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collectifission, 2 months ago to nuclear

Not only has used #nuclear fuel been stored safely for decades, it can be reprocessed into fuel for the future.

Used fuel safely stored could potentially power us for centuries, via fast breeder reactors. No more mining needed, solving the waste problem at the same time.

collectifission, 7 months ago to random Dutch

Vandaag loop ik mee met de #klimaatmars. Ik ben daarin een bescheiden tegengeluid: kernenergie wordt namelijk niet gewenst als oplossing door de organisatie.

Een korte draad 🧵

collectifission, 9 months ago to random

And we start the week with Germany at 23x the emissions of France.

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collectifission, 6 months ago to random

Remember this map. In it Poland has been the worst polluter of Europe, at 867 grams of CO2eq for 2022.

Poland is planning to build many nuclear units the next decade. I did a short calculation and if they build the three AP1000 & APR1400 units, their average kWh emissions sharply drops towards 465 grams.

Germany has seen a rising annual average over the last few years and was at 486 grams for 2022 and since closed their last three NPPs.

Six units to bust the myth of the Energiewende forever

collectifission, 4 months ago to random

Congrats to Aleph Farms for being the 3rd company to receive regulatory approval for #cultivatedmeat

Key things to know:

• 1st approval in Israel
• 1st for cultivated beef
• 1st entirely animal-free process (no serum)

A thread by @elliotswartz
https://aleph-farms.com/journals/aleph-farms-granted-worlds-first-regulatory-approval-for-cultivated-beef/

collectifission, 7 months ago to random

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark 🇩🇰

This week we’ve witnessed an utter unscientific catastrophe in Denmark.

It has come to light that the upcoming hearing on nuclear power in Denmark has been infiltrated by anti-nuclear activists disguised as experts

A thread via @sollidnuclear 🧵

collectifission, 2 months ago to random

If you think spent nuclear fuel is a problem, you're either not well informed or you're actively being the problem.

collectifission, 8 months ago to random

• Wind developers face supply-chain and financing problems
• Europe wants to boost clean tech investment under Green Deal

If only the nuclear industry had this kind of unconditional backing. In the EU, nuclear only gets subsidies for decommissioning, go figure.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-25/wind-power-package-for-europe-to-be-presented-in-october

collectifission, 3 months ago to random

Recently, the German Federal Audit Office (Bundesrechnungshof) looked at the full costs of the German 🇩🇪 energy transition and sharply criticized the @BMWK:

• Eliminated environmental assessments
• Significantly higher costs
• Problems with security of supply

You should know more about this:

🧵 by WePlanet DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

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#Energiewende

collectifission, 7 months ago to random

Via @hopfjames

Many of us have long suspected that many so-called "environmental" groups oppose/hate nuclear more than any other energy source, even fossil fuels. Guido Nunez-Mujica, a BTI employee, has done some interesting work (on his own time) which demonstrates this.

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collectifission, 4 months ago to random

@rolle Could you add zaps to display correctly in MBUI?

More info: https://soapbox.pub/blog/mostr-zaps/

collectifission, 1 month ago to random

Heya @IceCubesApp

My app is crashing when replying to people. Running 1.10.38. Known issue?

collectifission, 1 month ago to random

"As a science journalist, I would also say that degrowth fundamentally misdiagnoses the cause of climate change, biodiversity loss, and other environmental problems, and as a result has a poor theory of change (a strategy for how the problem can be solved)."

An interview with Leigh Phillips on his critique of degrowth.

https://jacobin.com/2023/01/against-degrowth-eco-modernism-socialist-planning-green-economy

collectifission, 8 months ago to random

I love this presentation. Solar panels are just a fling, not a committed relationship.

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collectifission, 9 months ago to random Dutch

Gerard Brinkman van anti-#kernenergie lobbyclub WISE krijgt in het #AlgemeenDagblad vandaag weer eens alle ruimte om feitenvrij op het orgel te slaan.

Hoe zat dat ook weer met ‘wederhoor’? 🤔

Even een reactiedraadje 🧵 1/13

collectifission, 5 months ago to random Dutch

Plaatsvervangende schaamte hoor ...

Een nieuw fietspad, ergens in Nederland, waar ze PV-panelen in hebben verwerkt. Natuurlijk wordt er bij de opening weer enthousiast over gerapporteerd in de gebruikelijke 'groene' mediakanalen, natuurlijk gaat het weer falen, en natuurlijk zal dáár niet over worden bericht.

Zucht.

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=bnQCKa6GNWo

collectifission, 2 months ago to random

This is extremely accurate, but if you point it out you’re a nUcleAr ShIlL tHaT hAtEs ReNeWaBlEs.

Meme by Nuclear Power Memes.

collectifission, 2 months ago to nuclear

The tragedy of the #nuclear phaseout in Germany in two graphs. Had the Germans remained rational after the Chernobyl and Fukushima incidents and remained building new nuclear at the pace of the first buildout period, it would now be the cleanest grid of all OECD countries.

This tragedy added a lot to climate change and killed millions of Germans due to unnecessary air pollution.

The same graph, but now assuming the linear growth the same as the first period, but extended to today. Low carbon electricity would be at around 100% today, complemented with hydro, solar and wind.

collectifission, 7 months ago to nuclear

It’s #Nuclear Science Week! Did you know you’re likely to have a bit of nuclear waste in your home? And it keeps you safe! Your smoke detector hold a bit of americium-241, a weak alpha and gamma radiator.

collectifission, 4 months ago to random

PANCAKE THEORY AND SMR ECONOMICS: The UK’s first SMR project has been announced! Independent developer Community Nuclear Power (CNP) said it is targeting a site in Teeside, north-east England, to build four AP300 reactors from Westinghouse, in part to serve the local industrial cluster with power and heat.

A short thread by @Angelica 🧵

collectifission, 7 months ago to nuclear

The Green #Nuclear instance has been around for exactly a year now 🥳

I've been hosting several dozens of users now that all share a passion for nuclear energy. Besides myself, I have no staff and I'm dependent on donations to keep it running (if you fancy some nice stickers, DM me 🤭).

collectifission, 2 months ago to random

Interesting difference between Germany and France on the spot market for today. France has been lower than average for days now.

Mind that most electricity in France isn't traded on the spot market, but has longterm PPA contracts.

collectifission, 2 months ago to random

Vibe shift: something has happened at the traditionally anti-nuclear energy Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

collectifission, 1 month ago to random

There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country. Below chart, showing energy use by GDP/capita (GDP in purchasing power parity), shows that for society to flourish, we need a lot of energy. I contend that it doesn't matter whether we're talking about capitalism or communism in this case as both societies use energy differently, but still abundantly when they can.

The graph is from Our World in Data and can be found here: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-use-per-person-vs-gdp-per-capita

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collectifission, 7 months ago to random

I know the feeling Marcus, I know the feeling.