It should be made illegal to sell this off to foreign investors.
AstroZombie1 on
We should have switched our power generation to nuclear over a decade ago but as ever there’s never any long term planning in this country.
all_about_that_ace on
The best time to invest in this was 30 years ago, the second best time is right now. We can’t change the past but I’m glad were doing something to fix this now.
BoingBoingBooty on
This is all well and good, but what we really need to do is make a reactor that can use up the plutonium mountain that was created by reprocessing at sellafield for decades.
There’s a giant heap of the stuff and it’s just a useless burden because of the security cos it can be used for nuclear weapons. They need to make a reactor that can use the stuff up and be rid of it.
Boul_D_Rer on
We have long term planning at home… initiates brexit.
Reasonable_Blood6959 on
Should’ve been going nuclear for decades and shame it’s taken Russia invading Ukraine to do it, but very very glad to see this.
Given we don’t have Tsunamis, Earthquakes, and had developed much better tech than the Soviets compared to Chernobyl, I have absolutely no idea why western developed countries didn’t plow money into Nuclear Fission over 20 years ago.
It generates zero carbon, and the entire worlds usage of Nuclear Waste through the entire of history could fit into an Olympic swimming pool, and multiple studies have shows the background radiation standing next to Nuclear Facilities is far far less than being on an aeroplane.
That being said, I’m very very glad we’re genuinely one of the world leaders in Wind, but Fusion will genuinely solve the energy crisis, and presumably therefore make a massive step towards solving the climate crisis.
When Labour inevitably win the next GE I hope they keep investing in Nuclear and don’t bow to the Greens who want to stop it.
MidnightFisting on
Uranium fever has done and got me down,
Uranium fever is spreadin’ all around,
With a Geiger counter in my hand,
I’m a-goin’ out to stake me some government land,
Uranium fever has done and got me down
🗿
merryman1 on
Was up near Sellafield last week chatting with one of the teams working on this stuff! Really fascinating developments going on and some proper investment in a UK industry for once, which is great to see. Still don’t think we should put our eggs in one basket with nuclear but its good to see proper financial commitment rather than the drip drip of a few million quid here and there over a couple of decades that I think we’ve all come to know and expect.
9 Comments
[deleted]
It should be made illegal to sell this off to foreign investors.
We should have switched our power generation to nuclear over a decade ago but as ever there’s never any long term planning in this country.
The best time to invest in this was 30 years ago, the second best time is right now. We can’t change the past but I’m glad were doing something to fix this now.
This is all well and good, but what we really need to do is make a reactor that can use up the plutonium mountain that was created by reprocessing at sellafield for decades.
There’s a giant heap of the stuff and it’s just a useless burden because of the security cos it can be used for nuclear weapons. They need to make a reactor that can use the stuff up and be rid of it.
We have long term planning at home… initiates brexit.
Should’ve been going nuclear for decades and shame it’s taken Russia invading Ukraine to do it, but very very glad to see this.
Given we don’t have Tsunamis, Earthquakes, and had developed much better tech than the Soviets compared to Chernobyl, I have absolutely no idea why western developed countries didn’t plow money into Nuclear Fission over 20 years ago.
It generates zero carbon, and the entire worlds usage of Nuclear Waste through the entire of history could fit into an Olympic swimming pool, and multiple studies have shows the background radiation standing next to Nuclear Facilities is far far less than being on an aeroplane.
That being said, I’m very very glad we’re genuinely one of the world leaders in Wind, but Fusion will genuinely solve the energy crisis, and presumably therefore make a massive step towards solving the climate crisis.
When Labour inevitably win the next GE I hope they keep investing in Nuclear and don’t bow to the Greens who want to stop it.
Uranium fever has done and got me down,
Uranium fever is spreadin’ all around,
With a Geiger counter in my hand,
I’m a-goin’ out to stake me some government land,
Uranium fever has done and got me down
🗿
Was up near Sellafield last week chatting with one of the teams working on this stuff! Really fascinating developments going on and some proper investment in a UK industry for once, which is great to see. Still don’t think we should put our eggs in one basket with nuclear but its good to see proper financial commitment rather than the drip drip of a few million quid here and there over a couple of decades that I think we’ve all come to know and expect.