Yeah I was pretty much the same, Australia has ant-nuke sentiments bg time, and it still is.
I thought solar/wind/hydro would be all we needed,but the night time back up storage with big batteries only increases costs.
We have plenty of uranium in Australia, I think a network of mini nuclear power stations would be the perfect 24 hour back up solution to solar/wind, (no need for batteries then) if only the politicians would see the light?
Australia has what it takes to be a real nuclear powerhouse if it chooses! Not just the fact that it has amazing amounts of uranium, it has extraordinarily stable geologic characteristics for long-term storage and very good universities to feed the industry with scientists and engineers.
You will enjoy this episode of Robert Bryce’s Power Hungry podcast with University of Queensland professor Stephen Wilson who authored a recent report on the future of nuclear energy in Australia. It’s one of my favorite episodes of Power Hungry, which is one of my favorite podcasts.
Even Chernobyl, I would think 95%+ of people don't know that there were 4 reactors, the other 3 kept on working, the last one only shut down in 2000 because people paid them money to do so. If you give them the options I'd think they'd all choose that it was abandonned immediately because all they see is that one town they abandoned.
"It wasn’t until I started working as an energy reporter that I slowly started to realize that everything I assumed about nuclear energy was wrong, or at least greatly distorted."
--getting people to think for themselves. It's the only way to do it.
Yeah I was pretty much the same, Australia has ant-nuke sentiments bg time, and it still is.
I thought solar/wind/hydro would be all we needed,but the night time back up storage with big batteries only increases costs.
We have plenty of uranium in Australia, I think a network of mini nuclear power stations would be the perfect 24 hour back up solution to solar/wind, (no need for batteries then) if only the politicians would see the light?
Australia has what it takes to be a real nuclear powerhouse if it chooses! Not just the fact that it has amazing amounts of uranium, it has extraordinarily stable geologic characteristics for long-term storage and very good universities to feed the industry with scientists and engineers.
You will enjoy this episode of Robert Bryce’s Power Hungry podcast with University of Queensland professor Stephen Wilson who authored a recent report on the future of nuclear energy in Australia. It’s one of my favorite episodes of Power Hungry, which is one of my favorite podcasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AHHwQNPSHs
Speaking of going back in time, I read a lovely historical perspective on this and immediately thought of you! https://dgardner.substack.com/p/remembering-the-atomic-dream?s=r
Even Chernobyl, I would think 95%+ of people don't know that there were 4 reactors, the other 3 kept on working, the last one only shut down in 2000 because people paid them money to do so. If you give them the options I'd think they'd all choose that it was abandonned immediately because all they see is that one town they abandoned.
"It wasn’t until I started working as an energy reporter that I slowly started to realize that everything I assumed about nuclear energy was wrong, or at least greatly distorted."
--getting people to think for themselves. It's the only way to do it.