BinChicken, to auspol
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One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2024/may/24/nuclear-power-australia-liberal-coalition-peter-dutton-cost

The chart in this article illustrates the "bang for buck" for electricity generation options. Unsurprisingly, renewables come out ahead, fossil fuels come in the middle, and nuclear is the worst. Don't take my word for it; this comes from scientists who've been working on it for decades at the CSIRO. Another takeaway: don't take Peter Dutton's word for it, either.

Hypx, to nuclear
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br00t4c, to random
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br00t4c, to random
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br00t4c, to random
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Japan Unveils New Robot for Cleaning Radioactive Fuel at Fukushima

#cleaning #nuclearpower

https://gizmodo.com/robot-japan-clean-radioactive-fuel-fukushima-nuclear-1851503948

Hypx, to nuclear
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People need to stop demonizing nuclear power. It takes very little raw material to build. It is easily as green as any other type of green energy.

https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/its-settled-more-nuclear-energy-means-less-mining

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Sustainable2050, to nuclear
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17 years - instead of the promised 4.5 years - after start of construction, Flamanville-3 should start generating electricity this year. To be taken offline again in 2026, for replacing its faulty reactor cover.
https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-loading-completed-at-French-EPR?s=09

br00t4c, to random
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br00t4c, to uk
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Wylfa chosen for new nuclear power station

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clkk7ewenyro

Hypx, to Hydrogen
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geomannie, to uk
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This is absolutely outrageous😡. You can argue the safety case for operating but what is undeniable is despite the having had commercial nuclear since 1956, not one gram of the incredibly lethal waste has been placed in a safe repository. The technical challenges of safe storage are immense, the political challenges even bigger. No community will ever agree.

Until the nuclear cycle can be safely closed (it can't), atomkraft nein danke.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9eze1dzy5no

bojacobs, to sts
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Hanford is the most radiologically contaminated place in North America. It is a radioactive cluster-f*ck.

Here, the local paper details how a new agreement dodges cleanup obligations to save money. This puts countless generations at risk.

@sts

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article288102420.html

br00t4c, to random
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bojacobs, to histodons
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Chernobyl, 38 years ago today.

Human "bio-robots" had to make homemade lead lined suits to then spend 40 seconds to 2 minutes on the roof of reactor #3 shoveling bits of the reactor core into the hole where reactor #4 used to be. 3,500 people did this task.

@histodons @sts

video/mp4

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"Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland"

"Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed."

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/unstable-nuclear-waste-dams-threaten-fertile-central-asia-heartland-2024-04-23/

ai6yr, to random
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AP: Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland... "Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed." https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/unstable-nuclear-waste-dams-threaten-fertile-central-asia-heartland-2024-04-23/

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Legit_Spaghetti, to MIjazz
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Whoa. Microsoft is contracting with Helion to build them a nuclear fusion power plant by 2028. Probably to provide energy for their A.I. stuff.

This news is FUCKING WILD.

#NuclearPower #Fusion

https://www.helionenergy.com/articles/helion-announces-worlds-first-fusion-ppa-with-microsoft/

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dynode, to random
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Online #leftists be like: "We should abolish or at least severely restrict the impact of #capitalism. Also, #nuclearpower is uneconomic, it will be too eXpeNsIve!!1one"

Yeah, that's why France is bankrupt and the reason certain non-western nations are definitely not deploying multitudes of them 🤡

bojacobs, to ai
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Why so many super excited articles about nuclear power in the press everywhere??

Techbros<>Nukebros

"AI Is Giving Nuclear Power a Big Lift. 4 Stocks Riding the Trend."

Nuclear is not coming to save the world, it is coming to feed Silicon Valley unicorns

#NuclearPower #AI #climate

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ai-nuclear-power-stocks-8852a830

ai6yr, to Ukraine
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AP: UN watchdog says the status of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is ‘extremely serious’ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-watchdog-says-the-status-of-the-russian-occupied-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-is-extremely-serious #nuclearpower #ukraine #russia #zaporizhzhia

thejapantimes, to climate
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A hotter and more chaotic atmosphere is making it harder to build nuclear weapons and store nuclear waste safely in an unhappy union of two of humanity’s biggest headaches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/04/04/climate-change-nuclear-waste/ #commentary #climatechange #nuclearweapons #nuclearpower #disasters

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