chris keefer
@Dr_Keefer
ER Doc. Climate & anti-pollution activist. President Canadians for Nuclear Energy: http://c4ne.ca Host Decouple Podcast: https://www.decouple.media/ris15401
The Uses and Abuses of Ontario's Nuclear Fleet in the Australian Energy Debate are Many. Lets dive in for a deeper understanding. Ontario’s electricity system is often cited as an example of an affordable, low emissions, generation mix, particularly by Peter Dutton, leader of…
Here’s a great podcast on the latest developments in solar energy, panel manufacturing and the possible future impact of solar, from @Dr_Keefer No bs show, as usual. Just facts. 👍 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dec…
Russia is building a nuclear-powered mining economy in its Arctic anchored by the Russian state’s long-term ambition to unlock the Northern Sea Route & develop the vast mineral wealth of its Arctic territories, particularly in Chukotka and Yakutia regions. At the heart of this…
After much effort, I'm happy to finally present the Universal Reactor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU is hereby issued between all current and future reactor companies and all current and future power customers. Congrats to all!
Perspective. Fastest growth in coal use was between 1980 and 2010. And we still haven't peaked.
“The overwhelming majority (95%) of coal was dug out of the ground after 1900 and most of it was outside Europe (86%)5. Middle Asian powers like Australia and Indonesia currently mine twice as much coal as 1900s giants like England or the United States. In many ways, coal is a…
Spending the afternoon catching up with @Dr_Keefer's excellent interviews with nuclear savant @jbkrell on the Decouple podcast. They cover what went wrong at Vogtel, why small reactors are misunderstood, and more. youtube.com/watch?v=fsv7Vt…
I'll note an error at one point in the podcast where I say China's solar capacity has now exceeded 600GW. This is out of date. As of the end of June 2025 the correct figure is now 1080GW. Apologies--I'd been making frequent use for weeks of Ember's data on installed capacity in…
Having such an upfront, open, and critical conversation with @Dr_Keefer on this topic was genuinely refreshing. Sad that that is so uncommon in energy circles. Check out the full episode here, or wherever you get your podcasts: youtube.com/watch?v=jA5iLB…
Glad to chat w @DecoupleMedia re: fast progress in solar + PV manufacturing, and implications of supply chains heavily linked to Xinjiang My provocation: “why China is good at solar manufacturing = why China is good at metals + critical minerals: cheap energy + cheap feedstock”
You should listen to Dr. Chris Keefer's (@Dr_Keefer) Decouple podcast titled "Small Reactor, Big Price" on July 2. He makes a compelling case for his contention that the Darlington expansion project using 4 GEV-H BWRX-300s is sub-optimal for Ontario and Canada Link in thread
Pretty amazing acoustics from the literal voice of the atom @EricGMeyer
Life goal of mine-->sing opera inside a cooling tower. Last month, IT HAPPENED. And I filmed a music video. Here's a taste, with the full video in the comments! cc: @Gen_Atomic thank you @Elektrarne
“Given the current circumstances in Canada-U.S. relations, I think it’s troubling that a contract of this magnitude would be awarded to a U.S.-based consortium” #NuclearEnergy 🇨🇦
Critics are sounding the alarm on U.S. management of Canada's nuclear labs. Here's why nationalpost.com/news/critics-a…
Extraordinary! Next week on @DecoupleMedia we dive deep on solar!
Many months of newbuilds that originally would have been distributed over the second half of the year all got jammed into May before the big deadline on June 1. Now in June, we get to see how much solar PV developers will still want to build with the feed-in-tariff gone...
One of the single most insightful infographics you’ll ever see to help you navigate through the bullshit so rampant in the nuclear energy start up space. Nuclear engineer and historian @whatisnuclear delivers the untarnished facts free from any agenda other than the public…
Here's the Dunning-Kruger effect as envisioned by Rickover. Many variations of this curve exist and have been traversed. The UNGGs, Magnox's, and RBMKs all made it to commercial fleets, but were then replaced with higher-performance reactors (mostly PWRs). LWRs made it…
The Alva Energy gang are the sharpest pencils in my pocket protector.
Learning-by-doing, the sought after but never achieved cost-reduction path for new nuclear. Let's unpack some key factors that @Dr_Keefer and I discussed on @DecoupleMedia:
This week, we return to nuclear power. Specifically, nuclear construction and “learning curves.” It is intuitive that doing something over and over makes you better at it. In industry, this means driving down costs and timelines and boosting efficiencies. In many industries,…
Some like it hot. 🔥 For those who don't, Pickering has you covered. #Pickering2075 #CANDU 🍁 #NuclearEnergy
With Humidex Levels hitting 46C/107F in Ontario 🇨🇦 today, please take a moment of gratitude for Safe, Clean, Reliable Baseload #Nuclear Energy powered by #uranium! @opg @Pickering2075 @Bruce_Power @CEGCleanEnergy @GovNuclear @NucNetNews ❤️
We CANDU it!
The @iaeaorg PRIS database has been updated with the 2024 data for @opg, @NB_Power and @Bruce_Power. We have some notable CF figures from some of the units, including both Pickering units 1 and 4, which delivered a standout performance in their final year: - Bruce 2: 100.1% -…
Yes, we can, which is why the bizarre contract renewals for several wind farms at rates that don’t make sense is so weird.
Can Ontario get energy planning right? @Sflecce, Ontario's Minister of Energy and Mines, makes his case for nuclear over solar and wind renewables as the province's best bet. Tonight at 8/11pm with @spaikin | Producer: Mike Attenborough #onpoli