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All energy all the time. Saving nuclear plants: Radiant Energy Fund. Energy & strategy: @RadiantEnergyG. Prev: @envprogress @cambridge_eng @run4okstate
Chicago, IL
Joined June 2015
We just ran the biggest poll ever on what the public thinks about nuclear energy and we're sharing the results. 20 countries, 20,122 people surveyed, 55 questions: over a million data points. Countries surveyed in 2023:.G7 - 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇯🇵🇰🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸.BRICS - 🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦.Other -
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GERMAN NUCLEAR OPERATOR: WE CAN KEEP RUNNING, ONLY NEED "OK". News clip has emerged showing that Chancellor Scholz and Economy Minister Habeck have been falsely claiming that nuclear plants cannot operate because of staffing and lack of fuel. They only need political permission.
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I have a 5mo baby. I invited three mid-20s friends to a restaurant dinner with their girlfriends. After ordering I handed over the baby and had each of them spend 5 minutes holding the giggling chubster, as their respective ladies looked on. Will report back in 18 months.
My friends just had a baby and now I kind of want one. Maybe our species procreates via FOMO.
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Word is out: Microsoft is plunging ahead on nuclear energy. They want a fleet of reactors powering new data centers. And now they're hiring people from the traditional nuclear industry to get it done. Why?. Lack of stable long-term power, whether clean or dirty, is constraining
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First night of Germany's grid without nuclear: it's bad. It's night. No sun. Wind has dropped to almost nothing. Most of German "renewables" right now is richly-subsidized bioenergy with half the net CO2 emissions of an efficient gas power plant. Importing nuclear from France.
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Chicago's four local nuclear plants are cranking out immense power, taking care of Chicago while helping support the surrounding areas. They sit on about 100 acres each. They're running at 100% power in these dark frigid days. They'll last 80+ years. The energy of the future.
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Massive cultural shift: superstar Democratic congresswomen @AOC describes how she safely visited a triple-meltdown site in Japan. She further describes French nuclear waste recycling as a good thing. She has 9 million followers, many of whom are young women. This is wild:
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The greatest man you've never heard of died this week on Wednesday, September 6th. Marcel Boiteux built the French nuclear fleet as head of national utility EdF, making superb, far-sighted decisions against powerful entrenched interests. Decisions such as abandoning the
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Looking at German electricity this week you could be forgiven for forgetting they've spent FIVE HUNDRED BILLION € on a renewable energy "transition". They're just straight up fossil powered!. With high costs, high carbon, and a shrinking economy. I labeled it for you below.
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Poland is starting to build a fleet of large reactors TODAY, immediately after signing contracts. They have this one great chance to bury Germany economically. Germany's economy was based on large and middle-sized industrial companies running on cheap energy. Where did that
Engineering site work begins immediately on Poland's first three AP1000® nuclear reactors in a historic moment for the country's clean energy future! We today signed the Engineering Services Contract with @PEJ_PL. We're excited to get to work! Read more:
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HOW TO SOLVE NUCLEAR WASTE:. 1. Collect the spent fuel.2. Put it in an iron container.3. Put that in a copper container.4. Put that in a hole surrounded by clay. 5. Deep in stable granite. Done. Note: we can store it above ground but this is one failsafe way to bury it.
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German utility execs who champion the Energiewende are starting to panic after this month's shocking 12-day wind drought. RWE CEO Markus Krebber posted a desperate plea for more "secure" power supplies this morning on LinkedIn. The situation is coming to a breaking point.
Looking at German electricity this week you could be forgiven for forgetting they've spent FIVE HUNDRED BILLION € on a renewable energy "transition". They're just straight up fossil powered!. With high costs, high carbon, and a shrinking economy. I labeled it for you below.
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Europeans: if we force everyone to wash their clothes by hand they won't need gym memberships to get exercise. Americans: let's literally restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant.
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Incredible speech: Arnold Schwarzenegger slams Germany for closing nuclear plants while claiming a fossil fuel emergency to its citizens!. Schwarzenegger, the most famous living Austrian, speaking Thursday in Vienna, also praises California for saving Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.
