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YouTuber films at Ill. NPP to prove nuclear safety

November 29, 2023 By: Doc Nuke Category: radiation myths & misconceptions, radiation safety, video

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Kyle Hill, a YouTuber known for professionally produced science videos, has filmed a documentary at the Dresden Generating Station in Illinois that provides a rare glimpse into the nuclear power plant and aims to educate viewers on the safety and benefits of nuclear energy. The documentary, transparently named “I Kissed Nuclear Waste To Prove a Point,” is meant to show that “the world looks different when you understand it, and nuclear power and waste, when you understand it, looks less dangerous and more promising than ever,” Hill says. read more

First US nuclear reactor in 7 years goes online

August 01, 2023 By: Doc Nuke Category: In The News

Georgia Power Co. yesterday announced the commercial operation of the first new nuclear reactor built in the US in more 7 years, powering utilities in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

The reactor, known as Unit 3, is one of two that began construction in 2009 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, and can power 500,000 homes and businesses at full capacity. The reactor was initially expected to start generating power in 2016; however, the project faced delays and unexpected costs, which increased from $14B to $35B. The plant already has two reactors that have been operating since 1987 and 1989. Once all four units are operational—Unit 4 is expected early next year—the site will become the nation’s largest generator of clean energy. Units 3 and 4 are expected to produce about 2,234 megawatts combined, enough to power more than 1 million homes and businesses.  read more

Memphis’ Nuclear Kid Builds Fusion Reactor

January 29, 2019 By: Doc Nuke Category: Fusion, In The News

Nevada lawmakers block funding for Yucca Mountain

December 24, 2018 By: Doc Nuke Category: In The News

Future is dim for US nuclear power plants

December 20, 2018 By: Doc Nuke Category: In The News

via TheNational.ae

Three Mile Island, best known for the biggest nuclear accident in US history, is months away from shutting down and throwing nearly 700 people out of work.

Only two of the nuclear plant’s cooling towers still emit steam; the other two have been idle since a partial reactor meltdown in 1979.

The decision by Exelon, the owners, to decommission the plant is symptomatic of the broader crisis in the US nuclear power industry, even though it still provides 20 per cent of the country’s electricity. read more

Pro-Yucca year end spending push

December 17, 2018 By: Doc Nuke Category: In The News

Lawmakers who support building a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain have launched an 11th-hour bid to obtain money for the project in must-pass, end-of-year funding legislation.

Read more, https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/pro-yucca-lawmakers-push-for-funding-in-year-end-spending-package/.

AP Exclusive: Iran hackers hunt nuclear workers, US targets

December 16, 2018 By: Doc Nuke Category: In The News

[via AP News, December 13, 2018]

LONDON (AP) — As U.S. President Donald Trump re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran last month, hackers scrambled to break into personal emails of American officials tasked with enforcing them, The Associated Press has found — another sign of how deeply cyberespionage is embedded into the fabric of US-Iranian relations.

The AP drew on data gathered by the London-based cybersecurity group Certfa to track how a hacking group often nicknamed Charming Kitten spent the past month trying to break into the private emails of more than a dozen U.S. Treasury officials. Also on the hackers’ hit list: high-profile defenders, detractors and enforcers of the nuclear deal struck between Washington and Tehran, as well as Arab atomic scientists, Iranian civil society figures and D.C. think tank employees. read more

United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion power plant, panel says

December 16, 2018 By: Doc Nuke Category: Fusion, In The News

[via Science]

NASA Doesn’t Have Enough Nuclear Fuel For Its Deep Space Missions

December 16, 2018 By: Doc Nuke Category: In The News

Nevada officials watching federal Yucca, plutonium proposals

December 16, 2018 By: Doc Nuke Category: In The News

[via AP News, December 12, 2018]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials postponed until at least January submitting an end-of-year report to the governor about state efforts to fight federal proposals to bury the nation’s nuclear reactor waste north of Las Vegas.

The state Commission on Nuclear Projects cited uncertainty Wednesday about whether Congress will allocate any funds in coming days for the mothballed Yucca Mountain repository.

Agency officials also reviewed a lawsuit filed recently to block a separate plan by the Energy Department to ship weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to a U.S. radioactive materials handling facility at the former Nevada nuclear nuclear proving ground. read more