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"A major fire has engulfed BAE Systems’ shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, #Cumbria, which builds Britain’s new generation of #nuclear #submarines.

Two people were taken to a hospital for suspected smoke inhalation after the fire broke out at the site around 12.30am on Wednesday.

Police said there was “no nuclear risk” from the incident.

“At this time there are no other casualties and everyone else has been evacuated from the Devonshire Dock Hall and are accounted for,” a statement from Cumbria Constabulary read.

BAE’s site in Barrow-in-Furness manufactures the Royal Navy’s Astute and Dreadnought submarines and is the second-largest indoor shipbuilding complex in Europe, covering around six acres.

Photos on social media showed large #flames ripping through a tall building and smoke billowing into the air. Police advised people living nearby to remain indoors and to keep doors and windows closed."

Update: REMINDER: #FIRE IN IRANIAN #NUCLEAR POWER PLANT!

It is no small thing that happened #yesterday in #Iran and yet there is still no official statement about what really happened. Well, - in war, martial law prevails in the press and so far there has only been a confirmation with a one-liner in the Jerusalem Post (https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-825932),

Fire breaks out at Iranian power plant, Iranian media silent - report

A fire broke out at the Karaj nuclear power plant, according to reports by regime opposition activists cited i

17.10.2024 Not Welcome Mr. President

For peace in Ukraine and the Middle East

“Mr. President: You are not welcome until you take your weapons out of Germany.
We don't want Dark Eagles and nuclear weapons. Stop your wars.”

With these words, US President Biden was disinvited last night before his visit to Germany began. Activists from Aktion Freiheit statt Angst e.V. were also present when several hundred Berliners gathered at the Brandenburg Gate under the slogan “Not Welcome Mr. President”.

The press release on the Friko Berlin event states:

Peace Coordination Berlin is calling for a protest against US President Biden's visit to Berlin on Thursday, October 17. Our protest is directed against the planned deployment of US medium-range missiles, the modernization of US nuclear weapons and their storage in Germany, the aggressive war policy of the USA towards Russia and the refusal of any diplomatic solutions as well as the open preparation of a war against China. Added to this is the current escalation in West Asia (Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen).

Jutta Kausch-Henken from the Berlin Peace Coordination says: “The USA has been supporting the genocide in Gaza for a year and is backing the brutal, deadly invasion of Lebanon. Even a war with Iran is not being ruled out and is possibly already being prepared behind closed doors. We are taking to the streets to protest against the German government's active support for this criminal US policy all over the world and the German government's silence on Israel's war crimes.”

That is why we are also supporting the protest on October 18 by an alliance of humanitarian and peace movement groups who have called for a rally in front of the Federal Chancellery from 5 - 7 p.m. under the title “For a just peace in Palestine and Israel”.

Friko-Berlin

Read more at https://friko-berlin.de
Category[18]: Press releases Short link to this page: a-fsa.de/d/3Dm
Link to this page: https://www.aktion-freiheitstattangst.org/de/articles/8937-20241018-not-welcome-mr-president.html
Link in the Tor network: http://a6pdp5vmmw4zm5tifrc3qo2pyz7mvnk4zzimpesnckvzinubzmioddad.onion/de/articles/8937-20241018-not-welcome-mr-president.html
Tags: #Rally #BrandenburgerTor #Friko #BidenNotWelcome #Ukraine #Russia #Israel #Palestine #nuclear weapons #military #Bundeswehr #armament #arms exports #drones #peace #war #peace education #human rights #civilian clauses #DarkEagle #medium-range missiles

DD Geopolitics sur X : "🇮🇷☢️ BREAKING: Armenian Seismic Station Detects Possible Explosion in Iran

An Armenian station detected a 4.6 magnitude seismic event in Iran last night. Researchers noted that it lacked a seismic compressional wave, making the event more consistent with an explosion rather than an earthquake.

The seismic activity was centered in the Kavir desert near the town of Aradan, and comparisons between typical earthquake vibrations and nuclear tests suggest this event more closely resembles a nuclear test. Notably, no aftershocks were recorded, which is another clue pointing to an explosion rather than natural seismic activity.

#geopolitics #nuclear #war
https://xcancel.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1842977474113851444

https://twitter.com/i/status/1841851563398332696

Aussie Cossack on X

Description:

#Ukraine just launched 4 missiles at #Russia's #Kursk #Nuclear #Power Plant! Russian authorities report no excess radiation detected. The situation is under control.

This is #madness. Zelensky is dangerously desperate!