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BREAKING IN NYC: WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR . Banks and funds totaling $14 TRILLION in assets have just signed an unprecedented statement in support of nuclear power. They'll be presenting the pledge to support the goal of tripling nuclear THIS MORNING at
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However big you think this Microsoft nuclear deal is, I am telling you, it's bigger. One of the biggest power deals ever. ~$800 million/yr for 20 years.$16 BILLION for one nuclear reactor. From a 40-year-old reactor, just to get to age 60. We now have a market for newbuild.
BREAKING: BLOCKBUSTER MICROSOFT DATACENTER DEAL RESURRECTING THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT. Microsoft and nuclear plant owner Constellation have agreed to a massive, unprecedented deal to restart the closed Three Mile Island by 2028 to power its datacenters, per the New York
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BREAKING: We find that Germany can restart 3 nuclear reactors by 2028 and 9 reactors by 2032. The engineering and economics work. Two-thirds of the public want it. Only political will is needed. Here are four detailed graphics from our new report that summarize the facts.
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AMAZON NOW HIRING NUCLEAR ENGINEERS. All these companies claimed for years to be 100% renewable-powered. It was always untrue, and now they can't get into nuclear fast enough. They watched nuclear plants die rather than lift a finger to help. Not anymore. Time to build.
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Just so everybody knows: the statement that "if it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl", is absolute nonsense. This is a bad situation because it is an attack on a nuclear plant with people in it, not because it can "blow up" and be "larger than Chornobyl".
Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!.
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In a few minutes, Germans will blow up two cooling towers at the world-class Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant. In past generations, it took a lot of American lives and money to destroy Germany's infrastructure. Now they do it to themselves. Hardly an improvement I have to say.
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SOURCES: GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY DISCUSSING ROLLING BACK NUCLEAR PHASEOUT. Trial-balloon report said to be emerging very soon. Germany's LNG-only plan to augment renewables would be ferociously expensive, and it seems that the Ministry of Finance gets this.
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Warning: YOU CAN'T DRINK THE TRITIUM WATER BEING RELEASED BY JAPAN THIS WEEK. It's almost entirely seawater. A lethal dose of seawater for an adult is around 8 liters!. The radioactive tritium in it is fine. It's just the toxic levels of sodium that would kill you. China's
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ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR: LOSS OF KAKHOVKA DAM. Zaporizhzhia NPP, Europe's largest, draws cooling water from a reservoir whose dam is now severely damaged. All six reactors are off & cold. Almost no cooling water needed. Unfolding event, but not a serious risk for nuclear accident.
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HISTORIC NUCLEAR PLEDGE AT COP28 DUBAI: SIXTEEN COUNTRIES AIM TO TRIPLE GLOBAL NUCLEAR BY 2050. Joined by IAEA, the following are signing, many with heads of state present:. USA, France, UK, Canada, UAE, South Korea, Japan, Belgium (!!), Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden,
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She's literally standing next to nuclear waste from the melted reactor at Three Mile Island that killed nobody. Basically, nuclear fear was a meme that's fading out with the Boomers and a new age is coming just because of that, despite little change in nuclear technology itself.
them: what about nuclear waste?. me: you mean the waste you can stand right next to and touch?
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Incredible: German electricity demand has fallen to the lowest levels since before reunification in 1990, as its economy falters. Germany intentionally turned off its extraordinarily cheap and reliable baseload nuclear power, rapidly, during a generational energy crisis. Putin
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Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry nuclear plant is one building containing three powerful reactors. It makes steady, carbon-free power for 3 million people for the incomprehensibly low production cost of $15 per MWh in 2021. It was built for an inflation-adjusted 2023-$
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BREAKING: AMAZON MAKES HISTORIC INVESTMENT TO DEPLOY NUCLEAR PLANTS. Amazon has made a direct investment, the first of its kind, into building nuclear reactors to power AI. Amazon is investing in X-Energy and joining Washington-based nuclear operator Energy Northwest to deploy
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Let me translate this for those who don't speak German. "How we intentionally destroyed our industrial economy".
