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Kees van der LeunCost estimate for UK's next nuclear power plant to be increased by 90%, already before the start of its main construction phase. Now to €44 billion, that's €13,700 per kW, hardly lower than Hinkley Point C. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d4315905-e7b5-4c2c-a0d1-32dd302e7761" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/d4315905-e7b5-4c2c-a0d1-32dd302e7761</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electricity</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayHow much is too much investment in nuclear energy?Sizewell C, budgeted in 2020 at £20bn has now been costed at £38bn (a near doubling in cost) in five years.Given much of this will be funded via loans underwritten by income from energy bill-payers, we might well ask if that money might be better spent on other forms of energy (and the necessary storage capacity for renewables).If you think that is it for cost increases, experience tells us it wont be!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> h/t FT

Jan HaverkampThis new documentary of <a href="https://tooter.social/@arte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@arte</a> about the strategies behind <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Rosatom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rosatom</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> is comprehensive and worth the 90 minutes watch: <a href="https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/115068-000-A/nuclear-putin-s-deal-with-the-west/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/115068-000-A/nuclear-putin-s-deal-with-the-west/</a>

FreddyB Aviation Photography“I have become death destroyer of worlds”. on July 16, 1945 the Trinity test occurred. To commemorate this rather grim event here are a few shots of the Project Faultless detonation site August 2024. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trinity</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrinityTest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrinityTest</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Oppenheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oppenheimer</a>

Bo Jacobs80 years ago today the first <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> detonation on Earth happened—the Trinity shot in New Mexico. Like all atmospheric nuclear detonations since then, it spread radioactive fallout over a wide area downwind from the explosion, creating a long-term health hazard for humans and other living beings. Here is a graphic of spread of the fallout cloud from <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Trinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trinity</a>:

NonilexLooking ahead, one of the sources said there was likely to be an escalation of the crisis in coming months, & underscored the dangers of tensions between the world's 2 largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> powers. And, he predicted, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> would continue.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsWeak</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PutinsPuppet</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a>

Jan HaverkampCan we expect safety to be guaranteed under these circumstances? <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> plant construction suffering under dependence on <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Rosatom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rosatom</a> - no wages paid for Russian workers, workforce shrunk to quarter... <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/14/russian-workers-at-turkish-nuclear-plant-report-months-of-unpaid-wages-a89799" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/14/russian-workers-at-turkish-nuclear-plant-report-months-of-unpaid-wages-a89799</a>

RememberUsAlways"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> says it will respond to reimposition of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UN</a> sanctions." "A French diplomatic source told Reuters last week that European powers would have to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran under the so-called "snapback mechanism" if there were no <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> deal that guaranteed European security interests." <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-it-will-respond-reimposition-un-sanctions-2025-07-14/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-it-will-respond-reimposition-un-sanctions-2025-07-14/</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@israel</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/iran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@iran</a>

NonilexSo far <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has not met w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xi</a> Jinping, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>’s president, & his few telephone interactions w/ him…have not gone beyond familiar talking points on the future of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Taiwan</a>, China’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> buildup, & disputes over export controls of key <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technologies</a>. Trump has focused almost entirely on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trade</a> relationship, his aides say, & there are signs of division inside the admin over shifting the focus of American forces out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndoPacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndoPacific</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsWeak</a>

Hurting more people is worse<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dimona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dimona</a>

Bo Jacobs“U.S. Government Confirms Multiple Drone Incursions Over <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Pantex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pantex</a> Nuclear Facility; Newly Released Documents Reveal Previously Unreported Security Events”<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> <a href="https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-government-confirms-multiple-drone-incursions-over-pantex-nuclear-facility-newly-released-documents-reveal-previously-unreported-security-events/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-government-confirms-multiple-drone-incursions-over-pantex-nuclear-facility-newly-released-documents-reveal-previously-unreported-security-events/</a>

Bo JacobsShitty Nuclear Management“Degraded infrastructure and lax federal oversight of maintenance contractors threatens future operation of the only underground <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> storage site in Southern New Mexico, according to a recent report issued by a federal watchdog.”"In June, the Government Accountability Office issued its findings on <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WIPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WIPP</a> maintenance and facilities, noting that more than half of the necessary equipment and infrastructure (called ‘mission-critical”) is reported to be in “poor and substandard conditions.’”<a href="https://sourcenm.com/briefs/federal-watchdog-urges-more-oversight-of-wipp-maintenance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sourcenm.com/briefs/federal-watchdog-urges-more-oversight-of-wipp-maintenance/</a>

Morpheus Being<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a>Everywhere you look, the nuclear industry’s hype machine is in overdrive. Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy urges a “warp speed” nuclear revival. Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and the United Kingdom government all tout small modular reactors as the silver bullet for climate change and energy security. Tech billionaires are hiring nuclear veterans. Wall Street is whispering about “round-the-clock power” for artificial intelligence data centers. The UK is betting billions on “mini nukes” to fill its looming energy gap.<a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/the-nuclear-mirage-why-small-modular-reactors-wont-save-nuclear-power/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theenergymix.com/the-nuclear-mirage-why-small-modular-reactors-wont-save-nuclear-power/</a>

