#nuclearstrategy — Public Fediverse posts

Canuks preparing to double down on nuclear energy, looking to build up to 10 new reactors over the next 15 years, sell Canadian-made CANDU reactors to more countries and double uranium exports.

Plans: start construction two new large-scale reactors by 2035, 5 more to be planned or under development by 2040, and a microreactor to be finalized by 2035 and deployed to a remote community by the late 2030s. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-nuclear-strategy-9.7244509 #Canada #NuclearEnergy #Candu #Nuclear #NuclearReactor #Energy #CNL #Uranium #AECL #CanGov #NuclearStrategy 🇨🇦

Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics) by Vipin Narang, 2014

Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era considers the range of nuclear choices made by regional powers and the critical challenges they pose to modern international security.

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Who knew?

Apparently, nuclear weapons being in the hands of human beings, with all of their emotions and flaws, makes nuclear brinkmanship "risky"

"The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship"

"As the field of international relations seeks to update theories of nuclear strategy and the utility of #nuclear weapons in the wake of the notable return to great power conflict, we highlight the centrality of the conscious choice that leaders must undertake in deciding to use nuclear weapons. Human emotions can introduce chance into bargaining in ways that contradict the expectations of the rational cost-benefit assumptions that undergird #deterrence theory."

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https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/47/3/9/114669/The-Psychology-of-Nuclear-Brinkmanship

Presidential survival in surprise nuclear war has focused on bunkers deep under the White House, but why not rapid escape instead: a rocket?

Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2022/05/23/deep-underground-launch-center/

This post's featured image is "Don't look back" by me (yes, it's just a quick-and-dirty drawing of my idea).

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Dr. Strangelove's "doomsday device" can be built in real life. What are our options for survival? Better than you might think.

Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2022/03/01/after-the-doomsday-shroud/

This post's featured image is "Doomsday shroud" by yours truly.

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