#nuclear-power — Public Fediverse posts

Secret documents reveal preferred Australian nuclear submarine base – and warn it could be a military target https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/16/secret-documents-reveal-preferred-australian-nuclear-submarine-base-port-kembla #NuclearPower #Aukus #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste

"It's not that I think nuclear power is 100% safe, I won't tell you that. But ... the risks of nuclear power are less than the risks of continuing to burn fossil fuels, in my opinion. Now a lot depends here on how much of your energy mix you think you can get from renewables, which are very good at the current margin, but you don't want to become over-reliant on them."

#JamesActon, 2024

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350318121/going-nuclear-we-are-entering-era-new-global-arms-race

Huh? Why on earth not?

#RenewableEnergy #NuclearPower #Tova #Stuff #podcasts

'Micro' nuclear power generator, wildfire resources focus of annual Buckley Space Force review

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/micro-nuclear-power-generator-wildfire-resources-focus-of-annual-buckley-space-force-review/

#NuclearPower #AuroraCO #SpaceForce #NoPaywall

'Micro' nuclear power generator, wildfire resources focus of annual Buckley Space Force review

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/micro-nuclear-power-generator-wildfire-resources-focus-of-annual-buckley-space-force-review/

#NuclearPower #AuroraCO #SpaceForce #NoPaywall

‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/09/doomsday-clock-ai-iran-ukraine-war-climate-breakdown-nuclear-apocalypse #Science #NuclearPower #NuclearWeapons #ClimateCrisis #Coronavirus #InfectiousDiseases #Environment #MedicalResearch

Water Is Quietly Becoming One of the Biggest Risks in Energy

A decade ago, China was widely expected to become a shale powerhouse. By some estimates, it holds more…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #CA #Canada #Chinashalegas #DataCenters #energyinvesting #energytransition #hydraulicfracturing #hydrogenproduction #nuclearpower #PermianBasin #Science #shaledevelopment #waterscarcity
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/655193/

Water Is Quietly Becoming One of the Biggest Risks in Energy

A decade ago, China was widely expected to become a shale powerhouse. By some estimates, it holds more…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Chinashalegas #datacenters #energyinvesting #energytransition #environment #hydraulicfracturing #hydrogenproduction #nuclearpower #PermianBasin #Science #shaledevelopment #UK #UnitedKingdom #WaterScarcity
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/572290/

India's of bringing a locally designed fast-breeder nuclear reactor to criticality underscores a crucial step in its decades-long quest for energy independence, despite challenges in maintaining such complex technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/05/world/indian-nuclear-reactor-milestone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #kalpakkam #india #nuclearpower #energy #fastbreederreactor

Incredible story, told in a charmingly laconic way. The plot twists hardly need boosting…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/the-man-who-blew-up-a-nuclear-power-station-koeberg-south-africa

' The #ANC had been trying to figure out how to target Koeberg [nuclear power plant] for years. '

(...)

' The value of an operative who could re-enter the plant, with a face that looked like it belonged there, was greater than any unit cutting through a fence from outside. Why send a unit when you already had a ghost? '

#apartheid #nuclearpower #southafrica #racism #rebellion

Also, if a nuclear power plant goes ahead in Ireland (it won't, but IF) then it must be named after the political party in power when it's commissioned.

So in 30 years when the budget jumps to €50bn and it's still not complete, every headline will be "Budget for the Fine Gael Nuclear Plant spirals again".

#NuclearPower #Ireland

Micheál Martin: Ireland needs to work towards energy independence. That's why we need to consider nuclear.

Me (a fool): But why not concentrate on renewables? We don't have any uranium mines here, Micheál... so we'd just be switching one imported fuel for another...

Micheál Martin (a smart man): Bah! Details!

#NuclearPower #Ireland #Sustainability #EnergyIndependence

@bertrik @revspace @bert_hubert The other thought on this is that - in Ontario - the base #NuclearPower contribution is essentially static. #HydroelectricPower goes up and down a bit but never drops below a certain (large) amount, gas fills in around wind and solar to make up for demand variance.
I may add to this #dataviz (and hardware version) a bar which shows generation as a fraction of total generation capacity (or maximum over 30 days, or …).

