OccasionalDucks

Apparently Sizewell C is going ahead.

So that’s probably Minsmere, the RSPB’s flagship wetland reserve, going for a Burton (thanks to lack thereof!).

And let’s not forget that the “storage” at Sellafield (aka Windscale, but they rebranded to avoid reminding us that it was the site of the UK’s worse nuclear accident [though as with car crashes I’m not sure accident is the best word]) leaks like a sieve and no replacement is in sight - the idea that nuclear energy is clean is a fantasy when we can neither store nor dispose of the waste…

Not the best news this morning.

#SizewellC #NuclearPower #FFS

Jul 22, 2025 at 7:38amWeb
Show threadPaul 💙 28 💔 💚Jul 22, 2025

@OccasionalDucks

Costing twice as much to build as planned and billions again to decommission.... 54% Private investment going in and probably fuck all to the decommissioning ... Nuclear is not a solution

Show threadJohn RobinsonJul 22, 2025
@OccasionalDucks The more you investigate Sellafield, the worse it gets. It helps if you know someone who works there to get the truth. And it can’t be shut down, it has to carry on-forever.
Show threadOccasionalDucksJul 22, 2025

@johnelalamo

Maybe they could try cracking an egg into it, as we did with leaky car radiators back in the day…? 🤦‍♂️

Show threadJohn RobinsonJul 22, 2025
@OccasionalDucks Do you know the local name for Sellafield ? Says it all really.
Show threadOccasionalDucksJul 22, 2025

@johnelalamo

I don’t… Tell me?

Show threadJohn RobinsonJul 22, 2025
@OccasionalDucks 😀😀😀
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODSep 30, 2025
@johnelalamo @OccasionalDucks and the fire could have been worse were it not for a redundant filtration system that was forced through into the plans by one dude despite most everyone else involved saying it was useless and overpriced
Show threadMarjorieRJul 27, 2025

@OccasionalDucks seemingly the UK government are also planning to build lots of SMRs (small modular reactors) which seemingly are even more expensive per Kwh and also produce more radioactive waste than PWRs.
Personally I'd much rather have windmills and solar panels.

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2022/05/small-modular-reactors-produce-high-levels-nuclear-waste

Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear waste

Small modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University of British Columbia.

Show threadOccasionalDucksJul 27, 2025

@marjolica

Agreed. Lots of small reactors also multiply risks and the demands/cost of security provision, which I doubt is factored into the official “price” assigned to SMRs.