Nuclear Power vs. Nature, in Our New Civilization

The accelerating thirst for electric power for AI, Crypto, and more, together with the limitations of solar/wind are forcing a re-consideration of nuclear power.

  • 1. Climate Change is accelerating at an alarming rate
  • 2. AI needs huge amounts of energy
  • 3. New technologies for nuclear energy are being developed
  • 4. Safe storage of nuclear waste is still controversial

Material from event at        London Nelson Center    Mon Jan 6, 7pm

Movie – Atomic Bamboozle – vimeo ($4.99) – free viewing for UCSC at McHenry Library

Speakers:     Prof Richard Nolthenius of Cabrillo College slide show link – click Nuclear Power 25a.pdf

  • Molten salt thorium breeder reactors – major advantages, 
  • The mis-represented costs of nuclear power 
  • Comparisons of the material/land impact of solar/wind vs. PWR nuclear and MSR nuclear

Stephen Williams –  Repackaging Nuclear Power? – critical review of Atomic Bamboozle slide show link

  •  Review SMR designs focusing on new ones – simpler to run and candidates for mass production.
  • Debunking other points from Bamboozle including Costs, Accidents, Proliferation, Waste 

Additional materials

1..Small modular reactors waste
2. Thorium Molten-Salt Reactors 16 min vid
3. Stanford on SMR Waste
4. Review of Stanford Study on SMR waste
5. Another Thorium Power video 29 min
6. Khan Academy on Radioactivity 8 min