“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft
Jan 01, 2025
LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY with THE RISKS & CONSEQUENCES OF TOMORROW
This article is from Saturday’s weekend “LLAW’a ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA“ posts, primarily because today’s nuclear media posts were mostly stories that had little or nothing to add to earlier articles. This article with video from CNBC at least offers some original information about the massive drive for nuclear power produced electricity that could dwarf the entire demand from a major city. I can’t help but wonder: WHY?
For what, you may also ask? Well it is apparently to create a “world” of Artificial Intelligence (AI to guide humanity, etc. into our already questionable future (I think) and add something called Cloud Computing”, both of which seem too futuristic to me to be anything other than downright nightmarish for the minds of human understanding and consumption — or so it seems from my own long-considered points of view. To me, it’s a feeling of ignoring and even violating our long dependence on our own basic intelligence levels and also increasingly violating our dwindling relationship with Mother Nature and the Earth itself. ~llaw
Why tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Meta are betting big on nuclear power
Published Sat, Dec 28 20249:00 AM EST
Bradley Hoppenstein@in/bradleyhoppenstein/@brhoppenstein
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Why Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta are investing in nuclear power
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Data centers powering artificial intelligence and cloud computing are pushing energy demand and production to new limits. Global electricity use could rise as much as 75% by 2050, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, with the tech industry’s AI ambitions driving much of the surge.
Data centers powering AI and cloud computing could soon grow so large that they could use more electricity than entire cities.
As leaders in the AI race push for further technological advancements and deployment, many are finding their energy needs increasingly at odds with their sustainability goals.
“A new data center that needs the same amount of electricity as say, Chicago, cannot just build its way out of the problem unless they understand their power needs,” said Mark Nelson, managing director of Radiant Energy Group. “Those power needs. Steady, straight through, 100% power, 24 hours a day, 365,” he added.
After years of focusing on renewables, major tech companies are now turning to nuclear power for its ability to provide massive energy in a more efficient and sustainable fashion.
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta are among the most recognizable names exploring or investing in nuclear power projects. Driven by the energy demands of their data centers and AI models, their announcements mark the beginning of an industrywide trend.
“What we’re seeing is nuclear power has a lot of benefits,” said Michael Terrell, senior director of energy and climate at Google. “It’s a carbon-free source of electricity. It’s a source of electricity that can be always on and run all the time. And it provides tremendous economic impact.”
After nuclear was largely written off in the past due to widespread fears about meltdowns and safety risks — and misinformation that dramatized those concerns — experts are touting tech’s recent investments as the start of a “nuclear revival” that could accelerate an energy transformation in the U.S. and around the world.
Watch the video above to learn why Big Tech is investing in nuclear power, the opposition they face and when their nuclear ambitions could actually become a reality.
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TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS, Wednesday, (01/01/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
All Crash Victims Identified | Next Iran Nuclear Talks on Jan 13 | WION Headlines – YouTube
YouTube
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Pakistan and India conduct annual exchange of lists of nuclear assets under bilateral pact
Star Tribune
The two sides exchange such lists on the first day of January every year. In a statement on Wednesday, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the …
Will China Invade Taiwan? Will Trump Keep His Promises? And Is Polyamory Finally Out?
The Free Press
I also think cigarettes, video games, mindfulness, breath work—all of those things are out. … nuclear facilities, with U.S. support? NB: Do you …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
US to issue hydrogen credit rule this week, with path for nuclear, sources say | Reuters
Reuters
The question of whether existing nuclear plants should be eligible for the hydrogen subsidy has been a major sticking point for the rule, with …
Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, UK, Germany on January 13: Report – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Tehran insists on its right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and has consistently denied any ambition of developing nuclear weapons capability.
Russia doubled down on nuclear threats in Europe: 2024 in review – Breaking Defense
Breaking Defense
Russia’s new nuclear doctrine, signed by Putin in November, laid out in clear terms that any non nuclear power aligned with a nuclear state, or …
Nuclear War
NEWS
Next nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries due on Jan 13 | Reuters
Reuters
13 in Geneva, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency cited the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as saying on Wednesday. Iran held …
Next nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries due on Jan 13 | Reuters
Reuters
The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries will take place on Jan … Israel and Hamas at War · Japan · Middle East …
Guest columnist John Berkowitz: Negotiate Ukraine peace now, not risk nuclear war with Russia
Daily Hampshire Gazette
While I agree with some of Richard Fein’s ideas in his Dec. 23 column about the need to negotiate …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Russia ‘can’t sustain’ enormous levels of casualty losses it faced in 2024 – YouTube
YouTube
1:07:42. Go to channel · How Putin’s nuclear threats failed to stop Storm Shadow strikes in Russia | Frontline. Times Radio•255K views · 16:59. Go to …
US and Ally Draft Nuclear Weapons Rules Amid China, North Korea Threat – MSN
MSN
… nuclear weapons, amid persistent threats posed to the security alliance by nuclear-armed China and North Korea. How To Get Cash From Your Home …
COMMENTARY: Nostalgic Sarcasm: Surviving Nuclear Threats with a Sense of Humor
WGNS Radio
COMMENTARY: Nostalgic Sarcasm: Surviving Nuclear Threats with a Sense of Humor … The system aimed to reassure citizens and support Cold War policies .
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Attention Montana plaintiffs: Only you, as Greta Thunberg might say, can prevent climate change
Manteca Bulletin
The Yellowstone caldera — defined by a massive crater left after the … Yellowstone as an active volcano,. Included in the USGS active column …
What’s the difference between an active, dormant and extinct volcano? – MSN
MSN
These are often clearly active volcanic systems that haven’t erupted in the Holocene. The Yellowstone Caldera, for example, has moving magma …
Mag. 2.1 quake – East China Sea, 20 km southwest of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan, on …
Volcano Discovery
Its vast caldera has an … Follow the latest developments! Yellowstone quakes · Yellowstone quakes · Latest earthquakes under Yellowstone volcano