Für alle, die sich Sorgen machen, dass für den weggefallenen Atomstrom nicht ersetzt bekommen, hier nochmal der Hinweis:
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BREAKING: Extraordinary, powerful new interview. Joachim Bühler, CEO of safety inspection association TÜV, says Germany's working nuclear plants, plus 3 plants closed in December, can operate safely now and long term. The German government does not want the public to know this.
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Wild French energy story: Greenpeace fought, and won, a battle to switch new French homes from electric heat to natural gas heat. France doesn't produce natural gas. They import it, then burn it. This is who Greenpeace is. They exist to destroy European energy security.
Quand on sabote la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique au nom du climat : .- Hausse des émissions de CO2 en France en 2024. Une des causes : chauffage au gaz. - Campagne menée depuis longtemps par Greenpeace pour interdire le chauffage électrique et favoriser le gaz. 😢
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Depressing to watch electricity production crashing in Germany year by year. We can all see what they're doing to themselves. Maybe other EU nations enjoy seeing the decline of Germany?. It's almost unfathomable to me as an American to watch Europe sleepwalking into this. 1/4
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German energy policy in its purest form:. Police rolling around in mud attempting to protect a mine that serves almost exactly the same amount of energy (37 TWh in 2022) as Germany is turning off in a few weeks from its world-class nuclear fleet (30TWh).
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It must be emphasized that in the middle of a crushing energy crisis, Germany turned off all of its absolute best power plants in perfect working condition. I have to remind myself because it's so insane. Some of these plants have trained operators sitting at the controls NOW.
Germany is the world’s worst performing major economy. Popular anger and the AfD are rising in response to austerity. FT editorial board recommends softening the debt brake and public investment. And warns: “The rise of the far right ought to focus the minds.”
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Tech companies after this
BREAKING: BLOCKBUSTER MICROSOFT DATACENTER DEAL RESURRECTING THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT. Microsoft and nuclear plant owner Constellation have agreed to a massive, unprecedented deal to restart the closed Three Mile Island by 2028 to power its datacenters, per the New York
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HOURS BEFORE CLOSING REACTOR, GERMAN UTILITY ANNOUNCES 45% PRICE RISE. As Eon closed nuclear, by far its cheapest reliable power, it announced a big jump for many customers from what are already some of Europe's highest prices. Helps buy carbon permits.
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The solar industry in Germany now reports that a jaw-dropping 15% of German solar capacity is rapidly disintegrating. On one hand, this represents the decay & destruction of many billions of € of capital. On the other hand it represents hardly any energy risk, because 10
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BREAKING: BLOCKBUSTER MICROSOFT DATACENTER DEAL RESURRECTING THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT. Microsoft and nuclear plant owner Constellation have agreed to a massive, unprecedented deal to restart the closed Three Mile Island by 2028 to power its datacenters, per the New York
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When word gets out that both Three Mile Island and Chernobyl kept running for years after their meltdowns, people are going to be so angry for being lied to about the danger of nuclear energy.
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Telegraph: Microsoft reportedly planning "Stargate", a $100billion supercomputer to be powered by several nuclear plants. The era of the great uranium brains approaches.
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EU "NUCLEAR ALLIANCE" BEING PREPARED:. France is now fully defecting from Germany's suicidal energy policies. Remarkable turnaround after 2 decades of self-sabotaging energy appeasement. Energy ministers from 12 EU countries reliant on nuclear energy will discuss forming a bloc!.
Paris prépare une « alliance du nucléaire » en Europe
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MOST POWERFUL EUROPEAN REACTOR CONNECTED TO GRID. The most powerful reactor in the history of Europe is now connected to the French national grid. Flamamville 3, located on the English Channel, will produce 1630 MW after they spin it up to full power in the coming months.
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Finland spent 19 years building the world's slowest, most over-budget nuclear reactor. Was supposed to cost €4 billion. Cost €12 billion. Construction companies and the reactor builder took much of the hit. Finns get dirt-cheap electricity, €45 per MWh, for a century. Nice.
