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Germany “Imperils” Power Grid By Pulling Plug On 3 Nuclear Plants
Germany “Imperils” Power Grid By Pulling Plug On 3 Nuclear Plants As nat gas prices surge in Europe, Germany is kicking off the new year by moving ahead with plans to shutter three of its six remaining nuclear power plants, making good on a commitment made in the aftermath of Japan’s disastrous meltdown at the […]
New England is an Energy Crisis Waiting to Happen
New England is an Energy Crisis Waiting to Happen “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” – Carl Reiner At its core, the human body is a symphony of chemical reactions. The complexities and interdependencies of the molecular machinery that makes our bodies function are almost too […]
From Bad To Worse: Another French Nuclear Reactor Cuts Output Due To Strike
From Bad To Worse: Another French Nuclear Reactor Cuts Output Due To Strike France’s energy crisis worsened overnight when another nuclear power plant had to reduce electricity output. Power prices jumped as the government requested one of the largest utility companies to restart more nuclear reactors amid cold weather. Following last week’s shuttering of two nuclear […]
European Nuke Plants Offline As Power Prices Hit Record
European Nuke Plants Offline As Power Prices Hit Record Bloomberg’s Chief Energy Correspondent Javier Blas tweeted a disturbing map of European day-ahead electricity prices that will hit record highs on Monday. “EUROPEAN ENERGY CRISIS: Wow, wow, wow… I’m running out of words to describe the European short-term electricity market,” Blas said. He continued, “Multiple records breached for Monday. With […]
France’s EDF Shutters Two Nuclear Power Plants After Cracks Found
France’s EDF Shutters Two Nuclear Power Plants After Cracks Found Électricité de France S.A., commonly known as EDF, a French electric utility company primarily owned by the state, shuttered two nuclear power plants after routine safety inspections found cracks at one power plant. EDF wrote in a press release, “preventive maintenance checks on the primary circuit […]
The Record-Breaking Failures of Nuclear Power
The Record-Breaking Failures of Nuclear Power Photograph Source: Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear power reactor – CC BY 2.0 The Tennessee Valley Authority could likely rightfully claim a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, but it’s not an achievement for which the federally-owned electric utility corporation would welcome notoriety. After taking a whopping 42 […]
America’s Energy Strategy is Bonkers
America’s Energy Strategy is Bonkers “Higher gasoline costs, if left unchecked, risk harming the ongoing global recovery. The price of crude oil has been higher than it was at the end of 2019, before the onset of the pandemic. While OPEC+ recently agreed to production increases, these increases will not fully offset previous production cuts […]
Germany Schnitzels Itself After Ditching Nuclear, Coal Power For Green Pipe Dreams
Germany Schnitzels Itself After Ditching Nuclear, Coal Power For Green Pipe Dreams As Germans continue to ‘enjoy’ the highest power bills in Europe, critics are warning that green energy solutions aren’t being deployed quickly enough amid the closure of its last nuclear reactor, and a sharp (and possibly early) reduction in coal electricity generation – putting the […]
Whatever happened to China’s revolutionary molten salt nuclear reactor program?
Whatever happened to China’s revolutionary molten salt nuclear reactor program? Several years ago during a radio interview, the host told me that the Chinese were planning on deploying a commercial modular molten salt reactor (MSR) by 2020. For context, these nuclear reactors are based on existing technology demonstrated by previous operating prototypes, can use fuel that is […]
When climate breakdown goes nuclear
When climate breakdown goes nuclear Wikipedia Nuclear is on the front-line of climate change – and not in a good way. Climate models have run hot in the last year. As knowledge of climate sensitivity and polar ice melt-rate evolves, it’s become clear that sea-level rise is significantly faster than previously thought – which means more frequent and destructive storm, […]
Nuclear Reactions At Chernobyl “Cause for Concern”
Nuclear Reactions At Chernobyl “Cause for Concern” Sensors have detected increased levels of neutrons in an inaccessible chamber at the Chernobyl site, signaling that nuclear fission reactions are taking place in the entombed reactor hall, Science reports. The signs that fission reactions are occurring come 35 years nearly to the date when the Chernobyl nuclear power […]
Nuclear Fuel Buried 108 Feet From the Sea
Nuclear Fuel Buried 108 Feet From the Sea Photograph Source: D Ramey Logan – CC BY-SA4.0 “The most toxic substance on Earth is separated from exposure to society by ½” of steel encased in a canister.” (Blanch) That eye-opener comes from renowned nuclear expert Paul Blanch in reference to spent fuel rods removed from San Onofre […]
Inviting Nuclear Disaster
Inviting Nuclear Disaster Photograph Source: Brad.K – CC BY 2.0 Nuclear power plants when they began being constructed were not seen as running for more than 40 years because of radioactivity embrittling metal parts and otherwise causing safety problems. But in recent decades, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating licenses of nuclear power […]
High-level nuclear waste storage degrades faster than thought
High-level nuclear waste storage degrades faster than thought Preface. Burying nuclear waste ought to be a top priority, now that it appears peak oil may have happened in November of 2018 (Patterson 2019) and perhaps even sooner if covid-19 crashes the world economy (Tverberg 2020). It won’t happen after oil production peaks, when it is rationed […]