Emil Jacobs - CollectifissionJust a subtoot: If you don't 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 nuclear, you'll find reasons to be against it - facts, climate change and human flourishing be damned.It is therefore the wrong approach to respond against anti-nuclear arguments with facts. Believe me, I've tried. You can reply to worries about nuclear waste (spent fuel) for example with facts - like it being manageable just fine, or it only needing safe storage for 300 years before it becomes radiologically harmless, or it being able to be recycled perfectly fine, or its volume being negligible... If you get a denial of these facts, just stop bothering as people are just being dishonest with you.I'm also not arguing with people who deny climate change, vaccines, the Earth being a globe (ffs), or whatever crazy batshit stuff people come up with these days. It's just not worth my time. I'll just smile and move along. Being against nuclear is likewise a denial of the science.What does tend to work (better) is setting an optimistic narrative: industrialised society cannot run on solar and wind alone (this isn't hard arithmetic, it's just not enough, even ignoring other problems inherent with them) and nuclear is a 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 to this problem.The third world, primarily Africa, is going to explode in energy consumption as they economically develop themselves (at long last) this century and, if we don't want them to burn coal for decades, nuclear energy is a 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 to this problem.All energy sources have toxic waste streams. Nuclear has the fewest and best managed. It is a 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 to the problem of how to minimise our impact on the environment.That spent fuel I was talking about earlier? It's full of energy still. So much so that it can power 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 for 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. No more mining needed if we wanted to. Nuclear 'waste' isn't waste at all, it is a 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦.The degrowth movement has a view that we need to use radically less energy, up to 95% less for the West and 60% less globally. These are numbers degrowthers share. The underlying view, explicit or implicit, is that there are just too many people on this planet. A malthusian view of sinful people. Sometimes this is wrapped up in an anti-capitalist rhetoric that 'infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible'. Catchy slogan, but it doesn't actually align with (capitalist) reality.Yes, as a communist I strive for the end of capitalism and class society in general. And yes, we'll need to rearrange society by quite a bit. 'Degrow' some sectors, grow others. But for humans to flourish we need loads of clean energy. We need to in fact 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦 our energy production as a species, up it by a factor 2 or 3 compared to the 200,000 TWh we consume now. Nuclear can deliver that, for billions of years, for the smallest footprint.TL;DR, the two takeaways are:Set the narrative, don't be reactive. The latter will cost you time and energy to combat. With the former people will have to engage with you.If humanity is to have a future, the future will have to be nuclear.<a href="https://greennuclear.online/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> <a href="https://greennuclear.online/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearEnergy</a> <a href="https://greennuclear.online/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Degrowth</a> <a href="https://greennuclear.online/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://greennuclear.online/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnergyTransition</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a>, “Wind is a very expensive form of energy.” Facts: Onshore <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wind</a> is one of the cheapest sources of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electricity</a> generation, with new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WindFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WindFarms</a> expected to produce electricity around $30 per megawatt hour. This compares to a new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalGas</a> plant, around $65 per megawatt hour, or a new advanced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> reactor, which runs over $80, acc/to estimates from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energy</a> Information Administration [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EIA</a>].<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>

Dean Burnett (that brains guy)No, AI, I do NOT think nuclear war is a good thing<a href="https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/no-ai-i-do-not-think-nuclear-war" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/no-ai-i-do-not-think-nuclear-war</a>Seeing as, last time it was checked, Google's AI is still citing one 'Dean Burnett' as the official source for all pro-Nuclear war science, this remains relevant.<a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WWIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WWIII</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Misinformation</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> has concluded that some of Iran’s underground stockpile of near-bomb-grade enriched <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uranium</a> survived <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> & Israeli attacks last month and may be accessible to Iranian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> engineers, according to a senior Israeli official.The senior official also said that Israel had begun moving toward military action against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> late last year after seeing what the official described as a race to build a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bomb</a> as part of a secret Iranian project.

NonilexNot obliterated Some of Iran’s Enriched <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Uranium</a> Survived Attacks, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> Official SaysThe assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> to rebuild its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> program in the aftermath of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> & Israeli strikes.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/iran-attacks-damage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/iran-attacks-damage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

Spin D'AccordThe Levelized Cost of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energy</a> is a methodology to compare the costs of disparate energy production means. This is Lazard's 2025 estimates. Each bar represents the range of estimates, from lowest to highest. The diamonds represent fully-depreciated (std = 10yrs), IOW legacy, projects.Utility-scale PV is cheaper than almost anything else but legacy nuclear and gas combined cycle (gas turbine produces heat which then operates steam turbine).This is why new <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a>, even modular, is unfeasible.

Greenpeace InternationalThe attack backfired, instead galvanising the movement. Greenpeace only grew stronger, and "You Can't Sink a Rainbow" became a rallying call for resistance.The Rainbow Warrior sailed again and is here today as a powerful symbol of resistance, putting hope into action for a better world. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RW40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RW40</a> Read the story here: <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/76907/you-cant-sink-rainbow-cant-silence-hope/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/76907/you-cant-sink-rainbow-cant-silence-hope/</a>

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