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GERMANY SUBMITS TO FRANCE ON NUCLEAR DEMANDS. Germany has now said that France can fund its nuclear fleet life extensions with state support, reports the FT. This decision opens up a new nuclear era in Europe. Once France refurbishes its reactors, it will seal a permanent
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Germany has a national fetish for getting dumped on by the whole world. This country bet its energy future on a fossil fuel pipeline with Russia while destroying ITS OWN world-class nuclear plants!. Clearly, Germany's entire government is filled with energy-illiterate muppets.
Like it or not: Germany’s energy system is fully operational, with more than 50% renewables. And we are shutting down – not building – coal & nuclear plants. Coal will be off the grid by 2038 at the latest. PS: We also don’t eat cats and dogs. #Debate2024
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Germany is supposed to be rapidly expanding clean electricity, to decarbonize. The opposite is happening. Clean electricity is collapsing, now back to 2017 levels. Germany paid hundreds-of-billions € to end up like this. Industries, built over 150 years, are being strangled.
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VOGTLE, GEORGIA: US SECRETARY OF ENERGY CALLS FOR "HUNDREDS" MORE LARGE NUCLEAR REACTORS. "We need two hundred of these by 2050. Two down, one hundred and ninety-eight to go.". US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, speaking now in front of the flawlessly-operating Vogtle 3 &
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When people say "what about the nuclear waste" they're literally just asking about this stuff. "Nuclear waste" was the ultimate psyop.
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Nobody tell Elon that he could offer to buy German nuclear plants for a few billion €, wait 3 months for German elections, get one little law changed (German public largely agrees), restart one plant by 2026 and 7-8 plants by 2032, save Germany, save Europe, sell them for €50B.
I instantly lose respect for anyone who posts on LinkedIn. Unbearably cringe.
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New photos show China building America's best nuclear reactor design at record speeds to become #1 in nuclear power. Here's Lianjiang nuclear plant 12 months after Unit 1 construction start. Only 24 months after first dig. AP1000s on a 4-year schedule. We should be doing this.
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I'll go toe to toe with RFK Jr on nuclear energy. Pick me Joe, pick me, it'll be fun. For those who don't know, @RobertKennedyJr was instrumental in working with Andrew Cuomo to shut down Indian Point nuclear plant, blowing a massive hole in New York City's power supply.
Peter, if you claim what RFKjr is saying is “misinformation” I am offering you $100,000.00 to the charity of your choice if you’re willing to debate him on my show with no time limit.
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SIERRA CLUB: RENEWABLES NOT ENOUGH FOR AI, WE NEED NUCLEAR. Sierra Club last month quietly reversed 50 years of antinuclear advocacy to endorse nuclear energy as a clean source of power. In their new electricity policy report, they call for using nuclear to protect the climate.
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Grotesque situation. Belgium losing 10% of its electricity supply tonight for nothing, in a generational energy crisis. Feels like ancient Rome losing a key aquaduct to invading Goths. The plant is owned by a French natural gas company that wants it dead and gone.
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This is false. Zaporizhzhia does not risk a "nuclear radiation catastrophe." If it did, he would've ordered it off. I'm afraid to say this looks like a coordinated effort to induce panic. This is a disservice to global public, which, admittedly, is not his focus at the moment.
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NEW DEPT. OF ENERGY NUCLEAR REPORT RELEASED. Just out a few minutes ago. Some of the absolute sharpest minds in nuclear put in months of work on this report and it shows. Key highlights for me, below.
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ZAPORIZHZHIA FIRE: . This fire is not near the reactors and is not a threat to them. The fire is at the base of one of the natural draft cooling towers circled in red. The nuclear reactors (green) are offline. Cooling towers are not in use. The public is not in danger from it
Russia set Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on fire - Zelensky. The extent of the fire is unclear. A very severe case of nuclear blackmail for Russia. ZNPP is under Russian control since 2022.
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German government has been spending taxpayer money on fake antinuclear research to try to get other countries to also abandon nuclear power. Expect to see more investigative journalism like this coming out as Germany's economy tilts towards the abyss.
Ich habe umfangreiche Unterlagen aus dem Untersuchungsauschuss zum Atomausstieg zugespielt bekommen und sie in den letzten Wochen für die @NZZ ausgewertet. Das Ergebnis: Die Grünen missbrauchen Steuergeld, um Stimmung zu machen gegen die Kernenergie — auf der ganzen Welt. 🪡
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HINT: it's because they aren't actually environmentalists
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I'm off to Greece. "Wait," you might object. "Greece does not have a nuclear energy program!". Greece does not have a nuclear program. yet. The time has come to correct this. More from Athens Monday.
