers. The firm started the loan process in May 2024. According to news media reports, the initial review for the loan has been cleared and the two parties are now negotiating specific terms of the deal.
NexEra declined to say whether it would approach DOE for a loan to restart Duane Arnold. The company said in February in its regulatory filings, “NextEra is monitoring the progress made by (the other companies) and will make adjustments as appropriate, based on lessons learned from those precedential actions.”
Are SMRs in the Future in Iowa?
In an earnings call in January, John Ketchum, NextEra’s CEO, said the firm is also interested in small modular reactors. According to the statement, the company has a division focused on studying SMRs to figure out whether to get into the business. However, he raised a caution flag characterizing SMRs as a “next decade” solution citing the need for developers to prove they can develop their SMRs in fleet mode with resulting competitive costs for production and operation.
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Santee Cooper Seeks Proposals to Complete Abandoned V C Summer Nuclear Power Project
South Carolina’s state-owned utility Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s largest electricity utility, has launched a process seeking proposals that could lead to the revival of the abandoned V C Summer nuclear power station project.
Santee Cooper is, in effect. taking on revival of one of the most significant failures to complete a reactor project in the history of the US nuclear industry. In short, metaphorically speaking, it is trying to bring a $10 billion fiasco back from the dead.
The company said in a statement that it is looking for proposals to acquire and complete, or propose alternatives, for two partially constructed nuclear units at the site. The utility said it has no plans to own the units.
Santee Cooper cited significant interest in repowering closed or cancelled nuclear units to shorten project timelines, as well as federal incentives for these projects. Santee Cooper has engaged US investment banking firm Centerview Partners to conduct a request for proposal (RFP) seeking parties interested in acquiring the project and related assets, and potentially completing one or both units or pursuing alternative uses of the assets. The banking firm lists its expertise as being in M&A, independent board committees, shareholder activism, debt and equity financing and restructuring.
Factors contributing to the utility’s decision to launch an RFP process include a need for new generating capacity, driven by rapid growth of data centers, the onshoring of manufacturing, and the retirement of fossil-fired plants.
Utility president and chief executive officer Jimmy Staton said, “Considering the long timelines required to bring new nuclear units online, Santee Cooper has a unique opportunity to explore options for Summer Units 2 and 3 and their related assets that could allow someone to generate reliable, carbon emissions-free electricity on a meaningfully shortened timeline. We are seeing renewed interest in nuclear energy, fueled by advanced manufacturing investments, AI-driven data center demand, and the tech industry’s zero-carbon targets.”
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Small Modular Reactors Considered for Site of Kewaunee Nuclear Plant
Although the main reactor at the Kewaunee Nuclear Plant is being decommissioned, the site, with its grid access and switch yard, is being considered for development of small nuclear reactors (SMRs). In December 2024 December, EnergySolutions, which owns the site, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Terrestrial Energy, to collaborate on building Integral Molten Salt Reactor plants.
Local economic development officials say the reactors could be used to supply electricity to data centers, but so far this idea is still in the talking stage. EnergySolutions told a local TV station the Kewaunee plant is in consideration for one or more SMRs but no decision has yet been made.
The Kewaunee Power Station sits on the shores of Lake Michigan in the town of Carlton, between Kewaunee and Two Rivers. It first began operations in 1974 and the plant was formally closed in May 2013. Decommissioning is expected to be complete in 2031
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Urenco to Supply HALEU Fuel for Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor
- Partnership for High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Key Step in Development of Next-Generation Technology
Westinghouse Electric Company and Urenco have signed a first agreement for long-term fuel enrichment. Under the agreement, Urenco will provide enrichment of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to Westinghouse for five years of deployment for the company’s next-generation, eVinci microreactor.
Uranium enrichment and nuclear fuel process. Image: UrencoIn 2023, Urenco was awarded $12.4 million by the UK government from its Nuclear Fuel Fund to help develop low enriched uranium and HALEU enrichment capability at its Capenhurst site in Cheshire, England. Westinghouse has a nuclear fuel fabrication plant in the UK at its UK Springfields site.
