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End of the Road for Australian Nuclear? Three Inconvenient Truths.
The 2025 federal election was over quite quickly, and just as quickly came the revelry of Australia’s anti-nuclear campaign. Keeping with tradition, theirs is far from a clean victory. Here are three ...
www.weplanetaustralia.org
Maybe *some* stakeholders still want to claim a referendum-style win on this basis...
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/end-of-...
@weplanetaus.bsky.social
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I call myself a pro science progressive because I'm pro vaccine, nuclear, and GMO, because I understand the science but also because I care about people and the planet
May 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I call myself a pro science progressive because I'm pro vaccine, nuclear, and GMO, because I understand the science but also because I care about people and the planet
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I'm part of the climate anxiety generation, but I found hope in science.
Championing science has resulted in me being attacked by the left for defending the science on nuclear energy, & the right for defending climate science.
Science, not dogma, will lead to a better future.
Championing science has resulted in me being attacked by the left for defending the science on nuclear energy, & the right for defending climate science.
Science, not dogma, will lead to a better future.
May 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I'm part of the climate anxiety generation, but I found hope in science.
Championing science has resulted in me being attacked by the left for defending the science on nuclear energy, & the right for defending climate science.
Science, not dogma, will lead to a better future.
Championing science has resulted in me being attacked by the left for defending the science on nuclear energy, & the right for defending climate science.
Science, not dogma, will lead to a better future.
Maybe *some* stakeholders still want to claim a referendum-style win on this basis...
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/end-of-...
@weplanetaus.bsky.social
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/end-of-...
@weplanetaus.bsky.social
End of the Road for Australian Nuclear? Three Inconvenient Truths.
The 2025 federal election was over quite quickly, and just as quickly came the revelry of Australia’s anti-nuclear campaign. Keeping with tradition, theirs is far from a clean victory. Here are three ...
www.weplanetaustralia.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Maybe *some* stakeholders still want to claim a referendum-style win on this basis...
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/end-of-...
@weplanetaus.bsky.social
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/end-of-...
@weplanetaus.bsky.social
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In response, Ketan has singled me out in this piece + on social media as a “evidence-free bro” trying to create a "Fukushima moment" for RE.
I likely partly motivated him to write this piece calling attention to the lack of discussion of Spanish nuclear’s shortcomings.
bsky.app/profile/keta...
I likely partly motivated him to write this piece calling attention to the lack of discussion of Spanish nuclear’s shortcomings.
bsky.app/profile/keta...
BTI bros weigh in on whether or not you can draw conclusions about the Spain blackout before we know anything about why it happened, and it's a shocking 'yes'
You'd think nuke advocates would have some self-awareness about evidence-free blame around energy technologies, but nope, nothin, not a bit
You'd think nuke advocates would have some self-awareness about evidence-free blame around energy technologies, but nope, nothin, not a bit
May 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In response, Ketan has singled me out in this piece + on social media as a “evidence-free bro” trying to create a "Fukushima moment" for RE.
I likely partly motivated him to write this piece calling attention to the lack of discussion of Spanish nuclear’s shortcomings.
bsky.app/profile/keta...
I likely partly motivated him to write this piece calling attention to the lack of discussion of Spanish nuclear’s shortcomings.
bsky.app/profile/keta...
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Ketan mocks the inertia chatter re: the Spain outage while misunderstanding inertia.
Inertia doesn’t scale with generation output but rather with spinning generator mass. Spain had 4 reactors online, 2 at 70% power, providing inertia equivalent to 4 reactors at full power! More thoughts below.🧵
Inertia doesn’t scale with generation output but rather with spinning generator mass. Spain had 4 reactors online, 2 at 70% power, providing inertia equivalent to 4 reactors at full power! More thoughts below.🧵
One week on from Spain's blackout - and media outlets can talk about is solar power. So I decided to look into Spain's nuclear fleet, and discovered that in April, it was operating at its lowest levels in ten years
Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
May 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ketan mocks the inertia chatter re: the Spain outage while misunderstanding inertia.
Inertia doesn’t scale with generation output but rather with spinning generator mass. Spain had 4 reactors online, 2 at 70% power, providing inertia equivalent to 4 reactors at full power! More thoughts below.🧵
Inertia doesn’t scale with generation output but rather with spinning generator mass. Spain had 4 reactors online, 2 at 70% power, providing inertia equivalent to 4 reactors at full power! More thoughts below.🧵
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I should have come up with this analogy way earlier to explain why a future clean energy system will likely use a mix of both cheaper (solar, batteries, wind) and pricier (nuclear, geothermal, hydro, offshore wind, etc) electricity generation technologies.
