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HUGE Breakthrough In ‘Nuclear FUSION’ — Will It Become A REALITY Before I Die?

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by Anura Guruge
on April 2, 2024

Click to ENLARGE. Base news stories from ‘Google News‘.

I was so happy and excited to read about this. WOW.

OK. I will confess that I wish it had been for longer — i.e., NOT just for 48 seconds.

I don’t know the mechanics, BUT I wish they had managed to run it for longer — a few hours — at a REDUCED temperature. We don’t need such outlandishly high temperatures. What we need is sustainability.

NUCLEAR POWER IS OUR FUTURE.

There can be no doubt or debate about this any longer. Thankfully countries are beginning to see sense — even in the U.S.

Fusion, the nuclear process that powers the sun, is the way forward. Recreate the sun closer to earth. I am all in favor of ALL nuclear — but LOVE fusion.

My time on earth is now limited. I would LOVE to see fusion become a reality before I die. I somehow don’t think that will happen. But, this made me happy.

Nuclear Power Stations Are ROARING BACK In 2023 — & I Am DELIGHTED! Only Way To Go.

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by Anura Guruge
on August 31, 2023

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Click to ENLARGE. From ‘CNBC’ from just YESTERDAY.
Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google’.
Click to ENLARGE. From this Blog — from last year. Check them out.

I was the CNBC post about China’s push towards nuclear power (top image) & was DELIGHTED.

I have always been a believer & fan of nuclear power. It is reliable, cheap power with some, inevitable, consequences — & I only worry about safely getting rid of the spent fuel rather than risk.

It is really the only way we can truly meet our ever increasing demands for CLEAN energy. We can’t move forward without renewing an ALL OUT push for nuclear power — on a HUGE SCALE. We can’t be BOTH worried about climate change & nuclear power at the same time. There is, as with nearly all things to do with LIFE, a risk. The risk with nuclear continues to get more containable — & manageable.

Living itself is a risk!

Going out on the roads, flying, drinking etc. etc. all have risks. But, most of us still do them.

We can’t dismiss nuclear because of setbacks from MANY, MANY decades ago.

Technology has moved on & we have more expertise.

IF we had given up on jets because of the early accidents we would not have today’s air travel. Think about that. Engineers studied & learnt from the early oversights.

So, I am delighted that we are rethinking nuclear.

Alas, this kind of thinking will never occur in the U.S. because of this inane political divide — the two sides not even able to work together when it comes to climate change.

The Timing Of Netflix’s ‘Three Mile Island’ Miniseries Was Unfortunate.

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by Anura Guruge
on May 7, 2022

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From ‘Netflix‘.
Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News’. N.B., this is RECENT, topical news.
My post, on this blog, just a month ago. Click to access post.

No question; like so many of their recent efforts, this is a good Netflix documentary. I have no quarrels with it. I think it tells the story as to what happened.

The problem is that ‘Three Mile Island’ accident happened in 1979 — 43 years ago. That, quite literally was THEN, & we are now over four decades on. Just for reference, in 1979 we did NOT have PCs, the Internet, smartphones or Facebook. It was a very different world. I know. I was there. I was 26 years old. I was working for IBM. That, I can assure you, was yesterday’s technology.

Never mind advances in nuclear technology, our computer technology has advanced so much since then that we can have nuclear plants that are considerably safer.

That is my point.

Early jet planes were unsafe. But, we didn’t stop trying to build better jets. Now we have (bar the occasional dud as in the 737 Max) incredibly safe jet planes. Ditto, nuclear plants. Do NOT bring up the unfortunate Fukushima disaster. We don’t get many tsunamis in the U.S.

This is why I am so happy & proud that MY U.K. has started to rethinking its nuclear power future. Way to go.

We need nuclear power plants. To shy away from them is shortsighted.

So, just as Europe has re-embarked on revamping its nuclear power strategy we get this documentary. The timing sucks.

So Glad & So Proud That MY Britain Is Re-Thinking Reliance On Nuclear Power — Way To Go.

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by Anura Guruge
on April 6, 2022

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Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News’ a few minutes ago.

I have always been a believer & fan of nuclear power. It is reliable, cheap power with some, inevitable, consequences — & I only worry about safely getting rid of the spent fuel rather than risk.

Living itself is a risk!

Going out on the roads, flying, drinking etc. etc. all have risks. But, most of us still do them.

We can’t dismiss nuclear because of setbacks from MANY, MANY decades ago.

Technology has moved on & we have more expertise.

IF we had given up on jets because of the early accidents we would not have today’s air travel. Think about that. Engineers studied & learnt from the early oversights.

Plus, in the U.K. we are not prone to earthquakes & tsunamis — unlike Japan where there was the unfortunate Fukushima disaster.

So, I am delighted that we are rethinking nuclear.

Alas, this kind of thinking will never occur in the U.S. because of this inane political divide — the two sides not even able to work together when it comes to climate change.