"After nearly 15 years of rigorous research, China has finally cracked a way to access almost an unlimited amount of nuclear energy through converting thorium to uranium with their experimental salt reactor, reports said this week." […]

Welkom bij onze nieuwe serie, waar we elke video een nieuw belangrijk boekje bespreken. Met vandaag het boek: Beginselen van het Communisme.

"Hungary’s MVM Group and Westinghouse have signed a contract for the American firm’s VVER-440 fuel from 2028 as part of measures to diversify supply for the Paks Nuclear Power Plant." #nuclear #news […]

I was thinking about going outside, seeing all these nice aurora pictures. But apparently the Netherlands is out of luck tonight. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast

If low emission, land usage, and resource consumption matter, then logically environmentalists must advocate for those high safety technologies agnostically, and make them as affordable and dispatchable as possible, instead of throwing hands upwards and claiming impossible. Evidence not ideology.

"State-owned French power utility EDF is aiming to finalise the conceptual design of a small modular reactor next year, a senior executive said on Thursday, as the nuclear giant looks to compete in an increasingly crowded global market for the new technology." […]

"Developing new large and small-scale nuclear power plant projects and wider nuclear fuel cycle cooperation were discussed during talks between Rosatom and India’s Department of Atomic Energy." #nuclear #news […]

"The IAEA takes the stage next week to showcase nuclear solutions to global energy and environmental challenges at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP30 – which takes place in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 22 November." […]

"Italian technology and engineering group Maire SpA and its sustainable technology subsidiary NextChem have signed a memorandum of understanding with EDF and its Nuward subsidiary to jointly explore opportunities for cooperation in the development and deployment of the Nuward small modular […]

"Westinghouse reactor physicist intern Jens Høj Christiansen emerged as a leading proponent for nuclear energy within Denmark over the past several years as an analyst and speaker with Foreningen Atomkraft Ja Tak, an organization dedicated to educating the public and repealing Denmark’s ban on […]

Dit is een grap, toch? https://tweakers.net/nieuws/241346/apple-komt-met-160-euro-kostend-stoffen-accessoire-om-iphone-in-te-doen.html

Il nucleare in Italia - Visita ai reattori ENEA di Casaccia (Roma) - da L'Avvocato dell'Atomo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y15YXgOVTuA

"Fusion Fuel Cycles Inc has officially begun construction at the Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario of the Unique Integrated Testing Facility - the world's first integrated tritium fuel cycle system test facility capable of full-loop operations." #nuclear #news […]

A major feature that is keeping me on #whatsapp is the lack of being able to group chats in @signalapp, a feature called ‘communities’ in WhatsApp. Given that I’m in several communities, one with 27 group chats, this is kind of a hard block on even suggesting the idea.

Holy crap! Read a book via #rss, with https://lettrss.com/! Via @powRSS That is so neat!

"Met deze week: het demissionaire kabinet presenteerde een langverwachte toekomstvisie voor de chemische industrie. Nederland heeft een goede uitgangspositie voor de overstap naar een circulaire en dus meer duurzame chemie, maar tegelijkertijd kampt de sector met uitdagingen waardoor […]

"The International Atomic Energy Agency says the backup external power line for Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been reconnected after six months, with the necessary repair work taking place during a temporary truce." #nuclear #news […]

47% of Australians support building nuclear power plants and only 34% are opposed according to new polling that Nuclear for Australia commissioned with YouGov. It shows that Australians are open to nuclear power in the mix as a solution to the energy […] [Original post on greennuclear.online]

"This week on Decouple, I sit down with Aleksey Rezvoi, a veteran maritime nuclear engineer who began his career in the Soviet Union designing third- and fourth-generation submarine and icebreaker reactors before later working in the U.S. nuclear sector." #podcast […]

Is het al bijna weekend?

Hmm, I hope the new Ivory updates supporting Mastodon quote posts lands a bit soon, as currently Ivory doesn't show them properly. But vice versa Ivory quoted posts aren't shown properly in the Mastodon web interface. A bit of a limbo state.

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@8r3n7/115526346806592048 None of us are free until all of us are free.

