Update: "...Energoatom said on May 23 that workers had restored the main external power line to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after earlier warnings that it was disconnected.
Peter Dutton has realised nobody is falling for his hype about Small Nuclear Reactors, so he's pivoted to large scale nuclear reactors.
The CSIRO has conclusively shown nuclear power is a dead-end technology — not fit for purpose in Australia — we need to accelerate our work with renewable energy such as wind and solar, and build more battery storage.
In response to #russia#Kharkiv assault, #Ukrainian forces are slowly falling back and are now about 5 miles from the border.
Although this tactic allows #Russia to gain ground it means that #Ukrainian forces are able to slowly deplete the enemy's military capabilities, NYT reports.
On May 16, Russia launched a spacecraft into #space in the orbit of U.S. satellites. U.S. intel believes the #satellite could attack and spy on other satellites.
It was also reported that the #us believes #Russia is developing a space weapon that is able to take out networks of satellites.
Nick Cater in the Oz is impressed by #nuclear power in Finland, which has built one new plant this century, and has none currently under construction or even in planning stages.
OTOH, Finland has 7GW of wind, and much more is planned https://www.both2nia.com/en/news/almost-7-gw-wind-power-finland
@johnquiggin even a few years ago, the interest in nuclear made some sense, but with the learning/price/deployment curves on wind, solar, and batteries, and the very extended timeline for any nuclear deployment… it’s rare you see such committed sunk cost fallacy.
Another bit of Brexit related attempted policy cherry-picking comes unstuck.
The UK would like to continue to be part of the world's largest nuclear fusion experiment (based in the EU).... but the EU is now insisting that this can only continue if the UK rejoins the bloc's Euratom research scheme.
Once again the UK hopes it can knit together a bespoke research collaboration, but it seems the EU has lost patience with such 'special arrangements'.
The Carbon Hour - Episode #3
Dr Paul Dorfman, an associate fellow at the University of Sussex, Chair of the Nuclear Consulting Group, member of the Irish EPA and advisor to governments! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TGJ2rfExCE#Nuclear
Having enough electricity in winter is the big challenge for climate neutrality in 2050. This requires gigantic – electricity storage systems or new nuclear power plants, says author Andreas Züttel. It is an explosive result: If Switzerland wants to be climate neutral in 2050, building six to eight #nuclear power plants is the cheapest alternative. That’s how it stands in a study a team led by Andreas Züttel, who researches at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).