There have been a few scares about #shelling in #ukraine against the #chernobyl #nuclear #reactor , but the lack of #electricity to the #cooling #system is by far the largest #risk so far: https://www.axios.com/ukraine-chernobyl-.. The #iaea have #claimed that there is no immediate #issue here, but they have just 48 hours of #diesel #generators and all of the #monitoring has been non-working during this time.
#elonmusk accurately calling for #europe #eu to #restart #nuclear #plants , #us to #produce #oil and #gas in an #effort to #decentralise from #russia https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/elon-m.. #us #press #secretary #jenpsaki says that the option is not yet being #considered - and the #biden #administration will be slow to the punch yet again.
Finally, #germany is now considering keeping their last three remaining #nuclear #reactors #active https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/.. It still doesn't help their #situation and #dependence on #russia - but it's a start.
Apparently #belarus is thinking to #host #russian #nuclear #weapons on their #soil https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lau.. They have already been hosting #troops from #russia . This could spread out into the #eu ...
So apparently #russia have been #targetting #nuclear #waste #facilities in #ukraine according to the #iaea https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressrel.. Apparently the #russian #army also fires #missiles at the #kyiv #dam , which could be #devastating to the #city filled with #civilians and the #zaporizhzhia #nuclearpower #station - the largest in #europe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=304..
Looks like #france are now building #nuclear #reactors , at a time when #germany shuts theirs down: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-t.. So #germans will end up #buying their #excess #electric #energy #demands from the #french - and somehow they sleep better at night as a result of their #eu neighbours dealing with the #issue of #nuclear #waste .
Apparently #china 's #ccp is *not* creating more #nuclear #silos - but is instead planting massive #windgenerators in the middle of the #dessert https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/c.. And for some reason they have no interest in #reducing their #nuclear #weapons until the #us and #russia reduce to the level of the #uk and #france ... Despite #china having more #weapons than both the #uk and #france - strange.
Wow, at one point they were seriously considering #gigatonne #nuclear #weapons http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2021/10/2.. Bare in mind, the largest that was #detonated was 50 #megatonnes - and that was dialled back from it's theoretical #capability of 100 #megatonne ... To think they could have kept going...
Looks like the #uk are going to be putting #nuclear #power first for #zero #emissions https://www.ft.com/content/e6426194-21e6.. As a #hackernews #comment points out, after #brexit nobody is left in the #eu to push back against #germany and their internal hatred of #nuclear #power https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=288..
#gretathunberg *should* be in #school https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/well-d.. We desperately need more #nuclear #power to bridge the #energy #gap whilst we figure out how to go #renewable ...
Ouch, the #headline says it all: " #us #arrests #navy #nuclear #engineer And #wife For Trying To #sell #submarine #secrets To #foreign Power": https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mary.. The #fbi have not said who it is they thought they were selling to, but there aren't *that* many #states buying #military secrets... Anyway it turns out they were *actually* #incriminating themselves to the #fbi !
Ouch, #california in the #us are shutting down their last #nuclear #powerplant that supplies 9% of their #supply - despite currently having #frequent #blackouts https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/02/why-is-c.. This is an insane decision. #nuclear #fission is #carbonzero and ultra #reliable !
If you want more of a #sign that #aukus has strategically hit a #nerve the look no further than #china and #russia both #condemning it: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/r.. Bare in mind, #australia *do not* get #nuclear #weapons - merely a #nuclear #powered #submarine ... #australia joining the "fight" is entirely a good thing for the #west and #global #peace - #russia and #china have been actively #supplying #northkorea and #iran ...
Very interesting #discussion by #backreaction on how close #nuclear #fusion is to being a viable #energy #replacement #source http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2021/10.. Sounds like the #scientists and #science #communicators are being #wilfully #opaque in exactly *how much* #energy is being produced and fudging the numbers.
Interesting, a #windturbine randomly #collapsed in #germany just days before it was set to be #inaugurated - apparently not #sabotage either: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/german.. This comes at a time when people rightfully #protest for #nuclear #energy to be rightfully reconsidered - I very much agree.
Looks like #china are now fucking with the #uk too: https://bitterwinter.org/pro-ccp-false-p.. Imagine my surprise. They are likely pissed they lost out on a recent #nuclear #powerplant #deal and are likely not happy that we plan to start doing more #freedomofnavigation #exercises ... The 50 cent #army cannot be that effective though surely?