Geoff RussellAug 26, 202210 minIs nuclear power really expensive? or is it just better? [This is Part I in a series of posts on nuclear costs, they are companions to the post on nuclear construction times. Some of it is...
Geoff RussellAug 17, 20225 minPostscript: On glacial renewable construction ratesThere were some tweeted objections to my build post that I wanted to respond to in more detail than Twitter allows. I won’t name names,...
Geoff RussellAug 12, 202212 minZaporizhzhia nuclear plant; a potential disaster? Or an actual one?[Further update: 26th August 2022 ... New York Times reporting the reactors are back on the grid. Wonderful news! Still reporting just 2...
Geoff RussellAug 6, 20227 minNuclear may (or may not) be expensive, but it's much faster to build than renewables!This is the first of two posts, and deals with the speed of building nuclear reactors. The next post will deal with costs. Build speeds...
Geoff RussellAug 1, 20225 minMining Australia for meatI don't remember the year, but it was shortly after the 2005 release of Jared Diamond's "Collapse: How societies choose to fail or...