Record fundraising by a nuclear fusion start-up

moon said:
A great many households get paid for putting their excess domestic generation back into the grid. It's a selling point. The post above is mendacious mischief, worthy of the Brit maggot.

Belgians are to be congratulated for dumping nuclear- before nuclear dumps on them
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Belgians are not dumping nuclear, you mendacious mug. They are going to replace those with CCGT in the short term and SMR nuclear further down the line.
 
Primavera said:
Belgians are not dumping nuclear, you mendacious mug. They are going to replace those with CCGT in the short term and SMR nuclear further down the line.
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They're dumping it, maggot. They're just spinning you nuke nuts a yarn to shut your stupid gobs and keep your money in their bank.



Haw, haw..............................haw.
 
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The deal, which was agreed just a week before the end-of-2021 deadline, will see all the country’s nuclear power plants close by 2025
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Death-blow, maggot. Your nuclear pump has sprung another leak.

Tell about your ' safe ' dumping of millions of tonnes of Japanese radioactive water. It's Christmas ans it will make a cheerful tale for the kids.


Haw, haw......................................haw.
 
moon said:
Death-blow, maggot. Your nuclear pump has sprung another leak.

Tell about your ' safe ' dumping of millions of tonnes of Japanese radioactive water. It's Christmas ans it will make a cheerful tale for the kids.


Haw, haw......................................haw.
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I have already, there's a whole thread about it!! Sadly, for you anyway, your arse is thread banned.

How about you take a 101 course in simple physics principles, you might just stopping spouting bollox all.the time.

https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...of-Fukushima-wastewater&p=4857590#post4857590
 
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T. A. Gardner said:
The solution is to use nuclear and natural gas. Solar panels on homes are nearly worthless on a commercial scale of generation. The average home solar array produces between 3 and 5 kw at most, often less. Let's just say 4 KW over a typical day. The average sized natural gas power plant is about 900 MW. That means you need about 225,000 home solar arrays to replace that power plant.

But wait! You can't you still need the natural gas plant because half the time the sun doesn't shine! Therefore, you are just duplicating effort while adding immense complexity to the grid at enormous cost. If the average home solar array cost say, $40,000 to install (parts and labor), that's $9 billion dollars. The natural gas power plant would run about 10% of that cost and be available 24/7 versus not producing half the time.

Solar is absolutely stupid, and there's no way around that.
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Whole house batteries are not far away. Gas for heating. Nukes. I'll check "all of the above" when it comes to energy.
 
Jim Eagle said:
Whole house batteries are not far away. Gas for heating. Nukes. I'll check "all of the above" when it comes to energy.
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Batteries will never happen on a mass scale. Batteries would have to be replaced every 5 to 7 years at most, and the cost will never come down to a point where they are affordable without huge subsidies. In fact, the batteries would cost more than the savings over buying electricity from the grid. Even with the current price reduction in battery packs, one for a home will easily run several thousand for the batteries alone, another thou for the other materials in installation, and several thousand for the labor to install it.
That equates to more than a thousand dollars a year for the life of the pack before replacement, say the equivalent of $100 a month. It isn't worth the cost of install. Just buy the electricity instead.
 
Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
Decision to close three facilities comes a year before decades-long use of atomic power winds down for good.

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Germany on Friday is shutting down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/31/germany-shuts-down-half-of-its-remaining-nuclear-plants
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Now the other half.
 
‘Artificial Sun’ hits record temperature
China’s clean energy experiment reaches temperature five times hotter than the Sun

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On Thursday, Chinese scientists set a new record, as their Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), known as the ‘Artificial Sun’, reached and sustained a temperature five times hotter than the Sun, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

The program uses nuclear fusion, colliding atomic nuclei to generate massive amounts of energy, replicating the physics of stars. Unlike nuclear fission, which is used in conventional nuclear power, no hazardous waste products are left behind.

https://www.rt.com/news/545120-china-sun-nuclear-energy/
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Time to abandon your filthy nuclear programs, boys- if you haven't done so already



Haw, haw...................................haw.
 
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Gates teams with Japan to build $5.5 billion nuclear reactor

Bill Gates' company Terrapower is set to sign an agreement with Japan to build a high-tech nuclear reactor in Wyoming.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has brokered a deal with Japan to build a nuclear reactor in the United States, according to a Reuters report.

Terrapower, a start-up co-founded by Gates to revolutionise designs for nuclear reactors, will join hands with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd to build the high-tech facility in Wyoming.

TerraPower is set to open its Natrium plant in 2028. The US government will provide funding to cover half of the US$4 billion ($5.56 billion) project.

The Japanese firms will provide technical assistance and data from Japan's own reactors.

