LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #652, Wednesday, (06/05/2024)
LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #652, Wednesday, (06/05/2024)
“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
Bill Gates’ TerraPower plans to build the first US next-generation nuclear plant
LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Wednesday, (06/05/2024)
I’ve posted today’s You Tube video about the trouble with the entire nuclear industry (a good part of it clearly told in 12-1/2 minutes) that speaks beyond the ridiculous idea of building new nuclear power plants of all shapes, sizes, and power, including SMRs, and why the entire concept of nuclear power is absurd as I’ve been preaching to the choir every evening for 652 consecutive days in, of course, far more detail.
But this video summarizes it all perfectly well in a style that everyone can understand and the interview confirms many of my constant complaints for most all the reasons I’m trying to tell the human race that, hey, “World, we have a problem.”
The only difference of opinion I have with the interview is that the guest believes it’s okay to allow some well-managed currently operational nuclear power plants to continue to operate, which is extremely dangerous to humanity and other life. Everything else Mr. Schlissel says duplicates my own concerns, including recognizing that if current nuclear power plants continue to operate, there is the growing issue of continuing uncontrolled amounts of dangerous nuclear waste. Of course I have many other issues that are not dealt with in the interview.
This is what Mr. Schlissel says about existing nuclear power plants continuing to operate: "I think that where existing plants are managed well, that they can continue operating and provide a minor role in the transition," Schlissel, director of resource planning analysis at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and co-author of a paper on the problems with SMRs told us in this interview with The Register's Brandon Vigliarolo
The projected SMR plant (Natrium) they refer to near the end of the video will not be in Idaho, but rather in Wyoming, owned by startup company TerraPower. The major shareholder is Microsoft’s originator, Bill Gates. The story, told near the end of the interview, about TerraPower’s two year delay in bringing the plant online because Russian fuel is not available to them is true, and I have mentioned that issue several times over the year-and-a-half-plus that I have been providing these nightly posts. We will forever, if we continue down this path, be blaming our lack of uranium nuclear fuel on Russia when all nuclear power plants sit aimlessly idle because there is no fuel for our reactors, which could start a nuclear war all by itself. ~llaw
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Wednesday, (06/05/2024)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
It's not just SMRs - we need to abandon new nuclear projects entirely - YouTube
YouTube
10 years since the first corporate ransomware and things are only getting worse. The Register•357 views · 39:41. Go to channel · 'Financial Crisis ...
UN nuclear agency's board votes to censure Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the watchdog
KSAT
The IAEA has said inspectors believe Iran used the Varamin site from 1999 until 2003 as a pilot project to process uranium ore and convert it into a ...
Droning Russia's nuke radars is the dumbest thing Ukraine can do | Responsible Statecraft
Responsible Statecraft
Attacks on the early warning system actually highlights the fragility of peace between the world's nuclear powers.
Nuclear Power
NEWS
US may revive some shut nuclear plants to help meet emissions goal, energy chief says
WHBL
... nuclear power plants to help meet rising demand for zero-emissions electricity, or add reactors to existing sites, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granh...
US May Revive Some Shut Nuclear Plants to Help Meet Emissions Goal, Energy Chief Says
USNews.com
The administration of President Joe Biden believes nuclear power is critical to meeting greenhouse gas reduction goals and decarbonizing the economy ...
Community discusses potential Palisades Nuclear Plant reopening - WNDU
WNDU
The community ...
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Strengthening Global Cooperation on Nuclear Emergency Preparedness | IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
Experts in nuclear emergencies are meeting in ... Nuclear technology and applications · Energy ... Emergency Conventions and in nuclear and radiological ...
TheDay.com
... Nuclear Power Station in the town's Emergency Operation Center Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints. 6. June 04, 2024 8 ...
Nuclear War
NEWS
Nuclear war risk 'goes up a little bit every year,' Newt Gingrich tells Times' forum
Washington Times
Some analysts fear that the other side of the Russia-Ukraine war could also be a danger. While Kyiv gave up its own nuclear stockpile in the 1990s, ...
Russia-Ukraine war: Biden tests Putin's nuclear threats in Ukraine - Vox
Vox
Allowing Ukraine to fire Western weapons into Russia strengthens an ally, but risks violating an unknown red line.
In Brief: How Close Is Iran to Building A Bomb? - War on the Rocks
War on the Rocks
... nuclear weapons? Read more below. Eric Brewer Deputy Vice President, Nuclear Materials Security Program Nuclear Threat Initiative The latest reports.
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Russia-Ukraine war: Biden tests Putin's nuclear threats in Ukraine - Vox
Vox
The US tests Putin's nuclear threats in Ukraine. Allowing Ukraine to fire Western weapons into Russia strengthens an ally, but risks violating an ...
Ukrainian military observer on NATO's war with Russia and nuclear threats - Radio NV video - Yahoo
Yahoo
NATO's preparations for a possible war with Russia and Moscow's latest nuclear threats were discussed with military observer Denys Popovych in an ...
Russian Official Floats New NATO Target for Nuclear Strike - Newsweek
Newsweek
... threats from France, Britain and the U.S.. The Russian Ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, has warned against underestimating the threat of ...
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
America's most dangerous volcanoes
MSN
Yellowstone Caldera, WY. The volcanic eruptions that formed ... The Yellowstone Volcano is sometimes called a supervolcano. You may also like ...