High-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), which is uranium enriched to between 5% and 20% U-235, is needed to fuel many types of advanced reactors including the eVinci. The fuel in the form of UF6 destined to be fabricated into solid fuel assemblies, is in short supply. For instance, TerraPower postponed the startup of its 345MW sodium cooled Natrium advanced reactor from 2028 to 2030 due to anticipated delays in being able to obtain sufficient quantities for first fuel loading and subsequent fuel outages.
The eVinci microreactor intended to support a variety of applications, including providing reliable electricity and heating for data centers, the oil and gas industry, mining operations, remote communities, universities, industrial centers, and defense facilities, and soon the lunar surface and beyond.
The eVinci microreactor has very few moving parts, working essentially as a battery, providing the versatility for power systems ranging from several kilowatts to 5 MW of electricity, delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for eight-plus years without refueling. The technology will be factory-built and assembled before it is shipped in a container.
In September 2024 Westinghouse Electric Company completed the front-end engineering and experiment design (FEEED) phase to test a prototype of its eVinci microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The FEEED process is intended to support developers in design and planning for the fabrication, construction, and potential testing of fueled reactor experiments at the DOME test bed operated by the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC).
Penn State and Westinghouse Electric Co. are partnering to unlock the potential of the industry-leading eVinci microreactor by engaging with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to develop a new nuclear research facility at the University Park campus.
Penn State submitted a letter of intent to the NRC on 02/28/25 which is the first step in the application process to install an eVinci microreactor at the new research facility.
The firm is reportedly looking at several locations in Pennsylvania to manufacture its eVinci microreactor.
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EDF in Line for State Loan to Build Six New Reactors
(WNN) France’s Nuclear Policy Council, headed by President Emmanuel Macron,has agreed that a subsidized government loan should be issued to state-owned power utility EDF to cover at least half the construction costs of six EPR2 reactors.
In February 2022, Macron announced that the time was right for a nuclear renaissance in France, saying the operation of all existing reactors should be extended without compromising safety and unveiling a proposed program for six new EPR2 reactors, with an option for a further eight EPR2 reactors to follow. The first three pairs of EPR2 reactors are proposed to be built, in order, at the Penly, Gravelines and Bugey sites. Construction is expected to start in 2027.
The cost was originally estimated at EUR51.7 billion (USD56.4 billion), but this was revised to EUR67.4 billion (USD70 millikon) in 2023. The six reactors, coming in at 1.650 MW each, at a hypothetical cost of $6,500/kw comes out to 9.9 GWe at an estimated cost of about $$64.4 billion. A subsidy of half the cost would be USD32.2 billion.
The additional eight reactors, also using the hypothetical cost of $6,500/Kw, come in at 13.2 GWe or USD86 billion.
The costs will undoubtedly be higher in the out years of the construction cycle for all eight plants. EDF’s construction of two EPRs in the UK at the Hinkley C site are already behind schedule and over budget. The UK is still facing an investment decision, all but certain, to go all in to invest in and build two more 1,650 MW EPRs at the Sizewell C site.
In France the construction of the 1,620 MW EPR at Flamanville 3 was initiated in 2007 but the plant was not connected to the grid until December 2024. The original estimate was $4 billion but final cost was $13.2 billion or $8,150/kw. This was the second EPR built by EDF. The first unit built in Finland also suffered from significant schedule delays and cost overruns.
The EPR2 reactor, which is a redesign of the 1,650 MW original design, is supposed to benefit from the lessons learned in Finland and France. It is a pressurized water reactor project developed by EDF and Framatome. It meets the general safety objectives of the third generation of reactors.
At a 03/17/25 meeting, the French Nuclear Policy Council (CPN) “examined the main principles of the financing and regulatory framework” for the construction of the six EPR2s, the Elysee Palace (the official residence of the French president) said in a statement. EDF is heavily in debt and needs the money.
