I thought "The Day After" was unsettling.

"House of Dynamite"... like holy shit.

#Nuclear #Movies #Stateoftheworld

Someone tell me there is a part 2 planned.

UN expert warns PFAS contamination poses health threat in Okinawa, elsewhere

A UN expert has expressed concerns about PFAS contamination at US bases in southwestern Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture and e…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #asia #biz #JapanBroadcastingCorporation #news #nhk #nhkworld #NHKWORLDPREMIUM #nhkworldtv #NHKWorld #Nuclear #okinawanews #PublicBroadcaster #RadioJapan #tech #world #沖縄
https://www.alojapan.com/1399982/un-expert-warns-pfas-contamination-poses-health-threat-in-okinawa-elsewhere/

You can hear a lot of hype on how much installed power (GW) of #renewables is being constructed by #China - and it’s true! But usually the same people will then tell you that #nuclear power is “in decline” and “very expensive”.

The problem with this argument is if you actually see what China is doing, they’re building plenty of new renewables and nuclear, and prices of both are decreasing.

The trick the anti-nuclear lobby is using is, of course, to look at prices of renewables in China, but at the same time look at the cost of a single nuclear project in the US (Vogtle). This manipulation was mainstreamed by the Lazard Investment bank and everyone happily jumped at it since.

A honest analysis would quickly conclude that the problem is not with the technology, but with this particular project, maybe US law or their funding model. This “double reference frame” trick allows the fossil gas lobby to explain why Chinese PV is “good” but Chinese nuclear is “bad”.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/22/climate/china-us-nuclear-energy-race.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk8.p953.GyoqfHxUqxEK&smid=url-share

A new Applied Energy paper by Kamilla Aarflot Moen, Martin Hjelmeland, and I exposes critical flaws in one of the most cited Danish studies claiming that #nuclear energy “makes no sense” for #Denmark

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261925016186

This peer-reviewed analysis reveals that the original results collapse once the assumptions are corrected.

Unrealistic modeling choices and selective data use made nuclear energy appear uneconomical, but when realistic inputs are used, the cost gap disappears.

When moderate assumptions are applied to all technologies, we find nuclear energy to be cheaper than renewables.

However, this finding does not take into account all the major problems:

• Inflated nuclear operating costs
• Unrealistically low offshore wind costs
• Failing to address problematic weather years
• A magic, cost-free battery with long-duration energy storage
• Large-scale hydrogen storage that doesn’t exist
• Deterministic “perfect foresight” modeling that hides real system costs

Key insight: When realistic assumptions are applied, the total system cost difference between nuclear and renewables drops from ±5 % to just ±1 %.

That’s well within modeling uncertainty, meaning the claim that nuclear is “too expensive for Denmark” no longer holds.

Nuclear energy becomes increasingly competitive when:

• Offshore wind costs reflect today’s real prices
• Nuclear OPEX comply with international standards
• Weather variability is included (e.g., problematic weather years)
• Storage costs are properly accounted for
• Baseload demand exists (e.g., AI, data centers, industry, hydrogen)
• Land availability is limited
• Import reliability is uncertain

Chilly weather predicted for northern and eastern Japan

Japanese weather officials say that in the first half of the week, temperatures are expected to be lower than usual for this time of the year in northern and …
#Japan #JP #Hokkaido #asia #biz #HokkaidoNews #JapanBroadcastingCorporation #news #nhk #nhkworld #NHKWORLDPREMIUM #nhkworldtv #NHKWorld #Nuclear #PublicBroadcaster #RadioJapan #tech #world #北海道
https://www.alojapan.com/1399908/chilly-weather-predicted-for-northern-and-eastern-japan/

"The latest version of South Africa's Integrated Resource Plan outlines government plans to transform the energy sector to jump-start development and economic growth, including 5200 MW of new nuclear capacity as the country rebuilds its nuclear supply chain."

#Nuclear #News

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/south-african-government-approves-draft-2025-irp