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- As natural disasters make need to cut CO2 emissions clearer than ever, energy demand of AI systems is about to soar
- French Nuclear: End of the Line? one day agoFlamanville, he writes, “is likely one of the last nuclear plants to be built in Europe. Hinckley Point may be completed at some point in the future in the UK, but even in France the next ones are in doubt, with decisions...
- Ed Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’
- British firm in the vanguard of companies arguing SMRs are a quicker and cheaper option than large Hinkley-sized plants
- Sizewell C cost ‘has doubled since 2020 and could near £40bn’ Tue, 14 Jan 25, 10:03pmTreasury expected to decide whether to support EDF-backed nuclear power plant in this year’s spending review
- Unshackling Nuclear Energy: The Case Against the NRC’s Overreach Tue, 7 Jan 25, 5:00pmFederal courts should simply require the NRC to follow federal law. Reactors that could affect the nation’s public health and safety should be subject to rigorous federal oversight. But state regulatory authorities are...
- Coal Will Power Kazakhstan into a Nuclear Future Fri, 3 Jan 25, 5:00pmKazakhstan’s reliance on coal is deeply entrenched, and for good reason. The country possesses some of the largest coal reserves in the world – an estimated 25 billion tons. Coal-fired power plants account for nearly...
- Another eXcellent Post from Chris Martz Wed, 1 Jan 25, 1:00amBased on land requirements alone, if climate activists were serious environmentalists, they would support deployment of more nuclear power. Some of them do, but most I have interacted with don't and find terrible excuses...
- 2025: The Year of the Gigawatt AI Project Fri, 27 Dec 24, 5:00am"the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon" - $27 billion+ for a single project. Bye bye climate action virtue signalling.
- Nuclear Waste could be the game-changer to Unlimited Electricity Wed, 25 Dec 24, 9:00amToday, nuclear waste is the key to Unlimited Electricity, as that “so-called nuclear waste”, the slightly used nuclear fuel (SUNF), still has 97% of its electricity potential yet to be realized.
- AI Lions and Renewable Straw Mon, 23 Dec 24, 5:00amThe promotion of renewables by AI-owning investment firms is similarly confused. Either AI thrives in a world powered by the proven, reliable bounty of fossil fuels and nuclear fission, or it starves on wind, solar and wishful...
- What do Santa and the Coalition’s nuclear costings have in common? | Fiona Katauskas Tue, 17 Dec 24, 3:04pmThey’re both unrealSee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
- Coalition’s nuclear plan will hit Earth with 1.7bn extra tonnes of CO2 before 2050, experts warn Tue, 17 Dec 24, 1:00amPeter Dutton’s path ‘would be an absolute failure’ in decarbonising the electricity sector and meeting Australia’s emission targets, analyst says
- The Coalition’s nuclear costings and their rubbery assumptions take us back to being a climate pariah | Nicki Hutley Sun, 15 Dec 24, 6:00amDespite a clever comms strategy, there are significant credibility issues around the assumptions on which the cost estimates are based
- The Coalition’s nuclear costings and their rubbery assumptions take us back to being a climate pariah Sun, 15 Dec 24, 6:00amDespite a clever comms strategy, there are significant credibility issues around the assumptions on which the cost estimates are based