“This framework is based on a subsidized government loan covering at least half of the construction costs and a Contract for Difference on nuclear production at a maximum price of EUR100 (USD109) per MWh in 2024 value.”
A Contract for Difference is essentially where there is a future fixed price guaranteed for electricity generated, with the government either paying the difference between the market price and the agreed sale price, or receiving payment if the market price is higher.
Elysee said: “This important milestone will allow discussions between the government and EDF to be finalized in the coming weeks and allow for rapid initiation of discussions with the European Commission, with a view to EDF making a final investment decision in 2026.”
The Council requested EDF “step up its cost and schedule control efforts” and to present a binding cost and time frame estimate by the end of the year.
The CPN also validated the action plan aimed at securing the upstream part of the nuclear fuel cycle and “in particular the support that the State will provide to Orano for France’s uranium supply in the medium and long term”.
Regarding used fuel processing, the Council confirmed continued investment in Orano’s program of upgrades in downstream activities at its La Hague site.
In addition, the Council mandated the General Secretariat for Investment to continue supporting the development of small modular reactors by “prioritizing the projects most likely to lead to the commissioning of a demonstrator at the beginning of the 2030s.”
Update 03/25/25 – EDF Postpones Six New EPRs to late 2030s
The 4th meeting of France’s Nuclear Policy Council (CPN – Conseil de politique nucléaire), chaired by President Emmanuel Macron, decided to delay the commissioning of EPR2 reactors to 2038 . This is a postponement of three years. The CPN, which has been held regularly since 2022, defines the main orientations of national nuclear policy.
The cost was originally estimated at €51.7bn ($56.4bn), but this was revised upwards to €67.4bn in 2023, according to the Court of Auditors. Taking inflation into account, a total budget of nearly €80bn is now being considered.
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France Names New CEO to Execute Bailout Loans
The French government is changing horses in terms of the leadership of EDF which is a state-owned enterprise. The decision comes as French President Macron moves to order six new 1,650 MW EPRs plus an follow-on contract to build eight more as the French nuclear fleet ages out.
France is overhauling the leadership at state-owned utility EDF, as the heavily indebted company gears up to build six new nuclear reactors for the country while struggling to sign up long-term customers for its power.
Bernard Fontana, currently head of nuclear engineering group Framatome, majority owned by EDF, has been proposed as the new CEO. He will replace Luc Remont who has held the role for the past two years. The change still needs to be approved by parliament which is expected to approve the appointment.
Speaking to reporters on a trip in central France, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Fontana had experience leading teams and “accelerating construction” to steer the company as it embarked on a new phase.
“We are facing new nuclear power plant construction sites, construction sites that are expensive and on which there are a certain number of difficulties,” he said.
Framatome, run by Fontana since 2015, designs the European Pressurized Reactors that EDF plans to build over the coming decades to renew the country’s ageing nuclear fleet.
Reuters reported that Fontana will take over EDF after months of protracted and increasingly tense negotiations between the utility and industry over long-term power supply contracts, with the two sides unable to agree on terms. EDF wants to cover the cost of maintaining its nuclear fleet and investing in new reactors while companies are demanding lower electricity prices to remain competitive. Earlier this month, EDF said it was inviting companies in other countries to bid for its power as it struggled to win business clients at home.
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World Bank Mulls Ending Long Standing Ban on Funding Nuclear Power
- The head of the World Bank said he asked the lender’s board to reverse its long-standing policy against funding nuclear power projects, saying the technology offers a green option for poor countries.
According to a Bloomberg wire service report the head of the World Bank said he asked the lender’s board to reverse its long-standing policy against funding nuclear power projects. He said the technology offers a green option for poor countries.