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CHERNOBYL UPDATE: BEWARE MISLEADING CLAIMS ABOUT OLD SPENT FUEL COOLING NEEDS. The spent fuel rods are at minimum 22 years old. They have very little heat to dissipate. In most plants, spent fuel that is more than 5 years old sits in dry storage cooled easily by air.
Update on Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant:. 750 kV ChNPP - Kyiv high-voltage line is currently disconnected due to the damage caused by the occupiers. As a result, the Chernobyl station and all nuclear facilities in the Exclusion Zone are without electricity.
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France and Germany: Electricity Compared in 2024. This chart shows all 8784 hours in the year. Germany averaged 349 grams of CO2 per kWh with wind, coal, solar, gas, and biogas. France averaged 19 grams with nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, and gas. France was 18 times cleaner.
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Catalonia is powered by nuclear. 60% of electricity comes from reactors. Two here at Asco which I toured today. Spain has the largest planned nuclear phaseout in the world. Nowhere is this going to be as devastating as in Catalonia. But not if we can stop it. We have 3 years.
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German Greens concealed a utility's offer to keep running nuclear plant during energy crisis, reveal newly released documents. German parliament is now conducting an inquiry into how Green officials misled the German public in closing all the nuclear plants even after a.
Die Betreiber wollten die Kernkraftwerke 2022 gar nicht länger laufen lassen, behaupteten die Grünen immer wieder. Das stimmte aber nur für einen: RWE. Durch den Untersuchungsausschuss wird nun ein bislang geheim gehaltenes Angebot aus Baden-Württemberg öffentlich. 1/.
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This is what it looks like when you land in Finland, a country where even the Green Party is for nuclear energy
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Bono says he went from protesting nuclear energy to being for it. Many such cases! A wave of reconsiderations has been coming in the past few years. Expect a flood as nervous celebs realize most people are already for it. It's safe to come out now.
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NUCLEAR, UKRAINE, EUROPEAN ENERGY. There are wild claims about Chernobyl going around. I will post the most accurate and authoritative information here and keep this thread updated. FIRST: Chernobyl, even if attacked, is not a credible threat to health from radiation.
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The next nuclear reactor to be prematurely closed in Europe turns off February 15th, in the dead of winter.
It’s time for THE charger. Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging electronic devices in the EU. It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need. #DigitalEU.
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Sweden closed nuclear reactors directly feeding their cities, to be like Germany. France destroyed one of their best nuclear plants, to be like Germany. Belgium is turning off a lot their reactors next year, to be like Germany. Germany has found a new way to destroy Europe.
Sky-high electricity prices in southern Sweden due to Merkel dismantling all nuclear power plants in Germany. Electricity prices in southern Sweden will be 167 times more expensive than in the northern parts of Sweden tomorrow. The price will be $0.5 per kWh in southern Sweden
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Weeks before Germany's nuclear closed, utility giant @RWE_AG CEO Markus Krebber rejected calls to save them:. "There is still enough electricity". The reactors close. Six weeks later Krebber says:. "Germany has a serious problem: We don't have as much energy available as we need"
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META LAUNCHES NUCLEAR PROGRAM. Meta has just requested up to 4 GW of nuclear from nuclear developers. Now we're cooking.
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PROJECT STARGATE ENERGY ANALYSIS. Project Stargate is going to need an enormous amount of power: each of the five Stargates needs about 5 gigawatts (about five million people's worth) of constant electricity for each ~$100b supercomputer project. Let's break it down. Each.
Announcing The Stargate Project. The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States. We will begin deploying $100 billion immediately. This infrastructure will secure.
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Greenpeace made defeating nuclear power its most important cause. That cause was wrong, and young people are getting angry when they discover it. Now Greenpeace is the rich corporation hurting the environment. And environmental activists are coming for them. It's a new world.
