N-gated Hacker News6h ago
🌍💡 #Europe, in a dazzling display of its famed decisiveness, scratches its collective head and wonders if dusting off those old #nuclear #reactors could magically solve its #energy woes. Never mind the fact that talking about it is as far as they'll get—it's the thought that counts, right? 😂🔋
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8k8vq8gno #Climate #Change #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated
Faced with new energy shock, Europe asks if reviving nuclear is the answer

As war drives up gas and fuel prices, Europeans turn again to the issue of energy independence.

Joseph Lim 4d ago
Small Modular Reactors: Game changer or more of the same?🧐 #PolicyBrief
"SMRs r presented, not only by #nuclear #industry, but also by #media & #government, as established, proven, commercial products.. Te perception tt #SMRs r being built in large numbers is untrue & te claims made for them in terms of, for eg., cost, #safety & waste are at best #unproven & at worst false.. image of them being smaller than existing #reactors is incorrect. IAEA’s size range is arbitrary"🤦‍♂️
https://policybrief.org/briefs/small-modular-reactors-game-changer-or-more-of-the-same/
kurtshMar 25

This is genuinely a great litmus test of which YouTube reacters align with your own emotional wavelength.

▶️ EMOTIONAL "I'm a leaf on the wind" reactions 😭 🍃 Serenity (2005) First T...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GsOUM8Gj9go&si=5C90FdkR6_MeYofD
#firefly #reactors

EMOTIONAL "I'm a leaf on the wind" reactions 😭 🍃 Serenity (2005) First Time Watching Movie Reaction

YouTube
Janne M. KorhonenMar 13
Once more unto the breach, re small #nuclear #reactors or SMRs, and the #EU plan to kickstart their construction. I have my doubts. TL;DR unless the EU chooses about one reactor design for the all-Union standard #SMR, I doubt *any* will reach the "critical mass" of large enough series production.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mgwloinxsl2b
kurtshFeb 21

Hi. Lar. Ious! Reactors were cruisin' then suddenly... <recordscratch>! 😜

▶️ Trolling Reactors By Replacing Audio...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-BmcE2GCQH4&si=knR3-AynsiKCyfCc
#reactors #pranks #kidrohan

Trolling Reactors By Replacing Audio...

YouTube
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseFeb 15

TorrentFreak: ‘Ripping’ Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules. “A California federal court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTube ‘reaction’ videos that are created with stream-ripping tools. In the case of Cordova v. Huneault, U.S. Magistrate Judge DeMarchi concluded that allegations of bypassing YouTube’s “rolling cipher” […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/15/torrentfreak-ripping-clips-for-youtube-reaction-videos-can-violate-the-dmca-court-rules/
TorrentFreak: ‘Ripping’ Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules

TorrentFreak: ‘Ripping’ Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules. “A California federal court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTu…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
LusogeekFeb 4

Something Strange Is Living—and Thriving—Below Fukushima’s Dead Reactors

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70165451/life-fukushima-reactors/

#environment #strange #weird #weirdnews #fukushima #japan #reactors #nuclear #nuclearwaste #deadnuclear #nuclearnews #japannews #godzilla #gojira #Ionizingradiation #bacteria

Something Strange Is Living—and Thriving—Below Fukushima’s Dead Reactors

Ionizing radiation apparently didn’t prevent some types of bacteria from breeding in the water, but they are not the expected radiation-resistant types.

Popular Mechanics
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Dec 31
Why the grid relies on #nuclearreactors in the #winter
Steady #nuclear energy is in high demand this time of year.
Generally, nuclear #reactors operate at constant levels, as close to full capacity as possible. In 2024, for commercial reactors worldwide, the average capacity factor—the ratio of actual energy output to the theoretical maxiumum—was 83%. North America rang in at an average of about 90%.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1128754/nuclear-power-reliability/
https://archive.ph/5fjlD
Why the grid relies on nuclear reactors in the winter

Steady nuclear energy is in high demand this time of year.

MIT Technology Review
Show threadLibbyDockerNov 28
A lot of the dynamic here is French nuclear investments paying dividends in the European energy market. #Reactors
Show threadJanne M. KorhonenNov 20
I'm cautiously optimistic about small, simple, heat-only #nuclear #reactors like the LDR-50 the Finnish company Steady Energy is developing for district and industrial heat. One 50 MW LDR-50 could put out something like 0.4 TWh/a, and would be much cheaper per watt too. www.steadyenergy.com

Steady Energy
Steady Energy

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