“The good news is the board has come together and said they’re willing to discuss” the change, World Bank President Ajay Banga said at an event in Washington, adding that he expects the move to be included in a broader energy policy proposal expected in June 2026. It is unclear how long it will take for the bank to reach a final decision, establish criteria for loans, and make the first commitments to funding nuclear power projects.
Among developing nations, those in Southeast Asia that are heavily reliant on fossil fuels like coal have for the first time expressed interest in having nuclear power. The Philippines is aiming to have its first nuclear power plant by 2032 which are most likely to be SMRs. Vietnam is considering reviving parts of a former plan for full size nuclear power plants. Indonesia is progressing with plans for a floating molten salt plant.
“Small nuclear reactors could be transformative,” Banga said in an interview with Bloomberg reporter David Rubenstein at the Economic Club of Washington.
The bank has fund fossil fuel and renewable power projects but has resisted all previous efforts to get it to reconsider its ban on funding nuclear projects.
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Rolls-Royce Seeks Space Partnerships for Moon / Mars Missions
Rolls-Royce is looking for partnerships in the space industry for its micro-nuclear reactor, which says will be ready to support lunar bases in the early 2030s. Key areas for partnerships include supply chain firms for components.
Rolls-Royce Assistant Chief Engineer for Space Katie Jarman told the Bloomberg wire service the firm is in conversations with potential partners for launch and landing services as well as lunar transportation.
“We know that we are not a space company,” she said in an interview with wire services. “We are not going to be able to put a micro-reactor on the moon and operate it by ourselves.”
The micro-reactors are designed to be an energy source on the moon, supporting human habitation and supplying propulsion for further space exploration. Rolls-Royce is working to ensure the reactor fits with NASA’s mass requirements, which Jarman called “challenging.”
Jarman added that Rolls-Royce is speaking with European companies but predominantly US-based businesses following the Atlantic Declaration which the US and the UK signed in 2023 to explore space nuclear power opportunities.
“Having access to both capabilities on both sides of the pond is the best way of making sure that those programs can stick to their timescales and their cost.”
In March 2023, Rolls-Royce received funding of £2.9 million ($3.8 million) from the UK Space Agency to explore how nuclear power could be used to support future lunar bases. The company is working on two contracts with the space agency. The first targets concept design and the second involves product development, primarily from the US.
Like other fission and fusion reactor developers, Rolls-Royce is also positioning its microreactor for space-based propulsion to cut transit time time to Mars.
Travel time depends in part on the relative positions of the planets at launch, and propulsion requirement and capabilities depends on where Mars will be when you can get there with it. The same orbital issues exist for the return to Earth.
Earth to Mars Orbital Plan. Image: European Space AgencyAlso, would it make sense for anyone using something this fast to preposition a lander in Mars orbit to save weight. Mass matters. Similarly, NASA would likely preposition supplies on the surface for any extended stay or at least until planetary positions are favorable for the return. Going fast is good, but also fuel is needed for de-acceleration on arrival at Mars and for slowing down to a safe speed for re entry to Earth.
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Among the Unalienable Rights
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Nothing will chill Tucker Carlson’s exercise of the freedom of speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. But that does not absolve Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate. By Andrew P. Napolitano CN at 30 Last week, Sen. Charles Schumer, the leader of…
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Tucker Carlson reaches for credibility?
Has he got Paul Manafort doing reputation laundering for him?
Maybe buy a golf tour like the bone-saw prince?
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Capitolo 392: Sixteen Candles
Come avrete avuto modo di leggere sui social, se seguite le pagine di Una Vita da Cinefilo (su facebook e twitter) e di filmpeopleproject (su instagram e threads), il primo dicembre il nostro amatissimo blog ha compiuto la bellezza di 16 anni. In un mondo in cui i magazine online sono costretti a chiudere e dove regna il dominio di reels, tiktok e videorecensioni, che ci siano tante persone che ancora leggono le mie recensioni è un piccolo miracolo. In questi 16 anni le soddisfazioni non sono mancate: sulle dispense del corso di Critica Cinematografica 1, Appunti di Storia e Critica Del Cinema dell’Università di Bologna, Una Vita da Cinefilo viene citato come un modello alternativo e valido rispetto a quello della critica ufficiale, mentre la rivista 8½, progetto editoriale realizzato da Cinecittà, ha inserito il nostro tra i 10 blog cinematografici più autorevoli, innovativi, efficaci e originali.
