“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Jul 25, 2025
PG&E’s nuclear power plant at Avila Beach near San Luis Obispo in Southern California
On My Mind Today:
How will we ever convince the “modern” world, soon to include AI (Artificial Intelligence) in a “leading role of educational, advisory leadership, technical direction, scientific advancement, and other automated control of the minds of human beings at every level. Signs of this control are already upon us, and many of us are evaluating AI as even a “savior” of humanity that can allow us to live in technological comfort without effort for our entire lifetimes. We are already bragging about how much more intelligent AI has suddenly become at university and other education levels, and of all kinds of professions and enterprises — offering advanced mental skills that are superior to the best of human mental capability.
And there is also already an aptly named nuclear power facility — the last commercial nuclear power plant in the entire state of California — that is announcing that they will use AI to operate and maintain safety and other operations standards of producing nuclear power.
That nuclear power plant is known as the “Devil’s Canyon” plant not far from San Luis Obispo located near Avila Beach on the Pacific coast. The plant is owned by Pacific Gas & Electric, a company that has the worst safety record and operations integrity in the history of California. They have burned down California cities, accidentally blown up parts of communities, poisoned a small town, and have violated both regulatory and other laws dozens of times, some of which have forced them into bankruptcies multiple times.
And yet we are allowing this irresponsible corporation to use untested as well as the questionable logic and self-correctional skills, of AI to operate a nuclear power plant that was, by law, supposed to have been mothballed – shut down – grandfathered – by September of this year. but has somehow convinced the California and United States political powers, as well as the nuclear industry and watchdogs, including the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to let PG&E continue to operate for the sake of California’s need for electricity.
So, I have to wonder why any cognizant and responsible human beings, given what we already know about PG&E and how little we know about AI, would even consider their dangerous experiment of allowing them to be the first to use AI to operate a substantial part of a nuclear power plant — especially in California, a state that has sometime ago blackballed the whole idea of nuclear power, essentially shutting the nuclear power industry down, up until now.
Perhaps careful conservation would have been a better choice?
~llaw
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TODAY’S ALL NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Friday, (07/25/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
European countries hold talks with Iran, but expectations for a breakthrough are low
Alabama Public Radio
All Things Acoustic · Bama Bluegrass · Classical Music with David Duff … nuclear activities. The pressure by the Europeans is part of an effort …
European countries are set for Iran talks, but expectations for a breakthrough are low | WVTF
WVTF
All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:00 PM Marketplace. 0:00. 0:00. All Things … nuclear activities. The pressure by the Europeans is part of an …
European countries hold talks with Iran, but expectations for a breakthrough are low – NPR
NPR
All Things Considered · Fresh Air · Up First. Featured. Embedded · The NPR … What We Know About Iran’s Nuclear Program. Iranian Foreign Minister …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Opinion: Is this the Nvidia of nuclear power? The stock has soared almost 400% in the past year.
MarketWatch
NuScale offers exposure to what could be a transformative energy technology — if you can stomach the stock’s volatility. Nuclear power is having its …
Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan moves one step closer to reopening – CBS News
CBS News
The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant is on track to be the first U.S. commercial nuclear power plant to restart operations.
Feds approve key measure in quest for reopening of shuttered Michigan nuclear plant
Detroit Free Press
Federal regulators have allowed the owners of the dormant plant to bring nuclear fuel back into the facility, a key step towards its reopening.
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
The health status assessment method and practice of emergency diesel generator system in …
Open Access proceedings Journal of Physics: Conference series
2 National Engineering Research Center for Nuclear Power Plant Safety & Reliability. 3 E-mail: cbcw90@163.com. Abstract. Due to the complexity of the …
NRC approves restart steps for Palisades Nuclear Plant | wzzm13.com
WZZM 13
… Nuclear Power Plant to restart. Palisades ceased operations in May … That emergency plan will be shared with the community on Aug. 5 when …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Iran meets European powers amid threats of renewed nuclear sanctions – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Iran meets European powers amid threats of renewed nuclear sanctions. The meeting, in Turkiye’s Istanbul, is the first since Israel attacked Iran …
Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks amid threats of UN sanctions snapback
France 24
Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks amid threats of UN sanctions snapback … war and targeted key nuclear and military sites. Israel’s …
Nobel Laureates: “No Greater Obligation” than Preventing Nuclear War
Arms Control Association
“The threat of nuclear weapons use and an unconstrained, three-way nuclear arms race is greater now than at any point since the end of the Cold War,” …
Nuclear War
NEWS
Nobel Laureates: “No Greater Obligation” than Preventing Nuclear War
Arms Control Association
“The threat of nuclear weapons use and an unconstrained, three-way nuclear arms race is greater now than at any point since the end of the Cold War,” …
Iran nuclear talks restart: What we know – Newsweek
Newsweek
The talks mark the first formal engagement since June’s 12-day war between Iran and Israel, a conflict that included U.S. airstrikes on Iranian …
Iran Starts New Talks Today Over Its Nuclear Program. Here’s What to Know.
The New York Times
Iran had halted fledgling talks with the United States after Israel launched a 12-day war last month that damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities and other …
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Plants and Trees Give Us an Early Warning if a Volcano Is About to Erupt — Research Says
Green Matters
Miles beneath a giant oval-shaped crater punctured in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, is a hotbed stirring with restless, agitated magma.