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Why did Europe reject nuclear, and was it worth it?: Sovereignty analysts
The leash September 2022. Someone detonated explosives on Nord Stream 1 and 2 at the bottom of the Baltic. The methane plume was visible from space. Berlin discovered what the security establishment had been saying since 2008: a pipeline is not a market instrument.... Why did Europe reject nuclear, and was it worth it?: Industrial pragmatists
The invoice BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, announced in 2022 it would permanently downsize operations in Ludwigshafen — its hometown, its founding site — and shift investment to China. The reason was not labor costs, not regulation, not taxes.... Why did Europe reject nuclear, and was it worth it?: Green transition
The milk April 26, 1986, 1:23 AM. Reactor four at Chernobyl exploded. The plume drifted northwest across Scandinavia, west across Germany, south into Italy. In Bavaria, mothers were told not to let children play outside. Milk was dumped. Sandboxes were covered.... Why did Europe reject nuclear, and was it worth it?: Nuclear advocates
The meter in France France, 2019. Seventy percent of electricity from nuclear. Carbon per kilowatt-hour: one-tenth of Germany’s. Household prices: sixty percent of Germany’s.... Why did Europe reject nuclear, and was it worth it?: The Story
The shutdown April 15, 2023. Germany disconnected its last three reactors — Isar 2, Emsland, Neckarwestheim 2 — on a weekend its coal plants were running near their highest capacity in six years.... What's actually happening with renewables? Hype, revolution, or both?: Nuclear advocates
The comparison nobody wants to make France generates 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear power. Grid emissions: 56 grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour. Electricity cost: roughly 20 euro cents.... What's actually happening with renewables? Hype, revolution, or both?: Grid realists
6:47 PM At 6:47 PM on September 8, 2020, the California Independent System Operator ordered rolling blackouts. Temperatures above 110 degrees. Air conditioners at maximum. The sun was setting. Solar dropping toward zero. Wind negligible. Two million people lost power.... Should we go all in on nuclear energy?: Environmental justice
The same zip codes The Navajo Nation hosted uranium mining for decades. The mines closed. The waste stayed. Cancer rates remain elevated. In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, petrochemical plants line an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi between Baton Rouge and New Orleans —... Should we go all in on nuclear energy?: Anti-nuclear
The television said no danger March 12, 2011, 3:36 p.m. The roof of Reactor Building 1 blew off in a hydrogen explosion visible from twenty kilometers. The television said no danger. TEPCO said no danger.... Should we go all in on nuclear energy?: Pro-nuclear
The numbers 73 deaths per terawatt-hour. The entire history of the technology. We have memorized this the way a doctor memorizes a dosage. France built its fleet in thirty years. French electricity costs half of Germany’s. French grid carbon: one-sixth. These are measurements.... Should we go all in on nuclear energy?: The Story
73 deaths versus 24,600 Deaths per terawatt-hour. Nuclear: 73, including Chernobyl and Fukushima. Coal: 24,600. Oil: 18,400. Natural gas: 2,800. Rooftop solar: 440, mostly installers falling off roofs. France built fifty-six reactors between 1970 and 2000.... NEW Secret Indiana Nuclear energy installations
Look up FANCO nuclear. I'm in Indiana and the Rockbridge Network Republicans here are sidestepping all environmental laws, scientist, input, citizen input, public hearings, + emergency plan protocols in the event of a need for a nuclear disaster plan....