"Zo schreef Pettit een maand geleden op X dat het ‘tijd is om af te maken waar de Palestijnen op 7 oktober mee begonnen zijn’ en dat Israël ‘voorgoed vernietigd’ moet worden." Niet de meest genuanceerde take, maar de wereld zou oprecht een veel betere plek zijn zonder de koloniale en imperiale […]

"The Dutch province of Limburg is calling on the US ambassador to the Netherlands to re-hang two information panels about the role of Black soldiers in the visitors' center of the American cemetery in Margraten." Wtf America? Keep your bs at home please […]

"In this second part of his conversation with Mark Lynas, clean energy expert Michael Liebreich dives deep into the technologies, policies, and economics of the energy transition. Together they explore Bad Idea #29: “The Green transition is failing.”" #podcast […]

Keep your circulatory system in shape! © by Dave Gibbons & Alan Moore

"Pebbles of X-energy's TRISO-X fuel have begun 13 months of irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory to evaluate fuel performance across operating scenarios and qualify them for commercial use." #nuclear #news […]

A belated third #fediversary 🥳 I was among the many coming from Twitter that started this account in November 2022. I had dabbled with Mastodon before, but it was around that time Mastodon felt like an actual alternative, both technically and because more and more people started using it […]

"The IAEA and AtkinsRéalis, a global engineering services and nuclear company and the original equipment manufacturer of CANDU reactor technology deployed worldwide, have agreed to strengthen cooperation in support of women pursuing careers in nuclear science and technology." […]

@dansup What's this? I don't have an update available in TestFlight.

Er worden miljarden uitgetrokken voor de opschaling van het leger, de militarisering is in volle gang! Het menselijk leed wat door deze militarisering en bezuinigingen komt, is iets wat de gevestigde partijen met liefde overhebben, zodat bedrijven als Lockheed […] [Original post on mastodon.nl]

"Framatome has announced plans to produce TRISO nuclear fuel at its fuel fabrication site in Romans-sur-Isère, France. The company has also signed an agreement to manufacture fuel elements using TRISO for Blue Capsule Technology's high-temperature reactor." #nuclear #news […]

‘Hier heb ik twee Chromebooks die ik in het lokaal vond, kunnen we daar op school nog wat mee?’, was de vraag waarmee echtgenoot thuiskwam. ‘Jaaaa!’ antwoordde ik en zoon in koor: “die kunnen we bevrijden met Linux!”. Op de samen bezochtte @nluug conferentie leerden we dat dit mogelijk moest […]

@collectifission @Mastodon I'd like quote formatting.

"Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology Tan See Leng noted some countries in the region already have research reactors and have made "exhortations" about wanting to develop nuclear technologies in 10 to 20 years' time." […]

"EDF is building a partnership with the supply chain to make it "leaner, faster, more reliable", the company's Chairman and CEO, Bernard Fontana, said during a session at World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris. Other panellists agreed that partnerships - together with standardisation, modularisation […]

"France-based classification society Bureau Veritas (BV), together with thirty European companies from the French and wider nuclear and maritime sectors, has formally signed a cooperation declaration aimed at speeding up nuclear applications in the maritime industry." […]

"French small modular reactor developer Hexana has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch cooperative Atoomcoöperatie to explore cooperation on the potential development of Hexana's nuclear platform in the Netherlands." #nuclear #news […]

"The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) is joining 16 national and international industry associations from 15 countries across three continents in signing a joint declaration at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris, ahead of COP30 in Brazil. This brings together an unprecedented coalition of […]

"South Africa's National Nuclear Regulator has authorised the 930 MWe Koeberg 2 unit for a further 20 years of operation." #nuclear #news https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/koeberg-unit-2-approved-for-extended-operation

"The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon." https://spacenews.com/nuclear-energy-is-key-to-american-leadership-in-space/

"The Swedish parliament has voted to pass legislative changes that will come into effect on 1 January, lifting the country's ban on uranium mining and extraction." #nuclear #news https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/swedish-parliament-votes-to-allow-uranium-mining

Ik ga vandaag op bezoek bij een vriendin in Zutphen, een enkele rit van 173 km. Dat kost, samen met parkeren, retour €36. De trein kost me retour + parkeren €67. Ja, dit is niet een eerlijke vergelijking, aangezien ik enkel de benzine tel, niet de afschrijfkosten van de auto, maar dit is wel […]

"The new small-sized and high-output nuclear technology used in Russia's defense facilities holds great potential for civilian use, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday." https://english.news.cn/20251106/51f09ab1c3c74fc2bf993f062089fd15/c.html

"The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority has issued licences which clear the way for the pouring of first concrete for the Paks Nuclear Power Plant project." #nuclear #news https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/paks-ii-first-concrete-set-for-february-after-licences-issued

I kinda need this shirt now I know it exists 🥲

This is a long one, but a highly interesting look into the life and inner workings of a nuclear reactor! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0afQ6w3Bjw

“Oh wat een jaar!” op RTL 4 is vandaag bij 1997 en ik realiseer me dat het gat tussen toen (ik was toen tiener) en nu even veel is als tussen toen en de eerste maanlanding 💀

"Is there a clear point where a clump of cells becomes a human? No. It is a fluid transition and every society and person – be it morally or legally – marks this moment differently." You should not have your reproductive freedom dogmatised. Ultimately, one dogma is no more right than an other.