#nuclear energy!

[deepwaterwritingprompts]

Text: As security for the nuclear energy plant, I mostly turn away dying gods. Desperate for one more taste of such power, they will say and do anything to get me to let them in.

#creative writing #writing prompts #nuclear energy #heaven and hell

[cannibalcaprine]

WE GOT FUSION

THE ONLY FUEL WE NEED NOW IS HYDROGEN, THE MOST PLENTIFUL ELEMENT IN THE ENTIRE GODDAMN UNIVERSE

WE'RE PROGRESSING AS A SPECIES, WE GOT FROM FIRE TO COAL TO HARNESSING THE VERY POWER THAT BURNS THE STARS

IM SO PROUD OF US

#fusion #nuclear fusion #physics #energy #green energy

[humanoidhistory]

Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Station, Germany. Photo by Martin Langer.

#nuclear power #electricity #photography #architecture #nuclear #germany #grafenrheinfeld #energy

[enobariasteeth]

RIP Tim Drake. you would've loved the original Coca Cola that had cocaine in it.

#he's got his fucking nuclear energy drinks though #so I guess he'll be alright. #beverage boy #tim drake #love that loser #(affectionate) #batman #dc #dcu #batfam

[stinkcoke]

Saloonatics yuri...

yeah

#it takes a lot in me to be normal about ell i could probably power a nuclear power plant with the amount of energy i hold back #eddsworld #ellsworld #silly art

[mindblowingscience]

Scientists have discovered the first indication of nuclear fission occurring amongst the stars. The discovery supports the idea that when neutron stars smash together, they create "superheavy" elements — heavier than the heaviest elements of the periodic table — which then break down via nuclear fission to birth elements like the gold in your jewelry. Nuclear fission is basically the opposite of nuclear fusion. While nuclear fusion refers to the smashing of lighter elements to create heavier elements, nuclear fission is a process that sees energy released when heavy elements split apart to create lighter elements. Nuclear fission is pretty well known, too. It's actually the basis of energy-generating nuclear power plants here on Earth — however, it had not been seen occurring amongst the stars before now.  "People have thought fission was happening in the cosmos, but to date, no one has been able to prove it," Matthew Mumpower, research co-author and a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, said in a statement.

Continue Reading.

#Science #Space #Chemistry #Nuclear Fission #Neutron Stars #Energy

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

March 3rd, 1917: Egyptian nuclear physics Sameera Moussa was born. She was an activist for peaceful uses of nuclear energy, especially as a form of cancer treatment. She was the first woman to work at Cairo University and the first person of color to be allowed to visit secret US atomic facilities—a highly controversial event.

#history #world history #egyptian history #women of color #women in stem #nuclear energy

[mapsontheweb]

End of Nuclear power in Germany this week. Energy production from 2000 until today.

by u/Detektiv_Mittens

Closed nuclear power plants replaced mostly by coal power plants.

The ‘intensive use’ of German coal power plants lead to additional emissions of 15.8 million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, according to a report by consultancy Energy Brainpool commissioned by Green Planet Energy. Due to the energy crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Germany temporarily reopened decommissioned and soon-to-be decommissioned coal power plants last year to avert gas shortages, which resulted in more CO2 being released. According to the authors, the emissions are ‘additional’ because they are not accounted for in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). Germany's total emissions amounted to about 750 million tonnes last year.

#maps #Detektiv_Mittens #germany #nuclear power plants #renewable energy #animated maps

[northern-punk-lad]

I think regardless of your opinion on nuclear energy I think we do need to talk about the risks because even if it is the safest energy nothing is 100% safe and we need to be honest with that and come up with plans to protect people

#nuclear power #nuclear energy

[oldguydoesstuff]

Cherenkov Radiation being emitted by the underwater core of the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at the Idaho National Laboratory.

The distinctive blue glow occurs when atomic particles become electrically charged and are accelerated beyond the speed of light, emitting photons in the process in a blue/violet spectrum.

Beyond the speed of light you say? Impossible right? In a vacuum, yes. But light travels much slower in water and it becomes possible for electrons and protons to actually move faster because water slows them down less.

Nice explanation of how it works

#nuclear #atomic energy #Cherenkov Radiation #physics

[humanoidhistory]

Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, Germany.

(Deutsche Fotothek)

#nuclear #nuclear power #gundremmingen #architecture #energy #climate change #atomic

[politijohn]

Source

#green energy #science #news #environmentalism #energy #nuclear #nuclear energy #current events #important

[alpaca-clouds]

About Nucear Permanent Disposal Sites

So, a couple of days ago someone commented under my one blog about nuclear energy what boiled down to: "But what about the waste? We need to take responsibility for the next thousands of years of humanity!" And yes, that is very much the favorite argument for the anti-nuclear lobby... and it is pretty much based on the science of the 1980s.