Today I am launching the campaign #DearGreenpeace with @letsreplanet which asks @Greenpeace to drop their opposition to nuclear energy & support young people in securing their future. Sign my petition Why nuclear gives me hope for a better future.🧵
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It's been wild to watch the financial elite discover nuclear energy's extraordinary qualities in real time.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: "The world is going to be short power, short power. And to power these data companies you cannot have just this intermittent power like wind and solar. You need dispatchable power because you can't turn off and on these data centers."
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New York is running low on energy. New York just lost enough nuclear power for a few million people. There are people out there who did this, who chose this path and then exerted their power to harm New Yorkers. Never forget what they did to you.
Oh my: “ConEd Alert: Please conserve energy. Lower thermostats. Postpone running appliances. Extreme cold, high energy use, & interstate equipment problems causing natural gas shortage. We apologize for any inconvenience & wish everyone safe & happy holidays.”.
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France vs Germany 2022: electricity by the hour. In 2022, France's $200 billion nuclear fleet had its worst year of production. Simultaneously, Germany's $500 billion Energiewende had its best year of production yet. Here's how they compared hour-by-hour on carbon intensity.
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As Markus Krebber went viral by begging for power plants on LinkedIn, I received these ominous texts from a Dutch power expert, half a bottle of wine deep and despairing for his country and continent. Read it and you'll see why. Europe may be lost barring a dramatic awakening.
German utility execs who champion the Energiewende are starting to panic after this month's shocking 12-day wind drought. RWE CEO Markus Krebber posted a desperate plea for more "secure" power supplies this morning on LinkedIn. The situation is coming to a breaking point.
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In record time.
HOURS BEFORE CLOSING REACTOR, GERMAN UTILITY ANNOUNCES 45% PRICE RISE. As Eon closed nuclear, by far its cheapest reliable power, it announced a big jump for many customers from what are already some of Europe's highest prices. Helps buy carbon permits.
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Spain is planning on shutting down all its nuclear power starting in 2027. That's exactly the baseload power that the tech companies are paying top dollar for in the USA. Someone should figure out why Europe is intent on destroying itself. And how to stop it.
Impressive to see how Spain transformed its electricity system. Back in 2000, there was hardly any solar or wind and 36% came from burning coal. Today 50% comes from renewables, 21% comes from nuclear, and less than 2% from coal.
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It's hard to express how insane this situation is. Highlighting just wind production now, Germany's 66.5 GW of installed wind is only producing as much as the 3 reactors that turned off last night used to produce. 400% expansion of wind would only provide half present need!
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Extraordinary development:. Germany Econ Minister Habeck says Germany will lose its industry without cheap power. Owners of Isar-2, one of the largest, cheapest-operating nuclear reactors in the world, offered to the German gov. to keep running at this low cost. Offer rejected!.
Erfahre eben aus gut informierten Kreisen, dass der Betreiber des Kernkraftwerks Isar 2 bis jetzt mit dem @BMWK verhandelt hat, die Anlage auf eigene Kosten weiterlaufen zu lassen, ausschließlich für die Industrie, und zu 6 Ct/kWh. Gute Idee! . Abgelehnt. Verbrecher!.
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Midnight strikes. Germany's nuclear plants, among the finest on earth, power down. It's night. It's quite calm. Germany's €400 billion wind and solar fleet barely runs. Germany's colossal fossil plant reserves are ready to go. Now and in the dark winters to come. A sacrilege
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WELT: 82% OF GERMANS SAY KEEP NUCLEAR ON. A poll just published finds 41% say keep nuclear long term. 68% of Greens now say keep nuclear online at least temporarily. Nearly incomprehensible turnaround on nuclear sentiment in Germany. Right as firewood is running out for winter.
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GERMANY REACTOR NEWS: ADDITIONAL REACTORS CAN BE RESTARTED . Our new report's out with a shocking find:. 8, not 6, reactors can be saved!. Krümmel, big enough to power a million people, still has an operating license despite closing 2011: saved by antinuclear politics, ironically
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Germany isn't ready for this future. United States is offering EU nations billions for what may be the start of a Nuclear Marshall Plan. Could be a permanent edge for Polish industry over German on energy costs alone. These reactors will last generations.
