I don’t disagree with your claim about financial cost. I do however think it is a price worth paying to sustain a nuclear trained workforce, capable of delivering complex projects such as this. The significant low carbon base-load is a nice bonus, as an addition to renewables
HPC is the first new nuclear in the UK in a generation, lessons learned during construction should mean the same design at Sizewell will be cheaper…
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Strong flag game over at the Sustainable Earth Institute today @plymouthuni
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A shame to see confidence eroding, perhaps no surprise given shortage of willing communities and options for siting
I think the biggest challenge we have in the UK is our cultural landscape, it is very difficult to have a grown up conversation without sensationalist intervention
Public consent can mean a range of things, I’m sure the Swiss ‘geology first’ implementer would argue public consent was very much part of their siting process
Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.
Pretty sure it’s in all biosolids applied to land. Not even tested for here in UK… yet applied liberally to arable land near us. This also happens to be chalk downland, the regions main public water supply aquifer lies beneath
Absolutely, great to see such a diverse range of talks and insights into the many new projects being developed
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I’ve been wanting to investigate this, but acquiring samples legitimately is the main hurdle. I hear that the UK water industry (UKWIR) is starting to confront this issue, but we still know far to little
Setback for UK nuclear waste Geological Disposal Programme as East Lindsey indicate they will withdraw from the siting process. www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/article/2798...
As @doctorvive.bsky.social points out in her book, the CCS industry is a remarkable shape shifter.
It is simultaneously both:
An incipient invention in need of major state support & subsidies; &
A tried & tested technology that can be relied on to deliver net-zero
So while its correct that some wastes from our existing stockpiles can be processed for use in new reactors, this does not solve our complex and substantial legacy waste problem. Ultimately we need to press ahead with our geological disposal facility
Further to this, SMRs require a higher enriched fuel than conventional reactors - due to the need to sustain fission in smaller cores - which leads to hotter wastes. These wastes then need longer to cool at surface before disposal, with associated societal risks
Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for reuse generates additional volumes waste, through direct contamination and activation. We have a lot of experience of this in the UK with Magnox and THORP at Sellafield
Whilst SMRs and nuclear new build generally seems a good idea to me, it is not correct to suggest that SMRs solve our nuclear waste problem…
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Pipes and valves like you’d find under your sink on the ground, small grey box with wire
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Microplastics seem to get everywhere… out with @britgeosurvey.bsky.social on Dartmoor today, seeing whether they’re in groundwater and upland catchments
The UK is out on a limb here!
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Two people with hard hats holding a measuring tape against a rock face, others watching on
Super few days out and about in Somerset this week measuring some rocks!
An open door for biomethane, however ‘green’ it is claimed to be, is an open door for natural gas
Perfect day for some geology! Not so perfect if you wanted a swim…
Brilliant, let’s produce huge volumes of another synthetic material to release to the environment, I’m sure metal-organic framework nanoparticles will prove to be completely benign 🙄
I normally say that you don’t need to if it’s (very) common knowledge… would be interested if others have a different opinion
