natmaka

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by natmaka 2y ago
> Attributing deaths to nuclear power due to political choices makes no sense. > These fatalities were completely unjustified At Fukushima part of the nuclear was judged necessary due to the nuclear accident.plant There is nothing &#
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> until much larger deposits were found When it comes to uranium this is a mere wish (low and decaying probability), as exploration is very efficient because major investments were made during the 1950's, in order to obtain stuff ne
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by natmaka 2y ago
> Americans pay an estimated $20 billion a year in subsidies to the oil and gas industry We agree: this is inept. However we probably also agree on the goal (get rid of fossil fuels), therefore the question is about the approach: which
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by natmaka 2y ago
Please search and find in its main framed concise exposé: "Deaths 1 confirmed from radiation (lung cancer, 4 years later), and 2,202 from evacuation."
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by natmaka 2y ago
> electricity prices in France are lower than other large European countries Allow me to repeat: the taxpayer (France is the worldwide champ when it comes to taxes) pays a hefty part of it. See the Cour des comptes report published in 2
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by natmaka 2y ago
Nope. "As of 2017, identified uranium reserves recoverable at US$130/kg were 6.14 million tons (compared to 5.72 million tons in 2015). At the rate of consumption in 2017, these reserves are sufficient for slightly over 130 years
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In the 1940's Fermi already saw it as the future. Then many projects, in numerous nations, progressed towards the most promising path (a sodium-cooled 'fast' breeder) architecture and sailed OK... in the lab. Then, since the
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by natmaka 2y ago
The real cost (including public money) of it is mind-boggling, and a serious accident cannot be ruled out. If uranium becomes difficult to import France will badly suffer. Then problems induced by real decommission costs and waste long-te
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by natmaka 2y ago
Where solar isn't adequate wind is often strong. Per capita energy (substitution method) from fossil fuel: - 2003: France 55% ; Denmark 91% France was betting on nuclear, Denmark bet on wind. - 2022: France 54% : Denmark 57% https:&#x
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This is even true at larger scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Kohr#The_Breakdown_of_...
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Thingies which manage automatically sometimes fail to adequately do so, and someone has then to act.
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Such a combination can become a leaf, triggering a new debate refining it further. I can't fathom a more practical way to explore a subject (and, if necessary, make a decision).
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... exposes to major accidents, creates a dependency towards uranium, may induce nuclear weapons proliferation, sometimes daunting decommission process (check the ongoing U.-K. programme)...
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In locations where wind regimes correlation to nearby other ones are among the lowest.
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by natmaka 2y ago
Already pointed here: avoid letting your nose pointing down (adjust your screen position, raise your smartphone while using it...). And avoid bad stress (=> relax). Do not sit down for more than approx 1 hour (=> periodically walk fo
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by natmaka 3y ago
The proverbial "bus factor": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor
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AFAIK the is more probable if at least one of them met the other species while being young. Ideal case: both individuals met while being newborns.
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Inertia ('habits') "at work".
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by natmaka 3y ago
Leopold Kohr summed it up: 'Whenever something is wrong, something is too big'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Kohr#The_Breakdown_of_...
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by natmaka 3y ago
Indeed, as we usually focus on economy of scale and neglect the law of diminishing returns.
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"PostgreSQL utility for creating a small, sample database from a larger one" https://github.com/mla/pg_sample
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by natmaka 3y ago
Did you check if Archive.org archived all your pieces, and everything you like? See: https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.vice.com/en/articl...
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by natmaka 3y ago
Recycling can reduce the pressure, counterbalancing diminishing density and ore grade. No fossil fuel can be recycled. When efficiency (gain/impacts, net energy gain...) declines being able to use a then-better substitute is key. Thi
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> You don't want to touch that complexity at all if you care about ultra low latency. This is less about a given criterion (such as ultra low latency) than about an adequate global performance (multiple requirements: max latency, av
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Someone in the know said that "Chernobyl was REAL reason behind Soviet Union's collapse" This may be a tad exaggerated, and the main reasons were indeed much more fundamental, but the impact was massive. It was the coup de g
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In such a context isn't the word 'tribe' more adequate than 'gang'?
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Other causes of pollution (related to lead, coal, copper...) aren't excuses for nuclear pollution. AFAIK more and more (many even most, nowadays, as it is legally mandatory in many European nations) are recycled.
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A large fraction of the design changes are mandatory, without even considering the local regulator, due to the sheer geographical difference between sites. Hinkley Point: tunnels (AFAIK: 9 km-long), a seawall... Even climate is a factor. Th
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Comparing South Korea's reactors reliability with their counterpart in the US or in the UK without taking into account their age isn't realistic. Moreover in South Korea some nifty lil'tricks may alleviate some of maintenance
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China, nowadays by far the leader when it comes to building reactors and already exploiting 2 of such EPRs, is running away from this project: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-13/hinkley-p...

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