“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”
MAR 26, 2024
Global Nuclear Winter (by Achilleas Ambatzidis – Courtesy of Vanity Fair)
LLAW’s COMMENTARY, Tuesday, (03/26/2024)
In an effort to shorten the length and avoid duplication of media stories and images, I will, as of this nightly Post, only reference a link to the story I am discussing or commenting about (whether or not it is listed in my “All Things Nuclear Daily Categories). This will save me copying, cutting, and pasting time, and you will have quicker and easier access to what I consider to be among the more important articles. (And I chose a day to make this change when the importance and quality of the Digest articles are, overall, the best I’ve ever seen in the 581 days this Blog has been operating. So I will probably be up most of the night reading about the world-wide nuclear mess we are in, even about what might happen to us all if Trump & Putin get back together, but that one is way down on the quality list to my mind . . .
So, tonight’s link is: West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push – VOA from Cardinal News
As stated in the article, and an issue that I have often posted my concerns about in the the past, tells me that we can foolishly build all the nuclear reactor powered electrical plants we want, but if we have no fuel to run the reactors, they are just white elephants. So it seems to me have the cart way out in front of the horse. The reason is, as VOA states, in their lead-lines, “ Types of nuclear reactors. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy. Gov. Glenn Youngkin dropped one bombshell, figuratively speaking, when he announced … “Of those supplying nuclear fuel, Rosatom, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, “is the biggest supplier of uranium enrichment.”
This is the real reason, not the Ukraine War, that Bill Gates’ TerraPower plant with its new experimental liquid sodium, called a Natrium reactor, instead of the usual water-cooled nuclear power plant reactors, being built at an old coal minesite in Wyoming. So it is that TerraPower is suffering through a two-year wait for the type of fuel the one-of-its kind nuclear plant, because Russia will not provide the fuel — which only Rosatom produces. And who among us who know a bit about the nuclear business world and our relationship with Russia would wonder if TerraPower will ever get that Russian-made fuel?You can’t just have a convention of politicians and presidents of corporations, full of optimism against common sense, get together for a conference, make an irrational determination based on ‘hope’ and ‘hot air’ that we are going to triple the output of nuclear power world-wide by a certain date, and ignore all the roadblocks, mistakes, setbacks, necessary engineering, planning, construction, and governmental approvals that are sure to come. And if none of it ever happens, that would probably be our salvation. Maybe we simply have to learn to live with less.
You may remember that CO2-caused climate change/global warming, if you are old enough to care, and have a good memory, was going to be totally under control and just a few short years away from being behind us not so long ago. However nothing has changed, except the CO2 problem has become more serious. And now we’re expecting uranium powered nuclear power plants to be our savior? Ya gotta be kidding! ~llaw
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:
- All Things Nuclear
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Power Emergencies
- Nuclear War
- Nuclear War Threats
- Yellowstone Caldera (Note: There no Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories 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, Tuesday,(03/26/2024):
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Here’s How Nuclear War Could “Destroy Civilization” in Just a Few Hours | Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
And why Putin and Trump present major danger to the United States’ nuclear paradigm.
The Last Word: enCore Energy’s William Sheriff on Producing Uranium in Texas and …
Dallas Innovates
.…on his company’s producing uranium to help fuel America’s nuclear … For more of who said what about all things North Texas, check out Every Last …
Inside the world’s first reactor that will power Earth using the same nuclear reactions as the Sun
Euronews.com
Euronews Next goes behind the scenes at the world’s largest nuclear fusion device attempting to harness the same reaction that powers the Sun and …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Powering wisely: The future is nuclear power – The Liberty Champion
Liberty University
As National Geographic notes, nuclear energy is the energy in the nucleus, or the core, of an atom. In order to create power, it must first be …
A reality check on a small nuclear reactor in Southwest Virginia (or anywhere else)
Cardinal News
Types of nuclear reactors. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy. Gov. Glenn Youngkin dropped one bombshell, figuratively speaking, when he announced …
West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push – VOA
VOA
Of those supplying nuclear fuel, Rosatom, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, “is the biggest supplier of uranium enrichment to the global …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Transformer fires trigger emergency shutdown of Waterford 3 nuclear plant – NOLA.com
NOLA.com
… plant’s emergency director declaring an “unusual event,” the lowest level of emergency events at a nuclear reactor, at 12:09 a.m. Friday. The …
Fermi 2 goes offline for planned refueling, with a little help from emergency systems – Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade
NEWPORT, Mich. — DTE’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant operators experienced unexpected drama over the weekend when they took the plant offline for its 22nd …
Belarus, Russia to set up research and technology council on nuclear, radiation safety
BelTA – News from Belarus
… Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) Olga … nuclear power plant. Methods for oversight … nuclear power plant and about using new approaches.
Nuclear War
NEWS
Here’s How Nuclear War Could “Destroy Civilization” in Just a Few Hours | Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
And why Putin and Trump present major danger to the United States’ nuclear paradigm.
Russia-Ukraine latest: NATO ‘considering shooting down missiles close to border … – Sky News
Sky News
Russia’s FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov has suggested Britain, the US and Ukraine could have been involved in the Moscow concert hall attack, …
[Column] The nuclear umbrella and the afterlife – The Hankyoreh
The Hankyoreh
We can’t just die because we’re curious about the afterlife, and we can’t just go to war to find out whether extended deterrence works.
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Vladimir Putin is a threat – but he’s not the real risk of nuclear Armageddon, expert predicts
The Mirror
Vladimir Putin may threaten nuclear war with the West in the most tense … threats to use nuclear weapons (. Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).
A New Nuclear War Scenario – The Cipher Brief
The Cipher Brief
… war with China over Taiwan, nuclear threats from North Korea, and an Iranian nuclear program on the brink. We again awake in the middle of the …
Thank nuclear submariners, not ‘nuclear disarmament consultants,’ for our avoidance of nuclear war
Washington Examiner
First, the various threats or inducements by other powers that they not pursue nuclear weapons. Second, the nuclear umbrella already provided to them …
Vladimir Putin is a threat – but he’s not the real risk of nuclear Armageddon, expert predicts
The Mirror
Vladimir Putin may threaten nuclear war with the West in the most tense … threats to use nuclear weapons (. Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).
A New Nuclear War Scenario – The Cipher Brief
The Cipher Brief
… war with China over Taiwan, nuclear threats from North Korea, and an Iranian nuclear program on the brink. We again awake in the middle of the …
Thank nuclear submariners, not ‘nuclear disarmament consultants,’ for our avoidance of nuclear war
Washington Examiner
First, the various threats or inducements by other powers that they not pursue nuclear weapons. Second, the nuclear umbrella already provided to them …