Infantry are cheaper than tanks, artillery, and surface-to-air missile systems, but one doesn’t build a modern army with nothing but men holding rifles. It turns out a system operates more effectively overall with a mix of cheap and expensive capabilities!
May 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I should have come up with this analogy way earlier to explain why a future clean energy system will likely use a mix of both cheaper (solar, batteries, wind) and pricier (nuclear, geothermal, hydro, offshore wind, etc) electricity generation technologies.
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Some thoughts on that "$4 trillion" economic cost of going nuclear in Australia. Obviously, it was a report that intended to create a large figure and a large figure they made.
But here's the thing, what they present as issues being exclusive to the nuclear pathway should be debated 🧵⤵️ #auspol
But here's the thing, what they present as issues being exclusive to the nuclear pathway should be debated 🧵⤵️ #auspol
April 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Some thoughts on that "$4 trillion" economic cost of going nuclear in Australia. Obviously, it was a report that intended to create a large figure and a large figure they made.
But here's the thing, what they present as issues being exclusive to the nuclear pathway should be debated 🧵⤵️ #auspol
But here's the thing, what they present as issues being exclusive to the nuclear pathway should be debated 🧵⤵️ #auspol
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✨ Today I learned that a Professor of Design Studies is considered an economist.
ChatGPT makes light work of gathering 60 academic bios. It would be awfully embarrassing if half of those names weren't "economists, energy analysts and policy specialists"
ChatGPT makes light work of gathering 60 academic bios. It would be awfully embarrassing if half of those names weren't "economists, energy analysts and policy specialists"
April 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
✨ Today I learned that a Professor of Design Studies is considered an economist.
ChatGPT makes light work of gathering 60 academic bios. It would be awfully embarrassing if half of those names weren't "economists, energy analysts and policy specialists"
ChatGPT makes light work of gathering 60 academic bios. It would be awfully embarrassing if half of those names weren't "economists, energy analysts and policy specialists"
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Finland's last coal-fired power and heat plant in active production will shut down permanently on Tuesday, enabling Helsinki energy group Helen to cut its emissions and put an end to rising energy costs for its customers, its chief executive said reut.rs/4iSVZd3
Finland's last active coal-fired power and heat plant shuts down
Finland's last coal-fired power and heat plant in active production will shut down permanently on Tuesday, enabling Helsinki energy group Helen to cut its emissions and put an end to rising energy costs for its customers, its chief executive said.
reut.rs
April 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Finland's last coal-fired power and heat plant in active production will shut down permanently on Tuesday, enabling Helsinki energy group Helen to cut its emissions and put an end to rising energy costs for its customers, its chief executive said reut.rs/4iSVZd3
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Application for the first U.S. commercial advanced nuclear power industrial site is in the books! Congratulations to X-Energy: x-energy.com/media/news-r...
Dow and X-energy Submit Construction Permit Application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Proposed Advanced Nuclear Project in Texas — X-energy
Project supported by U.S. DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program Represents a key milestone toward bringing advanced nuclear energy to fruition in the U.S. MIDLAND, Michigan ...
x-energy.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Application for the first U.S. commercial advanced nuclear power industrial site is in the books! Congratulations to X-Energy: x-energy.com/media/news-r...
Do I need to decamp to BlueSky entirely so as to catch @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social's desperate misinformation??
April 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Do I need to decamp to BlueSky entirely so as to catch @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social's desperate misinformation??
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If you read down to page 16 you might have found it.
It's weird having to correct the current Energy minister on something that was found in about 2 minutes in a 45 page document…
It's weird having to correct the current Energy minister on something that was found in about 2 minutes in a 45 page document…
April 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If you read down to page 16 you might have found it.
It's weird having to correct the current Energy minister on something that was found in about 2 minutes in a 45 page document…
It's weird having to correct the current Energy minister on something that was found in about 2 minutes in a 45 page document…
What is the Cost of Lies? $600 billion.
BlueSky edition.
actinideage.medium.com/what-is-the-...
❝The eye-popping sum of “$600bn” was not so concisely rebutted, and has unfortunately taken root in much of the subsequent coverage and discussion as pre-election politics approaches a rolling boil.❞
BlueSky edition.
actinideage.medium.com/what-is-the-...
❝The eye-popping sum of “$600bn” was not so concisely rebutted, and has unfortunately taken root in much of the subsequent coverage and discussion as pre-election politics approaches a rolling boil.❞
What is the Cost of Lies? $600 Billion.
Maybe even higher according to actual detailed analysis.
actinideage.medium.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
What is the Cost of Lies? $600 billion.
BlueSky edition.
actinideage.medium.com/what-is-the-...
