LAW’s All Things Nuclear #634, Saturday, (05/18/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

MAY 19, 2024

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We must reject our indolence and react with our united voices to stop those who are ‘evil’. ~llaw

LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Saturday, (05/18/2024)

Although this article was commissioned for Australia, the same economic, safety, and years of delay times to engineer, construct, and governmentally approve any nuclear power facility anywhere on the planet. Many other serious concerns are, of course, never going to go away until the use of ‘all things nuclear’ is discontinued and all products, buildings and facilities are forever barred and buried deep in irretrievable vaults on the planet.

But the issue of electricity cost for the middle classes around the world absolutely makes the cost of generating electricity for our day-to-day use absolutely prohibitive. So, even if you don’t care or worry about all those life-threatening issues about ‘all things nuclear that I write about every day trying to get your much-needed attention, at least you should be concerned about how you and your children’s futures can possibly afford to pay the cost of more and more nuclear power plants coming online over the next three decades. The six times more expensive than now issue of your power bills, by the way, is, in my opinion, well understated, especially because of the coming availability of producing and providing nuclear fuel to such an impractical, useless, and probably impossible idea of what we who know the industry intentionally call the misleading formula “net zero” for ending increases in global warming and climate change caused by CO2 and primary six other greenhouse gasses (GHG).

We must put a stop to this ridiculous propaganda that is being shoved down our throats clouding our minds with mindless optimism that just does not exist by the nuclear industry with the support of global governments. They know the mission is impossible, and it is only right that we should know, too, and demand the right things are done — meaning destroy all nuclear products (bombs, first) and find that earthlings will have to make do with naturally created electricity that is not only affordable, but breathable. Otherwise, we soon will not need any power plants of any kind at all, and we will take most other life on planet Earth with us to Her 6th Extinction. ~llaw

Clean Energy Council

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NEW INDEPENDENT RESEARCH: NUCLEAR SIX TIMES THE COST OF RENEWABLES

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18 MAY, 2024

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An independent report commissioned by the Clean Energy Council and conducted by Egis, a leading global consulting, construction and engineering firm, has confirmed that nuclear is the most expensive form of new energy in Australia.

The review analysed the CSIRO and Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)’s GenCost report against the Lazard Review and the Mineral Council of Australia (MCA)’s research into Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.

The report has these key findings:

  1. The research confirmed that nuclear energy is up to six times more expensive than renewable energy and even on the most favourable reading for nuclear, renewables remain the cheapest form of new-build electricity.
  2. The safe operation of nuclear power requires strong nuclear safety regulations and enforcement agencies, none of which exist in Australia. Establishing these frameworks and new bodies would take a long time and require significant government funding which would ultimately be borne by taxpayers.
  3. Nuclear may be even higher cost than currently forecast as waste management and decommissioning of nuclear plants have been omitted by cost calculations in the relevant research available.
  4. The economic viability of nuclear energy will further diminish as more wind, solar and battery storage enters the grid, in line with legislated targets. Put simply, nuclear plants are too heavy and too slow to compete with renewables and can’t survive on their own in Australian energy markets.

Clean Energy Council Chief Executive, Kane Thornton, said the Egis Review proved that households would need to pay a hefty price to subsidise a sub-optimal future powered by nuclear reactors.

“This report confirms the CSIRO’s findings that nuclear energy is six times the cost of renewable energy and that replacing renewables would cause power prices to explode,” Thornton said.

“Taxpayers also need to understand the costs that will be borne if they are forced to foot the bill for building a nuclear industry from scratch over a period of decades.

“Nuclear power is also a poor fit with our increasingly renewable power system. Nuclear power stations are expensive and have to run constantly in order to break even. But that doesn’t work in a world with an abundance of cheap renewables. Nuclear power stations aren’t designed to ramp up and down to match free energy from renewables – for that we need more energy storage.

“At the Clean Energy Council, we support a clear-eyed view of the costs and time required to decarbonise Australia and right now, nuclear simply doesn’t stack up.”

The Egis report also found the MCA’s research on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the Australian context is already out of date and flawed, as it did not anticipate the current long delay in SMR projects around the world. The MCA research is also based on uncertain cost estimates for projects that have not yet begun construction, or academic research that has not been tested in the field.

The MCA’s research on the issue also considered the NuScale Power project, which has since been cancelled due to large cost overruns.

ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ACCESS TO “LLAW’S ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA:

There are 6 categories, including a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives, as do ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links in each category about the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

  1. All Things Nuclear
  2. Nuclear Power
  3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
  4. Nuclear War
  5. Nuclear War Threats
  6. Yellowstone Caldera (Note: There is one Yellowstone Caldera bonus story available in tonight’s Post.)

Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (in the above listed order). If a Category heading does not appear in the daily news Digest, it means there was no news reported from this Category today. Generally, the three best articles in each Category from around the nuclear world(s) are Posted. Occasionally, if a Post is important enough, it may be listed in multiple Categories.

TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Saturday, (05/18/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Advocates head to Washington D.C. to rally support for radiation compensation law

Nevada Public Radio

… nuclear tests, uranium mining, and other toxic fallout … All Things · Culture · Food and Drink · The Guide … nuclear tests, including some of the …

The Fiftieth Anniversary of India’s Peaceful Nuclear Explosion: An Interview with Jayita Sarkar

Toynbee Prize Foundation

It was a vast infrastructure project that involved everything from mining and milling to reactors and reprocessing to space launch sites (the space …

Decades of nuclear expertise guides global nonproliferation innovation today

Energy Central

… are upholding an 80-year legacy of leadership in all things nuclear. Today, they’re developing the next generation of technologies that.

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Sixth stage of discharge of water from Fukushima nuclear power plant into ocean begins

AzerNews

It should be noted that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved the discharge of water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into …

Netherlands: New Government Commits to Expanded New Nuclear Role

Energy Intelligence

But even as new nuclear remains one of the key pillars of Dutch energy policy to survive the shift from the previous government, which has largely …

New independent research: Nuclear six times the cost of renewables

Clean Energy Council

An independent report commissioned by the Clean Energy Council and conducted by Egis, a leading global consulting, construction and engineering …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Russia says US ‘playing with fire’ in ‘indirect war‘ with Moscow | Reuters

Reuters

… nuclear weapons in what officials said was a response to Western rhetoric. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, during a visit to Kyiv on May …

Time To Deploy Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons at Sea | RealClearDefense

RealClearDefense

The U.S. needs to break out of its post-Cold War posture and move to a warfighting doctrine with forward deployed theatre level or tactical …

North Korea’s Kim seeks to shore up nuclear force, oversees missile test, KCNA says – Yahoo News

Yahoo News

… nuclear war deterrence, KCNA said. ADVERTISEMENT. Advertisement. This way, the enemy would be afraid of North Korea’s nuclear combat posture, Kim …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit – The New York Times

The New York Times

New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit … nuclear missile strikes. “We must protect our … war fighter doctrine describes this …

Time To Deploy Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons at Sea | RealClearDefense

RealClearDefense

By forward deploying theatre level nuclear weapons to the region on U.S. warships would counter-China’s missile force threat and threaten its homeland …

Opening guns of World War III get louder – The Militant

The Militant

… threat of nuclear destruction. Only the … threats. A declaration by … The threat to humanity of escalating conflicts leading to another world war …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Remembering Mount St. Helens 44 years later – YouTube

YouTube

La Palma volcano: Drone video shows black lava swallowing pool, homes on … Caldera VolcanoYellowstone’s ticking time bomb. CBS Mornings•99K views.

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