Hanford: What a Waste - by Madi Hilly - Splitting the Atom

#nuclear #energy

"Cleaning up" the site will create more pollution than doing nothing... Nuclear is incredibly safe.

there is plenty of evidence to thoroughly assess the environmental and health risks from Hanford, covering both past operations and future exposures. It does not take much digging to discover that the gulf between public and scientific understanding of Hanford is enormous.

https://madihilly.substack.com/p/hanford-what-a-waste

Hanford: What a Waste

America has a massive, unresolved waste problem at the Hanford Site in Washington with no clear end in sight

https://www.bitchute.com/video/ntgW3SD1jsM

#duran

Big change in #Russia’s #nuclear #doctrine

Big change in Russia's nuclear doctrine

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... policymakers in both the #US and #Europe are undertaking increasingly brazen acts of escalation designed to bring Russia to the breaking point, all premised on the assumption that all so-called “red lines” established by #Russia regarding escalation are illusionary— Russia, they believe, is bluffing.

And if Russia is not bluffing?

Then, the western-generated scenario paints an apocalyptic picture which has a weak, defeated Russia using #nuclear #weapons against #Ukraine in a last, desperate act of vengeance.
From

Life, Pre-empted

What would you do to save Democracy?

"Oracle is designing a data center that would be powered by three small nuclear reactors" alrighty then.

The data center will require more than a gigawatt of electricity.

The article says the location has been chosen and building permits obtained, but the nuclear reactor designs have not been revealed.

"Small modular nuclear reactors are new designs that promise to speed the deployment of reliable, carbon-free energy as power demand rises from data centers, manufacturing and the broader electrification of the economy. Generally, these reactors are 300 megawatts or less, about a third the size of the typical reactor in the current US fleet."

Oracle is designing a data center that would be powered by three small nuclear reactors

#solidstatelife #energy #nuclear

Oracle is designing a data center that would be powered by three small nuclear reactors

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison did not disclose the location of the data center or the future reactors.

With new #nuclear stagnating and #renewables soaring – the sober reality is that nuclear #power is just too costly and too late amid crisis

Many governments around the world are under enormous pressure to expand funding for nuclear power, usually accompanied by claims that nuclear must or will play a key role in achieving climate change targets. However, the fact is that nuclear technology is in decline, and for good reason. Nuclear energy’s share of global electricity production has decreased from 17.5% (1996) to 9.2% (2023), largely due to the high costs of, and delays to, building and operating nuclear reactors.

Governments must resist pressures from the nuclear industry to fund this declining technology. These resources should be used to fund renewables and #energy storage or management options – these can and will deliver climate change objectives more abundantly, reliably, quickly, and cost-effectively.

New nuclear promotional pressure can be seen in three areas: funding for the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), financing new large reactors, and paying for life extension of existing reactors as they reach the end of their design life. These pressures on governments can be seen in five of the major nuclear-generating countries: the USA, France, Canada, Japan, and the UK.

#climateChange

https://bylines.scot/environment/the-future-of-new-nuclear/

The future of new nuclear - Bylines Scotland

With new nuclear stagnating and renewables soaring – the sober reality is that nuclear power is just too costly and too late amid crisis

Presidential Candidate Jill Stein on Fighting The US War Machine

In the third episode of The Racket, Journalist and Author Matt #Kennard speaks to #American physician, activist, and Green Party presidential candidate Jill #Stein ‪@JillStein2024‬. They discuss #US foreign policy, #corruption and #empire, renewed #fears of #Nuclear #war and Julian Assange & Edward Snowden's place in The White House.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs3CqUWmNUU

Obrigado; @mulk@diasp.eu

"nuclear is safe"

Hanford has 1,000s of sites where nuclear waste was dumped in ditches, and is now in soil and plants. When fire finally does cross the reservation, it will re-aerosolize these radionuclides:

"350 acres burn near massive Hanford nuclear waste plant in Eastern WA, diverting workers"

"A third aging underground tank at the Hanford nuclear site is suspected of leaking highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste into the ground, the Department of Energy said Thursday":

"Eastern WA nuclear workers who inhaled plutonium, radioactive particles are suing"

"A major #radioactive contamination threat to the Columbia River should be removed at the #Hanford #nuclear site before the end of summer.

"Hanford workers have started to pump contaminated water from the final basin of the nuclear reservation’s nine reactors along the Columbia River.

"'This effort will eliminate the risk of a leak of contaminated water to the groundwater about a quarter-mile from the Columbia River,' said Andy Wiborg, the Department of Energy acting deputy assistant manager for river and plateau cleanup."