For those who liked/boosted this, please recognize that, for the exact same reason, there can be no safe #NuclearPower

Whatever science or regulation might come up with, the profit motive will find a way to enshittify

Belgium eyes a nuclear takeover to keep reactors running.

Belgium is seeking to nationalise its nuclear power industry, Prime Minister Bart De Wever announced Thursday, in a bid to keep running parts of its ageing reactor fleet that were otherwise headed toward closure.

Governments are taking a bigger role in the sector as private operators balk at the cost and risk of ageing plants.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260430-belgium-eyes-a-nuclear-takeover-to-keep-reactors-running?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Belgium #NuclearPower #Energy

#KQED:
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The View Inside California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant
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".. danger posed by spent nuclear waste at a site near several seismic faultlines."

".. cooling system kills almost two billion larval fish annually, plus other organisms that aren’t measured."

https://www.kqed.org/science/2000835/the-view-inside-californias-last-nuclear-power-plant

28.4.2026

#AKW #Atomkraftwerk #Atommüll #California #DiabloCanyon #HosgriFault #Kalifornien #Kernenergie #NPP #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #PGandE #SeismicFaultline #ShorelineFault #SpentFuel #USA

#TheWashingtonPost:
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A Trump-branded nuclear power project thrilled investors. Then came the crash.
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"Corporate drama and a stock plummet at Fermi America are raising questions about the sustainability of the wider artificial intelligence boom."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/28/ai-power-nuclear-rick-perry/

28.4.2026

#AI #Amarillo #Atomkraft #bubble #DataCenter #FermiAmerica #Kernenergie #KI #KIBlase #NuclearPower #Rechenzentrum #Texas #USA

I'm listening to, "Chernobyl at 40: Is nuclear power back in fashion?" https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x3FRJAnJoKirk5vmla59y by Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar for the BBC World Service published 26 April 2026. #Chernobyl #nuclear #NuclearPower

Report Argues Against Public Bank Financing for Nuclear Power Due to Economic Risks

📰 Original title: Debt, Delays, Dependencies -Why Public Banks Should Not Support Nuclear Power

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/report-argues-against-public-bank-financing-for-nuclear-power-due-to-economic-risks/?redirpost=7f993186-c83b-4077-9c87-264ec350fa05

#environment #nuclearpower #publicbanks #energypolicy

Stakeholders claim #NuclearPower is the #EU's only path to reliable, fossil-free supply.

Right, let's look at yesterday's prices. There's simply not enough electricity without nuclear stations!! Solar, wind, and others just don't provide enough. Who can afford -40 cents/kWh (yes, minus 40!!) 🤡

#RenewableEnergy #GreenDeal #ClimateChange

@publius @AmenZwa @dougmerritt

In Germany, #nuclearpower companies only had to insure their plants for up to 0.25 billion € in damage. Which we can probably all agree was a bad joke.

https://www.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/oekonomie/wie-teuer-waere-eine-haftpflichtversicherung-fuer-ein-atomkraftwerk-133710207

Monday, April 27, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/monday-april-27-2026/

@onedawnconstant I mean, when you think about it, #NuclearPower is just a very insane way to #BoilWater.

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, a science writer explains what went wrong with the nuclear power facility and why. Long answer short, it was Soviet hubris, and fossil fuels are still much more dangerous than nuclear.

https://reason.com/2026/04/26/chernobyl-was-a-communist-disaster-not-a-nuclear-one/

#SovietUnion #USSR #Chernobyl #ChernobylDisaster #cleanEnergy #airPollution #climateChange #energy #fossilFuels #governmentFailures #history #hubris #nuclearEnergy #nuclearPower #nuclearSafety #Pripyat #Russia #Ukraine

#Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear disaster

#nuclearpower

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