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Climate change probably increasing this problem – nuclear reactors halted because of jellyfish-like sea salps Jellyfish-like organisms force South Korea to halt its 2 nuclear reactors,  https://www.livemint.com/news/world/jellyfishlike-organisms-force-south-korea-to-halt-its-2-nuclear-reactors-11617794802580.htmlSea salps — gelantinous, marine organisms that look like jellyfish — have clogged water systems used to cool nuclear reactors in South Korea, forcing two units offline. Sea sa...

Cryptic ‘;l;;gmlxzssaw’ tweet from official US nuclear agency account sparks confusion,  https://www.sbs.com.au/news/cryptic-l-gmlxzssaw-tweet-from-official-us-nuclear-agency-account-sparks-confusion The US Strategic Command runs the country’s powerful nuclear weapons force. 31/03/2021,  Headquartered in Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Stratcom manages the US military’s strategic deterrence – that is, the massive nuclear weapons force and missile defenses that are designed to dis...

    Bill Gates, while motivated to help fight climate change, has also long been trying to make a success of his nuclear technology company  Terra Power.   The climate emergency presents him with the perfect opportunity  to promote this, and especially, to get tax–payer funding to do it, as he suggests in his new book. Elon Musk and Bill Gates: beware of gurus toting solutions to climate change Elon Musk  has grand plans to save the world. Bill Gates has just published his book  ”...

    Bill Gates, while motivated to help fight climate change, has also long been trying to make a success of his nuclear technology company  Terra Power.   The climate emergency presents him with the perfect opportunity  to promote this, and especially, to get tax–payer funding to do it, as he suggests in his new book. Elon Musk and Bill Gates: beware of gurus toting solutions to climate change Elon Musk  has grand plans to save the world. Bill Gates has just published his book  ”...

    Bill Gates, while motivated to help fight climate change, has also long been trying to make a success of his nuclear technology company  Terra Power.   The climate emergency presents him with the perfect opportunity  to promote this, and especially, to get tax–payer funding to do it, as he suggests in his new book. Elon Musk and Bill Gates: beware of gurus toting solutions to climate change Elon Musk  has grand plans to save the world. Bill Gates has just published his book  ”...

Busting the spin that promotes ‘Small Nuclear Reactors’ by Christopher Reibling, April 3, 2021 This is in response to MP Wayne Long’s letter in the  Telegraph Journal (March 20 – “Coon Got It Wrong on SMRs”), which is riddled with dangerous and alarming inaccuracies. Long’s misuse of the word “recycling” is particularly troubling. When it comes to nuclear fuel, plutonium obtained from existing used reactor fuel (i.e. from the Point Lepreau reactor or from the US) can be...

Boom in ”decommissioning” nuclear reactors brings worries about financial costs, and safety Environmental & Energy Study Institute 30th March 2021, The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held an online briefing on nuclear energy issues, including the current economics of the U.S. nuclear power industry, how to approach decommissioning as more civilian reactors shut down, and what to do with their high-level radioactive waste. In particular, the briefing assessed the impacts of...

Greenland might reject Australian-Chinese company Greenland Minerals in its bid to mine rare earths Telegraph 4th April 2021, AS elections go, it sounds rather minor-league: a contest with just 40,000 voters, triggered by a planning row in one of the most remote, inhospitable corners of the planet. On Tuesday, though, diplomats from Washington to Beijing will be watching carefully as Greenland holds snap parliamentary polls. With a total of population of just 56,000, its electorate is smaller ...

Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says Biden’s plan goes beyond most states’ definitions of clean power. Ars Technica TIM DE CHANT – 4/3/2021   More details have emerged about the climate and energy priorities of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, and they include support for nuclear power and carbon capture with sequestration (CCS). In a press conference yesterday with reporters, White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy said the admini...

  Bill Gates, while motivated to help fight climate change, has also long been trying to make a success of his nuclear technology company  Terra Power.   The climate emergency presents him with the perfect opportunity  to promote this, and especially, to get tax–payer funding to do it, as he suggests in his new book. Elon Musk and Bill Gates: beware of gurus toting solutions to climate change Elon Musk  has grand plans to save the world. Bill Gates has just published his book  ”How...