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I feel that I should be apologising to readers. This site is supposed to be all about nuclear news. But today I put up no less than 8 news posts about renewable energy. And, believe me, there were plenty more available..

The problem is –  renewable energy is where it is all happening  –  Scotland, Egypt, Pakistan, USA, China – with advancing technologyy, feed-in tariffs, grid connection to decentralised solar power – etc. (Not happening in my country – Australia – but that’s because we have a complete dickhead for a Prime Minister, and he’ll soon be kicked out)

I’d love to put up more news posts about nuclear power, rather than mainly opinion posts.  Especially about those silly little mini reactors they keep hyping about. But they are just not happening, the Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) are all hype, but no action..

As Japan struggles to get the big nuclear restart happening, and as UK goes  a bit silent on its very troubled Hinkley nuclear project, and USA nukes go broke – we wait for the next episode in the world’s sorry nuclear saga – and not very good prospects for the industry in 2015

January 7, 2015 - Posted by | Christina's notes

3 Comments »

  1. Mini Reactors, then Mini catastrophies

    anmichall@yahoo.com's avatar Comment by anmichall@yahoo.com | January 8, 2015 | Reply

    • Not sure what you mean here. The mini reactors would still involve the transport and use of highly radioactive substances – plutonium and enriched uranium, as well as the eventual toxic wastes from the mini reactors.
      There’s no way that Small Modular Reactors could be commercialised except if mass produced. Therefore there would have to be mass market orders. Then there would be mass deployment up of these mini reactors – – involving a lot of dangerous transport.
      As for “Mini catastrophes” – well that’s an oxymoron if ever I heard one. What “catastrophe” is actually mini? A bomb droppped on mini reactor or on its associated plutonium/enriched uranium starter fuel would be a pretty good catastrophe. With thousands of them about – the chances of terrorism/ accident/dirty bomb would be magnified.

      Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina MacPherson | January 9, 2015 | Reply

  2. Mini Reactors then only mini-catastrophes
    thank you

    anmichall's avatar Comment by anmichall | January 8, 2015 | Reply


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