Se vi piace quello che leggete, condividete un articolo o una recensione, commentate, ditemi sempre la vostra, interagite sui social e divertitevi con me a chiacchierare di film e serie tv (anche se un po’ più di film, come sapete!). Il rapporto i lettori e le lettrici è sempre stato uno dei punti di forza di questo spazio e sarebbe bello farlo conoscere ad altri appassionati e ad altre appassionate come noi. Taglio corto: grazie a chi c’è stato in questi 16 anni e grazie a chi c’è ancora! E adesso parliamo di film.
Il Robot Selvaggio (2024): Per il cinema d’animazione deve essere l’anno dei robot e dei disastri climatici, visto che quest’anno sono già usciti i meravigliosi Il Mio Amico Robot e, recentemente, Flow. In un mondo ormai invivibile a causa dei cambiamenti climatici, un robot naufragato su un’isola, si attiva e cerca compiti a cui ottemperare. L’isola però è abitata solo da animali, tra cui una piccola oca, che pensa che il robot sia sua madre. Divertente e tenero, è il classico film d’animazione per i più piccoli che riesce però a fare breccia negli occhi degli adulti. In originale è spassoso godersi il doppiaggio, tra gli altri, di Lupita Nyong’o, Ving Rhames, Bill Nighty, Pedro Pascal e Mark Hamill. Bello, anche se, rispetto ai due titoli sopracitati, questo è destinato più a un pubblico preadolescente.
•••½Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2023): Un film con due film paralleli che conversano tra loro (questo, di Radu Jude, e un altro film romeno del 1981, Angela Merge Mai Departe), un geniale piano sequenza finale di quasi 40 minuti, una protagonista femminile straordinaria (quanto l’attrice che la interpreta, Ilinca Manolache), un’opera ricca di citazioni, capace di raccontare perfettamente i tempi che corrono, personaggi social compresi. Il film racconta le giornate frenetiche di un’assistente di produzione alle prese con una sorta di pubblicità progresso per sensibilizzare gli operai di una multinazionale sulla prevenzione dagli infortuni sul lavoro. Totalmente fuori di testa, ma irresistibile (e come se non bastasse, c’è pure un cameo del regista Uwe Boll). Il cinema romeno non è solo il grande Mungiu e questa è una notizia eccellente.
••••The Beast (2023): L’ultimo film di Bertrand Bonello, già autore del bellissimo Nocturama e del notevole Zombi Child, è forse il suo lavoro più ambizioso, pieno di rimandi a David Lynch (la scena conclusiva è proprio una dichiarazione d’amore a Twin Peaks), forse imperfetto, ma ricco di suggestioni visive, in una sorta di effetto droste del subconscio e della vita stessa. Esteticamente suggestivo (la Parigi del 2044 è perfettamente credibile), come ogni altra opera di Bonello è un film che si specchia un po’ troppo nel suo bisogno di essere “diverso”, come se volesse ogni cinque minuti dare di gomito allo spettatore per dirgli, sottovoce, “hai visto che scena eh?”. Faticoso nel primo atto, ma quando poi decolla diventa intrigante a non finire. Lea Seydoux è un’attrice totale e probabilmente non meritava una controparte così anonima come George MacKay, un attore che proprio non digerisco (che peccato non aver visto al suo posto il compianto Gaspard Ulliel, inizialmente scelto per il ruolo). Ad ogni modo è un film davvero bello, talmente affascinante da poter sorvolare su ogni imperfezione.