❝The eye-popping sum of “$600bn” was not so concisely rebutted, and has unfortunately taken root in much of the subsequent coverage and discussion as pre-election politics approaches a rolling boil.❞
BlueSky edition.
actinideage.medium.com/what-is-the-...
❝The eye-popping sum of “$600bn” was not so concisely rebutted, and has unfortunately taken root in much of the subsequent coverage and discussion as pre-election politics approaches a rolling boil.❞
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How did you come up with the $600bn figure? Please provide a link to the modelling, source and its inputs.
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
How did you come up with the $600bn figure? Please provide a link to the modelling, source and its inputs.
Lazard: ❝Total LCOE, including firming cost, does not represent the cost of building a 24/7 firm resource on a single project site.❞
CSIRO GenCost headlines are centred on comparing LCOE values... what I consider to be a fatal flaw with the team's work.
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/the-unl...
CSIRO GenCost headlines are centred on comparing LCOE values... what I consider to be a fatal flaw with the team's work.
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/the-unl...
December 9, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Lazard: ❝Total LCOE, including firming cost, does not represent the cost of building a 24/7 firm resource on a single project site.❞
CSIRO GenCost headlines are centred on comparing LCOE values... what I consider to be a fatal flaw with the team's work.
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/the-unl...
CSIRO GenCost headlines are centred on comparing LCOE values... what I consider to be a fatal flaw with the team's work.
www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/the-unl...
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We strongly reject this attempt to undermine women’s autonomy and achievements by turning energy policy into a culture war. Women’s voices, in all their diversity, deserve to be heard—especially in shaping a sustainable, equitable future.
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December 5, 2024 at 12:59 AM
We strongly reject this attempt to undermine women’s autonomy and achievements by turning energy policy into a culture war. Women’s voices, in all their diversity, deserve to be heard—especially in shaping a sustainable, equitable future.
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It also erases the incredible contributions of women in nuclear science who are delivering clean, reliable energy for millions around the world.
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December 5, 2024 at 12:59 AM
It also erases the incredible contributions of women in nuclear science who are delivering clean, reliable energy for millions around the world.
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Yesterday, @ausconservation.bsky.social claimed to speak for all women in rejecting nuclear energy. This narrative erases the voices of countless amazing women who support nuclear energy.
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December 5, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Yesterday, @ausconservation.bsky.social claimed to speak for all women in rejecting nuclear energy. This narrative erases the voices of countless amazing women who support nuclear energy.
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Why did we need the current #nuclear inquiry?
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social claimed:
“Experts have told us that Peter Dutton’s nuclear scheme could cost $600bn, take 20 years, only secure 4% of the energy grid and push up your power bills hundreds of dollars.”
Which I addressed in my submission 🧵⤵️
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social claimed:
“Experts have told us that Peter Dutton’s nuclear scheme could cost $600bn, take 20 years, only secure 4% of the energy grid and push up your power bills hundreds of dollars.”
Which I addressed in my submission 🧵⤵️
November 24, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Why did we need the current #nuclear inquiry?
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social claimed:
“Experts have told us that Peter Dutton’s nuclear scheme could cost $600bn, take 20 years, only secure 4% of the energy grid and push up your power bills hundreds of dollars.”
Which I addressed in my submission 🧵⤵️
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social claimed:
“Experts have told us that Peter Dutton’s nuclear scheme could cost $600bn, take 20 years, only secure 4% of the energy grid and push up your power bills hundreds of dollars.”
Which I addressed in my submission 🧵⤵️
Third Quarter Energy Council report now available www.energycouncil.com.au/reports/
November 21, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Third Quarter Energy Council report now available www.energycouncil.com.au/reports/
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“I’ve noticed I’m not in your starter pack. Any particular reason for that?”
November 17, 2024 at 11:34 AM
“I’ve noticed I’m not in your starter pack. Any particular reason for that?”
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Currently, ~40% of the global electricity generation is from renewables and nuclear power, with ~10% from nuclear. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋 Source: ember-energy.org/data/electri...
November 17, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Currently, ~40% of the global electricity generation is from renewables and nuclear power, with ~10% from nuclear. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋 Source: ember-energy.org/data/electri...
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Interested in nuclear energy, with a side of other nuclear science topics like health physics and nonproliferation?
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
November 13, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Interested in nuclear energy, with a side of other nuclear science topics like health physics and nonproliferation?
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
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I've curated a small but mighty list of people who post about nuclear energy ⚛️🔌💡
go.bsky.app/5EJY58V
go.bsky.app/5EJY58V
November 10, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I've curated a small but mighty list of people who post about nuclear energy ⚛️🔌💡
go.bsky.app/5EJY58V
go.bsky.app/5EJY58V