/r/NuclearEnergy
For the civil discussion of all things related to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Nuclear Energy
For the civil discussion of all things nuclear and nuclear energy.
Quick Facts
- Nuclear power provided ~5.7% of global energy & 13% global electricity, in 2012.
- In 2012, 437 nuclear reactors (many not operational) existed in 31 different countries.
- More than 150 naval vessels using nuclear propulsion have been built.
Rules
- No personal attacks.
- No spam.
- Talk about nuclear energy.
Guidelines
We want everyone to feel comfortable asking questions even if they are framed with a tone of hostility towards nuclear energy. Do your best to inform and not insult.
Nuclear energy has its issues, we want to discuss these with great detail. Be honest about nuclear and provide proposed solutions to its current issues.
Understand that nuclear energy is complicated and has been given a negative stigma to the layman. Try not to attack someone for being against nuclear out of fear, take the chance to instead educate.
Begginer's Guide to Nuclear
What is Nuclear?
- How does nuclear power work?
- What makes nuclear plants safe?
- Where do we get the fuel from?
- Where do we store the waste?
What about Nuclear accidents?
- What caused Fukushima/3-Mile/Chernobyl?
- What effects did Fukushima/3-Mile/Chernobyl have on environments?
- What effects did Fukushima/3-Mile/Chernobyl have on organisms?
How much does it cost?
- TBC
What needs improvement?
- TBC
What solutions are there?
- TBC
Reactor Types
Fast Breeder
Light Water Reactor (LWR)
Heavy Water Reactor (HWR)
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Nuclear Energy Stocks To Take Off?
17:51 UTC
Thoughts on starting a business in the nuclear industry , possibly in engineering / construction Any thoughts of what kind of business can serve the nuclear boom we are going to experience with smr etc
04:34 UTC
Fusion
16:22 UTC
Steel Maker ThyssenKrupp to Slash 11,000 Jobs in Germany.
In large part because Energy in Germany is so expensive compared to China and France, massive layoffs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/business/thyssenkrupp-job-cuts-germany.html NYT 20241125
Solar panels cannot be made in Germany because the energy cost is too high.
As China pushes the cost of energy down 10x with innovative manufacturable reactors, the cost of solar panels could come down 8x. Such manufactured products costs are dominated by embedded energy.
It's hard for nuclear energy to kill solar, but it's so-far proven impossible to make solar without nuclear (or dirty coal, gas).
Exporting Pollution and Jobs to China is not something to be proud of.
22:13 UTC
DUKE NUKELEAR ENERGY - ATOMIC POWER GENERATION ROCKS BABY -dunk on petroplebs allways no matter y/d
11:12 UTC
Flexibility of nuclear
02:21 UTC
Nuclear energy is the future
09:06 UTC
Trying to understand Chernobyl
What is an absorber and a moderator and what type was used? Also what do they do?
22:36 UTC
5 ways nuclear can power the future
01:40 UTC
Nuclear power by country
02:45 UTC
Small modular reactors
14:15 UTC
Four benefits of small modular reactors
12:49 UTC
Long time lurker, why is this person a mod of the 2nd most popular nuclear subreddit?
I have been reading through the different posts recently and discovered this person bans anyone who comes to a disagreement. It's pretty messed up. Their comments are so often and constant and they're always 100% anti nuclear energy.
I'm not sure about you, but for me, this person has clearly never worked in energy or completed an engineering or physics degree... or perhaps even left their mother's basement. That comment I circled in blue is of pure unadulterated ignorance. Pathetic.
16:31 UTC
Fast facts on nuclear energy
11:44 UTC
Why Big Tech is Betting on Nuclear Energy to Fuel AI: Mapping Insights from 105 Articles Across 74 Outlets
00:14 UTC
Big Tech's energy needs mean nuclear power is getting a fresh look from electricity providers #nuclearenergy
Big Tech's energy needs mean nuclear power is getting a fresh look from electricity providers
#nuclearenergy
https://candorium.com/news/20241017100128049/big-techs-energy-needs-mean-nuclear-power-is-getting-a-fresh-look-from-electricity-providers
17:13 UTC
Global nuclear energy
08:47 UTC
Ways nuclear can power the future
18:56 UTC
NYT Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80
"What About the excess American warheads we don't need?
NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/europe/thomas-l-neff-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80
An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.
A great "nameless" man who scored the best victory against nuclear war ever. And the greatest single victory in saving lives by avoiding Coal use, by supplying cheaper toxic-emissions free Uranium, ever.
How come Megatons to Megawatts isn't part of every conversation about the future of energy?
Every nuclear power plant helps prevent nuclear war- because nuclear wars start with war, and fossil fuels conflicts are usually the cause of all big US wars back to WWII. Vietnam excepted.
See GotNuclear.net for more on some of the lives saved by the nuclear fleet in the US, japan, and europe.
Neff's work is not done. None of the excess US warhead material supply has been downconverted for use in power plants. Why not? We have way more than we need no matter how hawkish you are.ctroncapture
01:46 UTC
Professional opinion inquiry for applied doctorate dissertation - reprocessing spent fuel and domestic energy security policies
Hello nuclear friends, I am currently doing a doctoral dissertation on reprocessing spent fuel and energy security policies. I'm collecting individual professional opinions (NOT representing your organization), so if anyone has time, please follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9RGX6FQ
Thank you!
19:03 UTC