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Nuclear Power Plant Feed outs: A Quick Dive!  #sciencefather #nuclearpower #researcher 

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Big Tech Embraces Hydrogen and Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers

As AI’s energy demands skyrocket, major tech companies are turning to hydrogen and nuclear power as potential solutions.

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Australia Is Kissing The Ring Of Trump

Today, we heard that  Donald Trump has given his approval for the AUKUS deal. Why wouldn’t he? In this deal, Australia pays billions of dollars to the US to boost their nuclear submarine building capacity. There are, however, no iron clad guarantees that we will receive any submarines. Donald Trump would love such a deal with billions going to the US military industrial complex and delays are always par for the course with these kinds of arrangements. Australia is kissing the ring of Trump by relinquishing our sovereignty by allowing a greater US military presence within our territory and becoming further subservient to American interests. “US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Donald Trump is "supportive" of the AUKUS alliance, after Australia sent a $US500 million ($798 million) payment to Washington as part of it.” - (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-08/donald-trump-supportive-of-aukus-pete-hegseth-says/104913062)

Why Is Australia Doing This?

Fear of China. The age old fear of the yellow peril has never left the Anglo-settler psyche. Despite the fact that America is currently led by a crooked mob boss style president we are willing to bend the knee out of fear. Low self-esteem on the international stage makes us an easy mark for grifters and conmen. Former PM Scott ‘The Liar’ Morrison, who is over in the US lining his pockets with gold by working for that military industrial complex, signed over the $368 billion ‘worst deal in history’  on our behalf. The LNP Coalition love these macro corruption schemes, where hundreds of billions of dollars of our money get funnelled into bank accounts near and dear to them. You could call them nuclear powered scams of epic proportions. “Key members of the new Trump administration have backed the AUKUS, which will cost Australia up to $368 billion over 30 years.’ - (https://au.news.yahoo.com/massive-aukus-down-payment-sent-220229624.html)

Trump’s Approval Of Australia Paying The US Billions

Most Australians are not interested in politics and just want to get on with their lives. This makes us susceptible to these macro corruption schemes, which are considered above our pay grade. The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, if combined with Peter Dutton’s nuclear reactor proposals, will cost us close to a trillion dollars over decades. Much of this money, our money, will go to overseas interests for decades. You see, we have no expertise in these things and when you come in blind – you get ripped off. Everybody knows this, it is like when you take your car to a mechanic. Dutton and his mates, however, will be syphoning off tens of millions in insider fees. The chump change on such mega deals are worth plenty to the facilitators of such macro corruption. This is how the world works these days, it is a rentier economy, a land of endless fees, rents, and backhanders for those in the right places. The South Seas Protection Racket Now, you might say but we need the US to protect us from the big bad Chinese! We would have that protection anyways without upping the ante by $368 billion. We are paying for the privilege of becoming America’s coastguard in the waters around China. Factually, there is no current reason to expect any invasion by the Chinese. Why would they? They already have their own minerals and resources. No, it is all about limiting their power in the region. This is a power game. The Trump regime is slashing overseas spending for things like aid and turning inwards. It wants to preserve its hegemony by cajoling and forcing allies to perform the roles it is cutting back on. Donald Trump is all about personal aggrandisement. Australia is kissing the ring of Trump. Who Is The Bad Guy? The fear mongers always point to the Chinese as the bad guys but are they really in comparison with Trump? Isn’t it time to be clear eyed about this stuff rather than gripped by age old racial fears? Trump is turning the FBI, CIA and DOJ into his own fiefdoms of muscle and intelligence. The rule of law in America is no longer impartial. Trump released convicted thugs and militia from the January 6 insurrection putting them back on the streets despite their crimes. This is a dangerous time to be alive in the US if you have a contrary point of view about things. The media is being constrained and whipped into shape by financial threats. Most of America has been corporatized. Did you know that 78% of all US doctors work for corporations? Where are the independent voices? Trump threatens these corporations with sanctions and mob violence. America may well be the real bad guy in this current global story.  Australia might have to ask itself who it really wants for an ally?

Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS by U.S. Forest Service (source) is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Australia kissing the ring of Trump means siding with a country led by a serial sexual offender and white supremacist. Maybe, quite a few Aussie blokes will be happy about that. The rest of us might have to look up above the parapets for a moment and make some clear headed assessments about American hegemony. It is not one way or the other, as clever nations straddle the field. Australia smartly avoided the nuclear option for many decades since WW2. We stood on our own two feet and resisted becoming the 51st American state. Our current crop of leaders have lost that gumption in this multinational corporatized world. Our politicians are less themselves and more the creatures of backroom influences. The neoliberal order has denuded them of real power. Dutton might appear to be the tough guy but he is in the pocket of the hard right, who kowtow to the US. These guys want to turn the clock back to a time when women had few rights outside of the home. To a time when lesser races knew their place. Like Trump they want to smash diversity and return power to white males across the board. Many women and members of minority groups might say that power never really left those hands and that what we have seen in Australia has largely been window dressing. All these agencies of human rights etc are toothless tigers when it comes down to it. The anti-woke drive is a battle cry for the already dominant cohort wanting more for those who have more to start with. The horrendous destruction of Gaza and the more than 50, 000 women, children and men slaughtered by the IDF is chilling. Especially, in light of this conflation of antisemitism with anti-Zionism. It seems that Arabs don’t count as human beings to many in Australia and around the white skinned world. Of course, some passionate people are going to be angry about this genocide.  Peter Dutton, feted by the Israelis, has used this to divide Australia by turning protesters into terrorists and attempting to create a frenzy of fear. This has been Dutton’s MO since becoming Opposition leader – divide and hopefully conquer. New Corp, the company that owns much of our media, has splashed its front pages with rabble rousing headlines to accompany this fear mongering. Kids throwing eggs and painting graffiti slogans are hardly terrorism. Talking of News Corp, their newspapers falsely  reported that asylum seeking refugees brought their family members to Australia to live to the tune of 21, 518 people. The actual number was 10 times smaller but their ineptitude got it wrong and they splashed these lies over their front pages. This media organisation is a disgrace and we would be served well if rid of them.   “On January 28, News Corp mastheads including the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph and Courier-Mail published the exclusive article on their front pages. According to the article the 21,581 figure was based on "new" information from the Department of Home Affairs.” (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-31/how-an-error-kicked-off-misinformation-on-asylum-seeker-visas/104883144) Are Australians as dumb as their American counterparts? The Arab voters in Michigan were so out of touch with who Trump is that they voted for him and turned against the Democrats. Now, Trump wants to remove all Palestinians from Gaza and develop it as a real estate project. Those Michigan Arab Americans are regretting their stupidity now. This is the ever present danger of political disengagement by the community. If you don’t watch the leopard you wont know that he never changes his spots.

