Tag Archives: nuclear power

Will Congress ever create a new independent agency to store nuclear waste permanently?

Preface. The lack of permanent geological storage of nuclear waste will be yet another nightmare for those living after fossils have declined and civilizations go back to biomass fuels and muscle power. They will already be dealing with heat making … Continue reading

Posted in Nuclear Waste, U.S. Congress Energy Policy | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Will Congress ever create a new independent agency to store nuclear waste permanently?

Nuclear waste will harm future generations for a million years without underground storage

Preface. This is a book review of “Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste” and the best book I’ve read on the topic, as well as additional research on the topic. Now that world wide production of … Continue reading

Posted in An Index of Best Energyskeptic Posts, Energy Books, Nuclear Books, Nuclear Power Energy, Nuclear Waste | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Bill Gates Gen IV sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) in Wyoming

Source: Japan abandons Monju fast reactor: the slow death of a nuclear dream. The Ecologist. ‘Fast breeder’ reactors are promoted by nuclear enthusiasts as the clean, green energy technology of the future. But all the evidence tells us they are … Continue reading

Posted in Gen IV SMR reactors | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Bill Gates Gen IV sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) in Wyoming

Fusion: Book review of “Sun in a Bottle”

Preface. I don’t know of a book or article that better explains fusion and why fusion is so difficult and far from being commercial. Or ever commercial for that matter. Except for hydrogen bombs.

Posted in Fusion, Nuclear Books, Nuclear Waste | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Fusion: Book review of “Sun in a Bottle”

World Peak Uranium Production

Preface.  The World Nuclear Association estimates 90 years are left.  Today  67,500 tonnes of uranium are consumed a year world-wide and production in 2020 was 47,731 tonnes (WNA 2021). Sounds a bit peakish, thank goodness for stockpiles and the infinite … Continue reading

Posted in An Index of Best Energyskeptic Posts, Battery - Utility Scale, CAES Compressed Air, Electric Grid & Fast Collapse, Gen IV SMR reactors, Natural Gas Energy Storage, Nuclear Power Energy, Nuclear spent fuel fire, Nuclear War, Nuclear Waste, Peak Uranium, Pumped Hydro Storage (PHS) | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on World Peak Uranium Production

2008 National Academy of Sciences meeting on America’s Energy Future

Preface.  Hundreds of top scientists gathered in 2008 to discuss the future of energy in America at a time when oil prices were reaching record highs. And here we are again with record breaking prices and no reduction of our … Continue reading

Posted in National Academies of Sciences, Oil Shocks | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

SMR / Gen 4 nuclear reactors less safe & create even more toxic waste

  Preface. With climate change getting all the press and the coming energy crisis virtually no coverage, pro-nuclear forces are strongly pushing new nuclear plants as a way to lower CO2 emissions and deliver reliable power (but only baseload, they … Continue reading

Posted in Gen IV SMR reactors, Nuclear Waste | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on SMR / Gen 4 nuclear reactors less safe & create even more toxic waste

Aging nuclear power plants should be shut down

Preface. Below are my notes from the Greenpeace 146-page “Lifetime extension of ageing nuclear power plants”.  Even if you don’t understand all the terms, read on anyhow, since it certainly conveys why nuclear plants grow more dangerous with age.  Imagine … Continue reading

Posted in Energy Infrastructure, Nuclear Power Energy | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Aging nuclear power plants should be shut down

Nuclear Power problems

Preface.  There are half a dozen articles below. Although safety and disposal of nuclear waste ought to be the main reasons why no more plants should be built, what actually stops them today are the high costs: it can take … Continue reading

Posted in Electric Grid & Fast Collapse, Nuclear Power Collapse, Nuclear Power Energy | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Boston Globe: the false promise of nuclear power

Last Updated August 2021. Preface. This article raises many objections to nuclear power. Theoretically it could be cheaper, but the exact opposite has happened, it keeps getting more expensive. For example the only new reactors being built in the U.S. … Continue reading

Posted in Nuclear Power Energy | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments