Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:35:33 +0000
In February, Nine Mile Point nuclear power station in upstate New York started making its own hydrogen. Normally, this would be the point where I’d do the math and explain why this is a terrible idea, but in this case they got it right. So, what are they doing and why? The Nine Mile Point […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 17:41:35 +0000
A year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — one that was accompanied by an ominous cloud of allusions to nuclear use issued from Moscow — how goes the age of predatory nuclear-weapon states? In short, the news is not good. Back in September, I laid out four possible futures: continuing the dangerous status quo, more […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:53:20 +0000
South Africa’s grid is dominated by coal. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Statistics of Utility-Scale Power Generation In South Africa In 2022 Report, the contribution from coal dropped below 80% for the first time ever. In 2022, 77.7% of the 228 TWh was met by South Africa’s coal plants. […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 20:59:14 +0000
A coalition of concerned organizations and individuals has asked that Palisades Nuclear Plant be denied certification by the US Department of Energy to receive payments under DOE’s Civil Nuclear Credit Program.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:45:59 +0000
This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:30:32 +0000
Will the small modular nuclear reactor community be able to find an optimized point on the physics vs modularity curve? I don’t think so, and discussed it with Bent Flyvbjerg, global megaproject expert.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:45:17 +0000
Gray rhinos are about the strategic perspective of what is important to do, and black swans are about the tactics of dealing with it most effectively and efficiently. Gray rhinos say focus on big issues like climate change, and black swan awareness help us deliver climate solutions.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 18:47:47 +0000
Projects have what are called fat-tail risks and results. There’s a lot more variation at the extremes than for other things like human height.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:00:47 +0000
A decommissioned nuclear power plant from the 1980s is repurposed for agrivoltaics and prairie restoration.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 04:57:29 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy announced some big nuclear fusion news this week. It is truly gigantic scientific news, and I don’t intend to downplay the breakthrough at all here. I’m amazed and thrilled U.S. scientists were able to produce net-positive energy for a brief moment in a laser-based nuclear fusion ignition. Though, I think […]