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article291191545.html
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article291084975.html
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article290100019.html
https://news.yahoo.com/news/being-done-now-radioactive-water-181740119.html

Ukrainian soldiers write

If according to our American allies we put a giant screw on our ally Germany and blew the hell out of those Russian gas pipelines, what prevents us from doing +- the same thing, only against our enemy. That's right, nothing! Soon we'll see oroch kids beating in radioactive agony. That'll be a shame for the war, for all the sacrifices, and for our retreats.

https://t.me/odshbr_79/4321

#germany #nordstream #NATO #USA #US #warmongers #Penatgon #deepstate #american #ukrainian #nuclear #terrorism #ukraine #war #Russia #Kursk

79 окрема десантно-штурмова Таврiйська бригада | Офіційний канал

Если по мнению наших американских союзников мы положили гигантский болт на нашего союзника Германию и взорвали к чертовой матери эти руснявые газопроводы, то что мешает нам сделать +- такое же, только против нашего противника. Правильно, ничего!...

#US #WEAPONS #DEATH #MILITARY #ARMY #USA #ARMES #SOLAR #DRONE #HUMAN #HUMAIN #PROGRESS #progrès
and remember, #Nuclear is #green #energy
https://www.andysinger.com/sample8.html

About Nuclear Terrorism

But if Ukrainian chooses to dig in and transition the front into another artillery slug-fest, Russia will drown them in a sea of glide-bombs and massive artillery overmatch, destroying their static positions and turning it into another Khrynki-like bloodbath for the AFU. In fact, some have even suggested Putin may again “delay” their expulsion from the territory. I don’t think—as some others believe—it was a totally deliberate trap on the part of the Russian MOD, to lure the AFU into Kursk, but now that they’re here, Putin may take advantage of it by delaying their expulsion in order to openly grind up the AFU’s last remaining elite units, just like in Khrynki. After all, never interrupt your opponent when he’s making a grave mistake—if he presents an opportunity to defeat him at scale in a way that could accelerate the end of the war, then why not?

Don’t forget, the long-rumored “true offensive” was going to focus on the Zaporozhye plant in Energodar. Rezident-UA channel believes that could still be the play, with the Kursk as the first misdirection phase. Zelensky may have signaled such intentions by bombing ZNPP today, showing his obsession with the plant remains a primary focus.

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-81124-desperate-for-escalation

#ukraine #ukrainian #military #nuclear #terrorism #Zelensky #AFU #Kursk #Russia #Zaporozhye #war #gamble for #NATO #vassalage

SITREP 8/11/24: Desperate for Escalation, Zelensky Bombs Zaporozhye Nuke Plant in Frustration

Today Zelensky’s forces appeared to bomb the Zaporozhye nuclear plant:

"AI is teaming up with nuclear power. And while that may seem like a worrisome bit straight out of a science fiction movie, chemical engineering professor Matt Memmott says it's not what it sounds like; no one is giving AI the nuclear codes. It's all about speeding up the process to get more nuclear power online."

Oh, I wasn't thinking "giving AI the nuclear codes". I was thinking "hallucinated nuclear reactor design". But, let's continue.

"The typical time frame and cost to license a new nuclear reactor design in the United States is roughly 20 years and $1 billion. To then build that reactor requires an additional five years and between $5 and $30 billion. By using AI in the time-consuming computational design process, Memmott estimates a decade or more could be cut off the overall timeline, saving millions and millions of dollars in the process -- which should prove critical given the nation's looming energy needs."

"Our demand for electricity is going to skyrocket in years to come..."

"Designing and building a nuclear reactor is so complex and time consuming because it requires multi-scale efforts, according to Memmott. Engineers deal with elements from neutrons on the quantum scale all the way up to coolant flow and heat transfer on the macro scale. He also said there are multiple layers of physics that are 'tightly coupled' in that process: the movement of neutrons is tightly coupled to the heat transfer which is tightly coupled to materials which is tightly coupled to the corrosion which is coupled to the coolant flow."

"When I was at Westinghouse it took the team of neutron guys six months just to run one of their complete-core multi-physics models."

"Memmott's research proves the concept of replacing a portion of the required thermal hydraulic and neutronics simulations with a trained machine learning model to predict temperature profiles based on geometric reactor parameters that are variable, and then optimizing those parameters. The result would create an optimal nuclear reactor design at a fraction of the computational expense required by traditional design methods."

