John Lennon October 9 1940-December 8 1980 the #Beatles

If it's possible to be a one-hit wonder twice, there can't be many currently better placed than Car 67's Driver 6-7: youtu.be/tGwYPd6ajTk?...

A total of 127 different SMR designs have been identified in the new edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's SMR Dashboard www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/the...

The dome is being lifted by 'Big Carl' into place on Hinckley Point C's second reactor. It's being live-streamed on EDF's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/GT-nRCh...

🎙️Nuclear power plants produce medical isotopes that diagnose and save lives, a true 'hidden gem' as James Scongack explains in the latest WNN podcast: world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pod...

Learned a lot at Space-Comm Expo today, including the sheer scale of debris circling Earth, courtesy of the European Space Agency

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Italy's Council of Ministers has approved a draft law calling for the government to adopt a series of legislative decrees to create the legal framework for the reintroduction of nuclear power, which was phased out following a referendum in 1987. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cab...

First Light Fusion switches strategy, drops plans to develop power plant - the UK company will instead focus on commercial partnerships using its tech with other fusion companies, and also exploring non-fusion applications, such as with NASA. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fir...

🎙️Podcast: India is planning to expand nuclear capacity from 7 GW to 100 GW by 2047, with legislative changes, international partnerships and development of indigenous technology all set to play their part. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pod...

International Atomic Energy Agency staff at Chernobyl say "radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable" after a drone was reported to have struck the roof of the shelter built over the remains of the reactor destroyed in the 1986 accident. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/che...

Tamworth goalkeeper, whose partner gave birth last night, is asked if he’s now going to take some paternity leave and “put his feet up”, in one of the least wise questions asked on TV for a while.

Wonder what the new logo would look like if Nationwide and NatWest were ever to merge

The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy in northern France has begun delivering electricity to the grid, EDF has announced. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fre...

🧵Just over a year ago I tuned into the last of the Friday briefings from @independentsage.bsky.social (I thoroughly recommend you watch it), as it reflects on the role of scientists in helping shape the public's understanding of publicly funded science. #medski #academicski #publicpolicy 🧪

Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has been given another one-year extension to complete its review of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used nuclear fuel repository. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/lic...

Today’s poem is called ‘Meeting Deadlines’.

BBC News Online's 'Sound of 2004' didn't too badly with their Top 10 of ones to watch.

🎙️ Podcast: What were the goals of #COP29 and were they achieved? What role did nuclear energy play in the event? Why was focus already turning to next year's COP30? Just some of questions covered by @jonathancobb.bsky.social - listen (or read) here: www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/wha...

Big news from Canada, where they've selected an area to host a repository deep underground for used nuclear fuel 👇

🎙️Earlier this year Jean-Baptiste Fressoz explained on the WNN podcast why he thinks the idea of energy transitions is a simplistic one - more wood consumed after 'switch' to coal, more coal after 'switch' to oil etc. You can listen here: www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/les...

The key graf from @duncanrobinson.bsky.social. Graduate taxes on people making the minimum wage… The condition in the UK’s conditional repayment system is now simply ‘do you have a full-time job?’

Sign of the times stuff, this: Gary Lineker's production company is shutting its TV arm to focus on podcasts. Tony Pastor, Lineker's business partner, tells me that telly is "challenged" and Goalhanger is not beholden to the whims of commissioners in audio. deadline.com/2024/11/gary...

Update: archive.org is back online in a provisional, read-only manner. Learn more in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/10/21/i...

Lovely skyline, but wondering how those two full skips (in the foreground) ended up on a floating platform in the middle of the Thames.

Japan demonstrates floating seismic isolation system for SMRs www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Jap...

The UK's Hinkley Point C #nuclear power plant is now unlikely to be operational before 2030, with the overall cost revised to between GBP31 to GBP34 billion (in 2015 prices), EDF has said: tinyurl.com/2s47jpns

Nuclear battery - a Chinese firm says it is aiming for mass market production of a miniature atomic energy battery which can generate electricity for 50 years without charging or maintenance www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuc...

Good luck to Louis Rees-Zammit across the Atlantic - if anyone is ever going to successfully make the switch he should be able to. But terrible news for Gloucester where he's offered the brightest moments during a rubbish season: www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/content/loui... #glawster

🎙️New podcast from @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social - how significant were #nuclear energy's landmark moments at COP28? Plus a review of 2023's big stories and a look ahead at the likely key moments in 2024: www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Pod...

The most read World Nuclear News in 2023: - Holtec claims SMR-160 can repurpose any coal-fired plant - Operating permit issued for Chinese molten salt reactor - Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor - Call for support for LEGO nuclear power plant - Vogtle 3 begins commercial operation

Today’s poem consists of popular searches on Google to do with Christmas. It’s called ‘Christmas in the Age of Google’.

#Top10: Telly enjoyed this year: 1) Slow Horses 2) Severance 3) The Bear 4) The After Party 5) White Lotus 6) Happy Valley 7) Atlantis 8) Dopesick 9) France vs South Africa 10) Never Have I Ever