The False Promise of Small #NuclearReactors
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/the-false-promise-of-small-nuclear#details
w/ @ralphnader

US urged not to use bomb-grade uranium in #nuclear power experiment
A group of former #NuclearRegulatoryCommission members, including former Chairman Allison Macfarlane, and U.S. assistant secretaries of state responsible for #nonproliferation, said the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) at the Idaho National Laboratory could give other countries an excuse to enrich #uranium to bomb-grade level in pursuit of new #nuclearreactors. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-urged-not-use-bomb-grade-uranium-nuclear-power-experiment-2023-05-30/

THOUGHTS?
US should begin laying the foundation for new and advanced #nuclearreactors, says new report
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-laying-foundation-advanced-nuclear-reactors.html

There were 439 #nuclearreactors in operation in some 30 countries around the world.#Germany's last 3 #nuclearpower stations will be #shutdown #permanently by midnight on Saturday as part of a plan for fully #renewable #electricitygeneration by #2035. The decision to quit nuclear power definitively was made after Japan's 2011 #Fukushima #disaster sent #radiation spewing into the air and terrifying the world. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/atomic-angst-over-germany-closes-last-nuclear-plants-2023-04-14/ #ClimateCrisis #energy #pollution

#Japan's Cabinet formally adopted a policy that will allow for the operation of #nuclearreactors beyond their current 60-year limit alongside the building of new units to replace aging ones as part of efforts to cut carbon #emissions while ensuring adequate national energy supply

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/02/913e509a7958-cabinet-formally-adopts-policy-of-using-nuclear-reactors-beyond-60-yrs.html

#SolarPower installed over French parking lots could soon generate as much electricity as 10 nuclear power plants.

If half of France’s parking lots are covered by #solarpanels they’ll have +10gW of capacity at a cost of -$1.5 billion/gW.

France’s 56 #nuclearpower plants each have a capacity of slightly over 1 gigawatt. Building new #nuclearreactors are estimated to cost $5B/gW.

#RenewableEnergyGeneration
#greenenergy

No paywall: https://wapo.st/3Y9y9iI

Steam from the Palo Verde nuclear power plant west of Phoenix, AZ south of I-10. Who thought building a water-cooled reactor in the desert was a good idea?

I took this pic about 4 years ago. I’d read it uses reclaimed water from upstream. It popped up in my Facebook memories feed.

#Arizona #Phoenix #PaloVerde #NuclearReactors

“Sweden makes regulatory push to allow new nuclear reactors” 🤷🏻‍♀️ I have strong doubts if building new #NuclearReactors are a smart #Climate decision. Building them requires 15 to 20 years and enormous amounts of money and produces #RadioactiveWaste Better, cheaper and faster would be spending all that money for #SolarAndWindEnergy including #ElectricityToHydrogenPlants See link https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-makes-regulatory-push-allow-new-nuclear-reactors-2023-01-11/

#France to require all large parking lots to be covered by #SolarPanels. The plan could generate up to 11 gigawatts, which is the equivalent of 10 #NuclearReactors, powering millions of homes. #RenewableEnergy #GreenEnergy #Sustainability https://electrek.co/2022/11/08/france-require-parking-lots-be-covered-in-solar-panels/

Power on the Moon. What Will it Take to Survive the Lunar Night? https://www.universetoday.com/159372/power-on-the-moon-what-will-it-take-to-survive-the-lunar-night/ #kilopowerreactorusingstirlingtechnology #nuclearelectricpropulsion(nep) #nuclearthermalpropulsion(ntp) #crewedmissionstomars #nuclearreactors #artemisprogram #nuclearpower #featured #artemis #moon #nasa

I've been reading about Thorium nuclear reactors on my lunch break. (yeah bitch 💅)

Am I right in thinking that they haven't gained much traction - despite seeming to have low levels of radioactive waste output - simply because they don't produce nuclear weapons fuel as a byproduct?

#NuclearPower #NuclearReactors #CleanEnergy

Construction of new #nuclearreactors: the #EUGeneralCourt dismisses the action brought by Austria to contest Hungarian investment aid approved by @EU_Commission@twitter.com 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

RT @EUCourtPress: #ECJHighlights
⚖️30/11 (J): Construction of new #nuclearreactors – action by Austria (T-101/18)
⚖️1/12 (J): European Arrest Warrant – serious chronic disease #EAW (C-699/21)
⚖️1/12 (O): #RAPEX – free movement of pyrotechnic goods (C-626/21)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EURLex/status/1597551976954269696

#ECJHighlights
⚖️30/11 (J): Construction of new #nuclearreactors – action by Austria (T-101/18)
⚖️1/12 (J): European Arrest Warrant – serious chronic disease #EAW (C-699/21)
⚖️1/12 (O): #RAPEX – free movement of pyrotechnic goods (C-626/21)

Per chi fosse interessato qui un libro super interessante sui reattori nucleari.

"Nuclear Reactors - Spacecraft Propulsion, Research Reactors, and Reactor Analysis Topics"

#NuclearReactors #NuclearReactor #nuclearphysics #physics #fisica #Spacecraft #propulsione #astronautica #fisicanucleare #fisicanucleare #cultura #scienza #tecnologia #intechopen

https://www.intechopen.com/books/10982

#US To Supply #Thailand, #Philippines With Modular #NuclearReactors
#EurasiaReview
https://www.eurasiareview.com/24112022-us-to-supply-thailand-philippines-with-modular-nuclear-reactors/

"Ukraine operates four #nuclearpower plants with a total of 15 #nuclearreactors..the largest nuclear power plant in Europe... 120 miles from the #donbas region, where the separatists and the Ukrainian forces have been fighting... #Ukraine and the region could face another #Chernobyl...if one of these plants was bombed or went offline... I want to turn to a recent presentation made by #LindaPentzGunter of the group #BeyondNuclear." #IraHelfand #DemocracyNow #USA #Russia #NuclearWeapons #原発 #脱原発

"Scientists are excited about an experimental nuclear reactor using thorium as fuel, which is about to begin tests in China. Although this radioactive element has been trialled in reactors before, experts say that China is the first to have a shot at commercializing the technology."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02459-w

#Thorium #NuclearReactors #China #Technology #Engineering