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BBC: US energy chief tells BBC nuclear fusion will soon power the world
"...Don't worry too much about planet-warming emissions, the US Energy Secretary has told the BBC, because within five years AI will have enabled the harnessing of nuclear fusion – the energy that powers the sun and stars...."
(AKA "Bulls***t Or AI Koolaid, What Did This Man Ingest")
"Those building solar farms, however, say building at scale is faster, cheaper and more efficient than a network of home-scale generation projects."
#GeorgeDriver, 2023
https://northandsouth.co.nz/2023/07/24/renewable-energy-by-2050/
I'm sure they don't have any vested interest in having people think that ...
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"Ralph Sims says in future, small-scale nuclear power may prove more economic, and may be more palatable to the public if mass scale wind and solar farms are the alternative."
#GeorgeDriver, 2023
https://northandsouth.co.nz/2023/07/24/renewable-energy-by-2050/
Just no. Not now, not ever. I would happily risk prison time for nonviolent direct action to prevent construction even starting on a nuclear power plant in Aotearoa, and I doubt I'm alone in that.
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BBC: Jellyfish swarm forces French nuclear plant to shut
BBC: Jellyfish swarm forces French nuclear plant to shut
Electricite de France was forced to shut four atomic reactors after jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its Gravelines power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/world/science-health/jellyfish-france-nuclear-heat-wave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #jellyfish #heatwaves #france #nuclearpower #climatechange
Four reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear plant have been forced to shut down because of a surge of jellyfish that clogged the cooling system. The plant uses water from a canal connected to the North Sea, which has a growing jellyfish population due to warming seas. Gravelines is one of France's largest nuclear facilities. EDF, the plant operator, says that the facility is undamaged but will need to be cleaned.
#France#NuclearPower#Jellyfish#MarineLife#Environment#ClimateChange#ClimateCrisis
Four reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear plant have been forced to shut down because of a surge of jellyfish that clogged the cooling system. The plant uses water from a canal connected to the North Sea, which has a growing jellyfish population due to warming seas. Gravelines is one of France's largest nuclear facilities. EDF, the plant operator, says that the facility is undamaged but will need to be cleaned.
#France#NuclearPower#Jellyfish#MarineLife#Environment#ClimateChange#ClimateCrisis
What could go wrong?
"Trump expels all but one member of nuclear waste oversight board”
What could go wrong?
"Trump expels all but one member of nuclear waste oversight board”
Humanity needs to stop wasting public money on nuclear investment, and invest it in renewables. Especially decarbonizing proven renewable tech. Figuring out how to build and maintain renewable generation without energy and byproducts (plastics, etc) from fossil fuels is an important area of experimentation in itself.
Don't believe the hype. Thorium MSRs (Molten Salt Reactors) are less dangerous than standard uranium reactors, because they can't melt down, and they can't produce weapons grade nuclear materials. But still dangerous, producing radioactive wastes with half-lives in the hundreds of thousands of years;
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/jun/23/thorium-nuclear-uranium
We can scale up proven renewable tech, and probably develop new ones, far faster for the same investment, without the waste issues.
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