What a lot of people do not understand is:

How little nuclear waste we actually have.

How little of that waste is actually the highly radiating stuff.

How well we can contain this stuff.

That we actually have figured out a solution for permanent disposal.

First need about nuclear waste you have to understand that most of it is not that dangerous. Most of the waste we get out of the nuclear facilities is actually just stuff that was around the radiation and got slightly radiated. 90% of all nuclear waste is stuff like items that just happened to be within the nuclear facilities for a long while. Tools, wortk clothing and so on. This stuff radiates, yes, but it is technically not dangerous levels AND it will stop doing so within 100 years max. We literally do not need to worry about it. Those yellow barrels you will keep seeing in old media that somehow end up mutating people? Yeah, those are used for this kind of waste. And to be quite frank, we are super extra that we store this either way. Because we have waste from other types of facilities (like coal power, but also from places like airport) where this kinda waste also happens and we... just throw it away normally.

Then there is about 7% of nuclear waste that is a bit more radiated. This is mostly metal parts and such that were in direct contact with the nuclear elements. This gets more radiated and as such will radiate for a longer time. But, this, too, is radation that will be gone or down to safe levels within a few centuries.

Only 3% is waste, that is high-level radiating and even from this not all will radiate for millennia! In fact we have gotten real good with recycling this high-level waste and if we are now talking SciFi scenarios like Solarpunk, we could actually just switch to thorium based reactors, where almost all of it is recyclable.

But... Even with the high level radiating stuff that we cannot recycle and need to permanently store, we... actually long have a solution for it.

You have to realize that those fuel cells are actually pretty small. And that we have materials that can basically protect you from the radiation. So, we basically just take those small spend fuel cells, put them into glass, put that into several layers of metal, put all of that into a deep, deep hole the ground and then fill everything up with clay. And... done.

Chances are: Nobody is gonna find it. Because it is gonna be so deep underground. Even if they did: It is protected enough that nobody is gonna die of radiation poisoning directly. Not only that: But the best rock material to burry this stuff in, is already radiating. So... Like, duh. We already have super radiactive stuff in nature.

And even if someone got radiation poisoning... Unless you suppose that humans of the future are dumber than most animals... They will learn: "Dude died. Area bad. Do not dig there."

Scientifically speaking... The entire nuclear waste thing is such a fucking non-issue, that keeps getting pushed up mostly by fossil fuels (that, again, also produce radiating waste!) to keep folks from going for a full renewable + nuclear energy mix. Aka: The clean option.

The reason why so many politicians do not just agree to those disposal options is that a) they do not understand it themselves and b) nor do their constituents and there is sooooo much fearmongering about this going on.

Again, I am not saying that we should go full nuclear energy. But rather for an energy mix of renewables and nuclear. Be CO2 neutral. Because I can tell you one thing: If we do not do that, there are not gonna be humans in 3023 we have to worry about. Because they are all fucking dead, with the planet being inhospitable to life.

#nuclear #nuclear energy #nuclear power #science #science communication #fearmongering #science fiction #better future #going green

[mindblowingscience]

Scientists in Britain announced Thursday they had smashed a record for generating fusion energy in the final experiment using the Joint European Torus (JET) machines. Nuclear fusion is the same process that the sun uses to generate heat. Proponents believe it could one day help tackle climate change by providing an abundant, safe and clean source of energy.

Continue Reading.

#Science #Energy #Physics #Nuclear Fusion #Renewables #Britain

[macleod]

Becoming increasingly convinced that high-speed rail might be the only economically viable (megacorp and politicapitalism friendly…) thing that can drastically lower the cost of living for everyone while additionally massively increasing general economic gains and aide in scientific and knowledge seeking innovations.

Between high speed rail, nuclear energy, and hydrogen development, we would could seriously launch this planet into the future at breakneck speeds.

#not that it took much convincing #politicapitalism #(is that a word? it should be #the cross between corporate lobbying and politics) #high speed rail #trains #megacorp #nuclear energy #hydrogen #mine #that it #it would solve so many social issues by spreading and connecting the populace over large areas

[troythecatfish]

#tumblr memes #meme #memes #nuclear power #nuclear #green energy #green power #meme humor #best memes #memesdaily #environmental #environmentallyfriendly #shitpost #political memes #political humor #political shitposting #humor #humour #funny but true #funny because it's true #funny memes #true memes #funny stuff #funny #funny post #funny shit #funny content #ha ha funny #spilled truth #its the truth