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"WHAT ABOUT THE WASTE?". Nuclear energy's got EXCELLENT waste: there's almost none of it, and it announces its presence reliably even w/ cheap detectors. The Dutch have solved it: make the place with the waste HIGHLY ACCESIBLE, CLASSY, and most of all, FUN. @ParisOrtizWines
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A few harsh realities for our brave new leaders!. Uranium is cheap and common. Niger exports about $300 million per year, or $12 per person. That uranium makes roughly $20 billion of electricity, but not in Niger. It needs to be enriched, turned into fuel, then placed in.
The military regime in Niger has with immediate effect, banned the export of uranium to France. Over 50 per cent of the uranium ore extracted from Niger is used for fuelling French nuclear power plants. 24% of EU uranium imports, come from Niger,
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TSMC's Arizona plant is nuclear-powered, from 3 giant reactors in the middle of the desert using Phoenix's treated waste water. Meanwhile Taiwan is about to crash its electricity grid in an insane crusade to close all their nuclear plants and run on imported fossil fuels.
TSMC has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories in Taiwan, a significant breakthrough for a US expansion project initially dogged by delays and worker strife
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AMAZON FINALLY GOES NUCLEAR. Amazon just bought a massive data center under construction right at one of America's best nuclear plants. Operating costs for the Susquehanna nuclear plant in Pennsylvania are crazy low - likely around $25 per MWh. Why is this a huge nuclear
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France vs Germany: Daily Chart of CO2 Intensity of Electricity since 2012. More than a decade of Germany's "Energiewende" leaves the two countries in different worlds, Germany higher by a factor of ten. Germany's best days are now about twice as bad as France's worst days.
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Markus Krebber says he won't turn the nuclear plants back on. But he's a German and he's former McKinsey. He'll do whatever he's told to do by superior powers and he'll do it without question. German politicians merely need to order him to save his plants and it will happen.
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German Greens are openly choosing coal over nuclear. They closed the nuclear plants in an energy crisis, refuse to reopen them even though it's both possible and economical, and NOW are saying they have to push back the coal closure date.
Germany’s economy minister Habeck casts doubt on plan for early coal phase-out. Minister stresses that energy security is ‘absolute priority’ regarding plans to end coal eight years earlier than the original schedule. .
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PALISADES NUCLEAR GETS FINANCIAL GREEN LIGHT TO RESTART. Two down, one to go. Palisades nuclear plant, on the shores of Lake Michigan, has just closed a $1.5 billion loan to restart. The USA is almost out of restartable nuclear. Just Duane Arnold in Iowa. Then we build.
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BREAKING: PROTESTER ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK IMPENDING DEMOLITION AT GERMAN NUCLEAR PLANT. Only a half hour before scheduled implosion of cooling towers at Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant, a protester has photographed himself near the base of the towers. Will they blow it anyway?
In a few minutes, Germans will blow up two cooling towers at the world-class Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant. In past generations, it took a lot of American lives and money to destroy Germany's infrastructure. Now they do it to themselves. Hardly an improvement I have to say.
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COAL IMMEDIATELY FILLS DEMAND IN GERMAN STATE CLOSING NUCLEAR. In Baden-Wuerttemberg, Neckarwestheim, one of the best-performing reactors in the world, closed Saturday. Costly hard coal filled most of the gap. Russia remained Germany's top supplier of this type of coal in 2022.
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It's astounding to me when people argue that it isn't fair to choose just a moment when Germany's wind and solar are near zero, that we have to look at yearly figures instead. So here's every single hour for a year and the annual average. And for France.
@energybants Yeah, lets just pick a random day (or night) instead of focusing on how the yearly average looks - but 35y old nuclear planst are the future 🤦🏻♂️.
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CANADA ACCEPTS NUCLEAR AS GREEN. Canada reverses course, accepts nuclear energy as fully eligible for Green bonds! Statement released today. The walls erected to separate nuclear energy from access to preferential financial treatment continue to collapse today. Canada is one of.
NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS AND REFURBS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GREEN BONDS! . Per Fall Economic Statement, released just 20 minute sago
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