Gates' company had initially explored the prospect of building an experimental nuclear plant with state-owned China National Nuclear Corp but that plan was derailed after the Donald Trump administration restricted nuclear deals with China.

While it is believed nuclear power could be essential in the fight against global warming, its generation has fallen in recent years as several countries turn away in favour of investing in renewables.

In some countries, however, nuclear energy programs are continuing to grow at a fast pace. The top contenders in this space are the United States, China and France as per the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report.

China has the fastest-growing nuclear energy program in the world, having added two new reactors in 2020.

The new agreement between TerraPower and JAEA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is expected to be signed as early as this month.

Japan had decommissioned its Monju prototype advanced reactor in 2016, a project that yielded a low return on investment of US$8.5 billion ($11.81).

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/dec/17/dickensmuddledhisracistcar
 
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China has an impressive lead in 4th gen nuclear, they have already rolled out the world's first pebble bed reactor.

The World’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Is Sending Power to the Grid

China connected its first small modular nuclear reactor to its power grid, making it the first country in the world to draw power from such a machine, a report from Bloomberg reveals.

China Huaneng Group Co.'s 200-megawatt unit 1 reactor at Shidao Bay is connected to the grid in the Shandong province. The company is also developing a second reactor, which is scheduled to go into full operation next year following tests.

The 200-megawatt small modular reactor (SMR) is roughly a fifth of the size of China's first proprietary reactor design, called Hualong One. Its small size allows for greater scalability as well as reduced operations and deployment costs.

The new modular nuclear reactor is the world's first pebble-bed modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. Instead of heating up water, it heats helium to produce energy. The machine is designed to quickly shut down if an error occurs.

According to Bloomberg, China is the world's largest investor in nuclear power, with estimations suggesting it will pay up to 440 billion dollars towards building new nuclear power plants over the next 15 years, allowing it to overtake the U.S. as the world's top generator of nuclear electricity.

The country is also investing heavily in nuclear fusion, which promises to end our reliance on fossil fuels by mimicking the reaction of the sun and stars on Earth. Recently, China's "artificial sun" reactor, called EAST, reportedly broke a record by running for 101 seconds at a temperature of 216 million° F (120 million° C).


https://interestingengineering.com/...-nuclear-reactor-is-sending-power-to-the-grid
 
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Primavera said:
Belgians are not dumping nuclear, you mendacious mug. They are going to replace those with CCGT in the short term and SMR nuclear further down the line.
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Looks like they are going to extend the lives of at least two reactors. Good to see common sense prevailing for once.

Belgian regulator says reactors could operate beyond 2025

Belgium's Doel 4 and Tihange 3 could continue operating beyond 2025 provided certain safety upgrades are carried out, Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has said. However, it said the government must make a prompt decision on their long-term operation and develop a global approach with all the actors involved.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Belgian-regulator-says-reactors-could-operate-beyo
 
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Primavera said:
Looks like they are going to extend the lives of at least two reactors. Good to see common sense prevailing for once.

Belgian regulator says reactors could operate beyond 2025

Belgium's Doel 4 and Tihange 3 could continue operating beyond 2025 provided certain safety upgrades are carried out, Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has said. However, it said the government must make a prompt decision on their long-term operation and develop a global approach with all the actors involved.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Belgian-regulator-says-reactors-could-operate-beyo
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This isthe reason not to shutter the reactors. Sadly the Germans seem determined to hamstring their energy economy by closing down nuclear this year. Of course they were relying on Nordstream 2 but that's looking increasingly unlikely to come onstream anytime soon if indeed ever.

Belgium has four years to replace nuclear fleet which generated 39% of its electricity in 2020

Figures released by Eurostat this week indicated the monumental task facing the renewables industry as Europe attempts to replace a power source which generated a quarter of the bloc’s electricity in 2020.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/01...hich-generated-39-of-its-electricity-in-2020/
 
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Primavera said:
This is the reason not to shutter the reactors. Sadly the Germans seem determined to hamstring their energy economy by closing down nuclear this year. Of course they were relying on Nordstream 2 but that's looking increasingly unlikely to come onstream anytime soon if indeed ever.

Belgium has four years to replace nuclear fleet which generated 39% of its electricity in 2020

Figures released by Eurostat this week indicated the monumental task facing the renewables industry as Europe attempts to replace a power source which generated a quarter of the bloc’s electricity in 2020.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/01...hich-generated-39-of-its-electricity-in-2020/
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Remarkedly prescient, indeed Nordstream 2 is well and truly screwed. Countries in Europe have had to wake up to reality, the latest being Belgium.

Belgium postpones its plans to exit from nuclear energy in 2025 by a decade

The country had ambitious plans to scrub nuclear by 2025.

https://interestingengineering.com/belgium-postpones-exit-nuclear-energy
 
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