Zion Lights
@ziontree
Award-winning Science Communicator. Nuclear comms consultant. Writing at http://zionlights.substack.com Energy is life ⚛️
Excellent news!
Today our staff signs licensing actions that bring Palisades closer to becoming the first permanently shut down reactor to resume operations. Once Holtec implements these changes, Palisades can transition to operational status. More at: nrc.gov/cdn/doc-collec… #NRCForward
I always thought that the most metal thing about Ozzy was that he grew up in the same run down neighbourhood I did, and went through the same kind of rubbish, but made it out anyway and managed to live a full life doing what he loved. RIP, PoD 🤘
Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at age 76. 🕊️🖤
His bio reads “Environmental social scientist. Technology theorist”
The progress community's albatross. Nuclear is just super, super dumb. Can't compete on cost with solar/wind + batteries. Not within a factor of 5. Never mind the dozen other completely obvious deal-breaking disadvantages it has. It's just comically stupid to spend 5-10x more…
Shakuntala Devi, the remarkable woman who could out-calculate a computer
After decades of ideological opposition, nuclear energy is experiencing a global revival. From @ziontree: humanprogress.org/the-new-nuclea…
Have you heard of the American astronomer Vera Rubin? She changed our understanding of the cosmos 🌌
Friend: Try this new app where you can discuss any topic in any language with AI Me: Cool, I’ll tell it France has done a good job with nuclear energy The app:
British Summer Time: Three months of near-constant sunshine, until the school holidays start. Then come the downpours. Classic.
“Power availability in the area not suited to AI compute needs…”
Canada invented one of the best nuclear reactors in the world (but then they stopped building it)