r/nuclear 4h ago

Anti nuclear people are destroying our civilisation. I do not understand why there is not more outrage.

103 Upvotes

Now, that may sound hyperbolic. But I assign high probability to the scenario that the upcoming damage that will be caused by global warming will produce catastrophic harm and suffering to billions of people, severe regional state failure, mass displacement, global economic and political crisis.The poorest countries will suffer the most, of course.(When has the world ever been fair?)

We could have supplied a dominant share of global electricity, supported extensive electrification and displaced enormous quantities of coal and gas if we simply continued in the glide path towards nuclear of the last mid century. Abundance without (much) sacrifice. It would be unfair to completely dismiss nuclear waste, but that negative is miniscule, compared to all the positives that could be reaped. Nuclear waste is measurable, containable and very small in volume.

Renewables will play their part, but they are not being rolled out fast enough to offset the damage we are wreaking on our environment.Variable renewable generation requires grids, storage, demand flexibility and firm low-carbon capacity. We already have a difficult transition without contending with all these as well.
Nuclear is a mature technology. We could still deploy it at scale and reasonable cost if we simply rationalise regulations and do a build out that would maximise economies of scale.

I think the Anti-Nuclears are motivated by hatred, mainly. Of development, capitalism, growth, industrialisation, science to a smaller extent, than any real positive concerns. Their hatred may or may not be justified, but, in the end, it is leading to the future destruction of many lives. We are allowing people with an ideology to commit crimes against our futures. I cannot understand why the backlash is not more mainstream.


r/nuclear 20h ago

Nuclear jobs are not clean jobs according to this think tank

61 Upvotes

https://cleanjobsamerica.e2.org/

We do not include are jobs of workers who may spend some of their time in clean energy but a plurality in another energy sector. For example, workers employed by an excavation business might spend the majority of their time grading and preparing drilling pads for oil or gas rigs, but they also might spend a portion of their time preparing sites for wind turbines or large solar installations. If clean energy does not account for a plurality of their work, those workers would not be counted as being employed in the clean energy economy but would instead be counted as part of another energy sector. We also do not include any jobs in traditional transmission and distribution due to an inability to accurately segment out workers by electricity source, despite many of those jobs being critical to the increased electricity from renewable energy used by the grid. Lastly, we do not include jobs in corn ethanol, woody biomass, large or traditional hydroelectric, and nuclear because of environmental issues associated with those industries. Jobs in retail trade, repair services, water or waste management, and indirect employment or induced employment are also not included.

They could not be bothered to get the grammar right either, but were considered authoritative enough to be cited in this Guardian piece:

https://www.reddit.com/r/energy/s/pgkrJ9eAj6

I don't expect the number of jobs here is all that large, but it's still stupid all the same...


r/nuclear 2h ago

Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges

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26 Upvotes

r/nuclear 9h ago

States stand in the way of a nuclear energy renaissance

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10 Upvotes

r/nuclear 2h ago

This Country is Dominating The Nuclear Power Race

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4 Upvotes

r/nuclear 3h ago

Korean-US Partnership for Floating SMR platform

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