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Dr Paul Dorfman
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Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters. .. more

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14h
World's biggest isolated grid hits new peak of 89 per cent renewables, led by rooftop solar reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14h
TS Eliot ends his poem ‘The Hollow Men’ with ‘ This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper. '
Given Trump's mis-reading of Kremlin's #nuclear drillls PR (which does not mean weapons testing) and his diet - were Eliot alive to day, he might end with, 'Not with a bang, but a Wimpy'.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 17h
#Renewables vs #nuclear - water consumption in an increasingly water-stressed world.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 19h
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Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high - Carbon Brief
The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down.
www.carbonbrief.org

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20h
The energy transition is unambiguously under way — even though it is still not fast enough, still too heavily reliant on China’s domestic efforts, and the progress that has been made occurred before Trump began doing his best to prolong the life of fossil fuels.
www.ft.com/content/7307...
Keep the COP process alive
Negotiators in Belém need to resist US pressure to derail climate efforts
www.ft.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20h
Politicians need to maintain the support of their electorates if they are to succeed in the fight against #climate change.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Why world will fail to tackle climate change unless politicians realise one simple fact
Politicians need to maintain the support of their electorates if they are to succeed in the fight against climate change
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Reposted by Benjamin K. Sovacool

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20h
Nuclear risk in an increasingly unstable world.
#Russia again targeting substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne #nuclear power plants in #Ukraine.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine war briefing: Russia deliberately ‘endangering nuclear safety in Europe’ says Kyiv
Ukraine says drones are targeting substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear plants. What we know on day 1,355
www.theguardian.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20h
"New U.S. #nuclear boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: Radioactive waste.
95,000 metric tons spent nuclear fuel (with a minority from weapons programs) sits temporarily stockpiled in water-filled pools or dry casks at 79 sites in 39 states."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/n...
New U.S. nuclear power boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: What to do with radioactive waste
As government and industry, from tech giants to utilities, commit to big nuclear power plants, there is still no clear solution for radioactive waste storage.
www.cnbc.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20h
The U.K. now generates more electricity from wind than from fossil fuels, marking a historic milestone in its green transition.
oilprice.com/Alternative-...
How Britain’s Wind Boom Has Slashed Energy Bills | OilPrice.com
Britain’s rapid wind energy expansion has not only overtaken fossil fuels in power generation but has also saved consumers an estimated $137 billion in energy costs since 2010.
oilprice.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20h
The most radioactive particle to be recovered so far from a beach near the Dounreay #nuclear plant in Caithness has been found, containing between one and two million becquerels (Bq) of radiation.
www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/breathl...
‘Breathless hyperbole’, lending an ‘elfing hand’ and was particle reassurance ‘irresponsible’?
YOUR VIEWS: Letters to the editor of the Caithness Courier and John O’Groat Journal
www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 21h
Residents of Alaska’s storm-battered Native towns consider moving to higher ground
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Residents of Alaska’s storm-battered Native towns consider moving to higher ground
Damage from Typhoon Halong underscored the vulnerability of villages in western Alaska to climate crisis
www.theguardian.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 21h
EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time
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EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time
Data from peak motoring body shows battery-electric vehicles accounted for 9.7% of new cars sold in September quarter, the highest proportion on record
www.theguardian.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 22h
China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this month
While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the slower-than-needed switch to solar and wind power, China's renewables rollout is breaking all the records.
www.abc.net.au

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
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The remnants of Chernobyl are still present in the Black Sea
Forty years have passed since Chernobyl, but Chernobyl-related radioactive contamination in the Black Sea has not ended. TENMAK's research has revealed that the concentration of caesium-137 in the Bla...
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