•••½La Tigre e il Dragone (2000): Quando ho visto questo film per la prima volta, al cinema Galaxy di Primavalle, ero ancora un fantastico adolescente, strabiliato dall’estetica di questo autore (Ang Lee), ammaliato dalla poesia di questa avventura, incentrata su una spada, sui ladri che la vogliono trafugare, sui guerrieri erranti che la vogliono recuperare. Un venerabile maestro, in procinto di godersi la meritata pensione, è costretto a rimettersi in gioco per salvare ciò che di più prezioso ha al mondo. No, non è la storia di Claudio Ranieri, ma un cappa e spada esteticamente meraviglioso, di cui non ci si stanca mai. Dieci candidature agli Oscar (e quattro statuette) per un film senza tempo. Una curiosità: il titolo originale (traducibile come “la tigre accucciata, il dragone nascosto”) è un’espressione cinese che indica i talenti celati. Bellissimo.
••••Look Back (2024): Il cinema giapponese ci ha abituato talmente bene con i film d’animazione che, quando capita di vederne uno non straordinario, finiamo per storcere il naso più di quanto il film meriti. Il destino che tocca a quest’opera di Kiyotaka Oshiyama, che racconta la storia di due ragazze appassionate disegnatrici di fumetti e del destino che le lega. Il film parte bene, appare interessante sin da subito, ma manca qualcosa, manca tanto, forse troppo. Niente di più di una storia d’amicizia resa forte da una grande passione, che sfocerà nelle inevitabili incomprensioni, prima di un improbabile punto di non ritorno. Il pregio è che dura meno di un’ora, il difetto è quasi tutto il resto.
•••SERIE TV: Vi era mancata la sezione con gli aggiornamenti sulle serie tv, vero? Bene, a proposito di animazione giapponese, parliamo subito del reboot di quel capolavoro di Ranma 1/2, di cui Netflix propone un episodio ogni sabato. Ora che ho già visto 9 episodi posso già esprimere la mia sul progetto: è un altro capolavoro, è esilarante, è avvincente, è coinvolgente, è meraviglioso tanto quanto l’originale. L’unico grande difetto, ma non è colpa della produzione, è il doppiaggio italiano, soprattutto per chi, come il sottoscritto, è affezionatissimo alle voci originali del cartone anni 90 (In particolare la nostra amata Akane, che senza la voce di Stella Musy perde davvero troppo). Comunque serie stupenda, i fan dell’originale non resteranno delusi.
Nelle ultime settimane ho continuato quella che dovrebbe finalmente essere l’ultima stagione di Cobra Kai, che ormai sta agonizzando dopo la straordinaria idea che aveva reso le prime due stagioni indimenticabili. Ora Netflix ha messo a disposizione un’altra tranche di episodi, in attesa della conclusione che dovrebbe arrivare nel 2025. Le idee ormai cominciano a scemare, è tutto talmente poco credibile da risultare costantemente posticcio, eppure gli ultimi dieci minuti dell’ultimo episodio messo a disposizione quest’autunno sono stati davvero una splendida sorpresa: è proprio vero, Cobra Kai never dies!
Da prima dell’estate inoltre sto guardando, mentre ceno, un episodio al giorno di Scrubs, che amavo molto ai tempi dell’università, quando trasmettevano gli episodi su MTv. Le prime quattro stagioni conservano ancora intatta la freschezza della serie, poi però già dalla quinta si intravede il cosiddetto “salto dello squalo”, come si dice in gergo e si avverte, lentamente, l’inevitabile declino. In totale sono nove stagioni ma non so se arriverò fino in fondo: la prima resta comunque un caposaldo nella storia delle commedie per il piccolo schermo (e Perry Cox uno dei suoi personaggi più iconici, ancora oggi straordinario).#Cinema #commenti #daVedere #doNotExpectTooMuchFromTheEndOfTheWorld #film #ilRobotSelvaggio #laTigreEIlDragone #lookBack #ranma12 #recensione #scrubs #spiegazione #theBeast