BYU engineering research finds key to quicker nuclear power: artificial intelligence

#solidstatelife #ai #energy #nuclearenergy #nuclear

BYU engineering research finds key to quicker nuclear power: artificial intelligence

A BYU professor has figured out a way to shave years off the complicated design and licensing processes for modern nuclear reactors: artificial intelligence. That's right, nuclear power is teaming up with AI — but don't worry, no one is giving AI...

Hopefully same deal for the "white elephant" nuke plant in Clinton?

♲ DoomsdaysCW - 2024-07-28 15:48:44 GMT

More of this, please...!Feds pick #Hanford #nuclear site for massive #SolarFarm

By Conrad Swanson
July 25, 2024

"While Washington struggles to contend with surging demand for electricity, federal officials on Thursday announced plans for a massive solar farm on the Hanford nuclear site.

"The U.S. Department of Energy is negotiating a real estate deal with Chicago-based #HecateEnergy, which would build a solar farm across 8,000 acres of federally owned lands on the heavily #polluted site.

"If built as planned, the project would have the ability to generate up to a gigawatt of renewable energy, and would rank among the largest solar installations in the country. That’s about enough energy to power half of Seattle City Light’s customers during record peak demand.

"The project would also include #battery storage, which is a critical component that allows electricity generated by solar power to be used at times when the sun isn’t shining.

"Producing #RenewableEnergy at the #HanfordSite would mark a substantial new chapter for the land.

"The site covers 560 square miles, nearly half the size of Rhode Island, said Sean O’Brien, executive director of the renewable nonprofit Energy Forward Alliance. For decades, the government made plutonium for nuclear weapons there.

"Despite its history — and contamination — large swaths of the site are not #radioactive, O’Brien said. And local organizations like his and the Tri-City Development Council share a vision for the place to be a national hub of clean energy generation.

"The solar array and battery storage would make up just one portion, albeit a large one, of the site’s renewable energy potential, Reeploeg and O’Brien said.

"The partnership between federal officials and Hecate — representatives for which could not immediately be reached for comment — could sidestep major hurdles these types of massive projects face, said Glenn Blackmon, manager of Washington’s Energy Policy Office."

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/feds-pick-hanford-nuclear-site-for-massive-solar-farm/

#SolarFarms #SolarEnergy #RenewablesNow #EnergyStorge #Brownfield #WashingtonState

DoomsdaysCW (@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social)

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Safety warnings as #Torness #nuclear plant sees increase in cracks

The cracks were detected in April 2024 and were “at the upper end of expectations”. The first three cracks were discovered at Torness in February 2022. That's risen to 46 cracks.

Spreading cracks could result in debris inhibiting the cooling of hot #radioactive fuel. This can lead to a reactor #meltdown, which can result in the escape of radioactivity into the environment.

The station was originally scheduled to close in 2023, and in 2016 its expected life was extended to 2030.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24465709.safety-warnings-torness-nuclear-plant-sees-increase-cracks/

#PeopleNotProfits #NuclearPower #safety

'Gambling with public safety': Warnings as cracks rise at Torness nuclear plant

THE number of cracks in the core of an ageing nuclear reactor at Torness in East Lothian has risen to 46, prompting warnings that prolonging its…

"TerraPower starts construction of Natrium reactor in Wyoming." "The project features a 345MW sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten salt-based energy storage system, which can boost the system's output to 500MW of power when needed. According to TerraPower, the storage component allows the plant to integrate seamlessly with renewable resources."

"TerraPower Chairman and Founder, Bill Gates," -- wait, that Bill Gates? Apparently so -- "commented at the groundbreaking ceremony: 'I believe that TerraPower's next-generation nuclear energy will power the future of our nation -- and the world."

So the idea is the reactor is a "breeder" reactor where neutrons from fission "breed" more fissile material, in this case plutonium-239 (from depleted uranium). Liquid sodium is used as the coolant, which transfers the heat to molten salt. The molten salt tanks are used to generate steam, and the amount of steam generated can be cranked up or down to match electricity demand on a moment-by-moment basis. It is at this point where the "integrate seamlessly with renewable resources" objective is accomplished.

TerraPower starts construction of Natrium reactor in Wyoming

#energy #nuclear #breederreactor #liquidsodium

TerraPower starts construction of Natrium reactor in Wyoming - Power Engineering International

Construction has started on the Natrium reactor demonstration project, marking the first advanced reactor project to move from design into construction, according to TerraPower.

#Bear den or #nuclear waste storage? #indigenous
https://raventrust.com/story-of-makwa/

The Story of Makwa (Black Bear) - RAVEN

Kebaowek First Nation is challenging the decision of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in court to protect the sacred Kichi Sibi. Time and time again, we see industry and government evading the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous...