The case against waiting for Generation IV nuclear… and the case for urgently...
Slowly, slowly, ever so slowly, awareness is growing that there is some incredible new technology in nuclear power; Generation IV uranium reactors, and thorium fuelled reactors. These technologies...
View ArticleBill Gates on Full Decarbonsation with Nuclear
Subscriber Patrick Greene pointed me towards this TED talk from Bill Gates. It’s a cracker. For starters he, like Decarbonise SA, is clear that half measures are totally inappropriate in the face of...
View ArticleA Waste of Waste: New IFR article by George Monbiot
Why bury nuclear waste, when it could meet the world’s energy needs? By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 6th December 2011 ”These decisions are the result of an almost mediaevel...
View ArticleCross post from @Mark_Lynas: UK moves a step closer to #nuclear waste solution
This excellent cross-post from Mark Lynas provides a great summary of the proposal for the UK to use Generation IV nuclear technology to exchange its unwanted waste for energy. I know what you are...
View ArticleThe importance of facts in research: The IFR
This piece provides a considerably more detailed, but still highly accessible description of the workings of the Generation IV Integral Fast Reactor. Those who are truly in the know told me this was a...
View ArticleTime to go against the Flow
“Anti-nuclear arguments of “too slow” and “too costly” ring hollow when smacked with simple numerical truths” This is an energy flow diagram for Australia in 2009/2010, taken from the Federal...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of the Seven Generations Approach
The following bit of wisdom can be found adorning the bumpers and t-shirts of environmentalists everywhere. It even get’s its own brand of cleaning products to make people feel a...
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