President Trump Calls Astronauts During First All-Woman Spacewalk (NHQ201910180019) by NASA HQ PHOTO is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 Defence spending is always wasteful and feeds macho paranoia. The current political battle taking place around the place is a gender war. Men, despite still holding the lion’s share of power, are marshalling forces to beat down diversity driven inroads into their leadership mantle. Men clearly remain the power elite within our societies but have taken offence at the efforts of women to strive for equality. This is why Peter Dutton has been called the 'man whisperer'. The male ego has been threatened and many men want to beat back the competition. The bad cop on the beat is positioning himself as their champion. Trump and his right wing pals stateside are the heroes of the hour and emulation is on the minds of blokes downunder. Australia kissing the ring of Trump fits with this narrative. Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump. ©MidasWord

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South Korean Nuclear Operator and US Westinghouse Settle Dispute, Utility Confirms

South Korea's Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) have resolved their intellectual property dispute with the United States' Westinghouse, according to a statement from KEPCO on Friday.

The parties also agreed to enhance their collaboration in the international nuclear power plant market, KEPCO added.

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#1111 What is a thorium reactor?

What is a thorium reactor? A thorium reactor is a nuclear reactor that is powered with thorium and not uranium. Let’s look at how a current nuclear reactor works and then look at how a thorium reactor would work. Nuclear reactors work on the principle of nuclear fission. This is where an atom of a material, usually uranium or plutonium, is split in two. Atoms are made up of electrons, protons, and neutrons. Different atoms have different amounts of each one, but they are all held together by the strong force, which is one of the four fundamental forces. The strong force is a form of energy, holding the particles together. A neutron is fired at the atom with such speed that it knocks all of the electrons, protons, and neutrons out of place, and they fly off and form new, smaller atoms. They release neutrons, which zoom off, and they also release energy from the strong force. Each new atom is smaller and doesn’t need enough energy in the strong force to keep it together. That excess energy is released, and this is where the energy from a nuclear reaction comes from. The energy from one atom isn’t enough, but if the reaction goes critical, then the released neutrons from the first atom hit other atoms and the process continues until all of the fuel is used up. Not all atoms will split and start a chain reaction. Nuclear reactors use unstable, heavy elements, such as uranium-235 and plutonium-239. A nuclear reactor takes the energy generated by nuclear fission to heat water, which is also used to keep the nuclear fuel from exploding. This heated water then heats a different source of water to boiling point and the steam produced is used to turn a turbine, making electricity. It works well and there are no greenhouse emissions, as there are with fossil fuels. However, there are several problems with nuclear power. The fuel gets very hot because there is a huge amount of energy and there is the risk of a meltdown or an explosion. This is not common, but it has happened. 1.5% of all nuclear power plants have had accidents, Chornobyl being the most famous. The fuel can also be used to build nuclear bombs, which is obviously a problem. One of the biggest problems is the fuel is highly radioactive and has to be buried until it is safe, which could be over 100,000 years. Nobody can make something safe for that long. Nuclear power is a good source of power, but there are too many problems. So, what is a thorium reactor? A thorium reactor works in the same way as a nuclear reactor, except the thorium has to undergo some changes before it can be used. Thorium is not a fissile material, which means it does not undergo fusion directly. It has to be changed into a different material, called uranium-233. This is done by adding neutrons to the thorium. Once it changes into uranium-233, it is fissile and it can be used for a nuclear chain reaction to create power. To make the thorium into uranium-233 you have to add extra enriched uranium to produce the neutrons, and that gets very expensive, which is the main reason why thorium reactors lost out to uranium reactors in the 1950s and 60s. Thorium is being cited as the future of nuclear power. It is said to be more available, much safer, and it produces less harmful waste. Is that true? There is three times more thorium in the world than there is uranium. That is true, but all of the thorium is in the Earth’s crust and needs to be mined. Uranium is mined, but there is also a lot of uranium in the ocean, which can be extracted. It is very costly at the moment, but the process is getting cheaper. It is said that thorium can’t be used to produce bombs. This is not true. It would be possible to take the uranium-233 and make it into a nuclear bomb. It wouldn’t be as easy as making a bomb from current nuclear power sources, but it wouldn’t be impossible. Thorium waste from a nuclear power plant is safer than current uranium or plutonium waste. This is actually true, but thorium isn’t the only element that could be used safely. The radioactivity of the nuclear waste drops to safe levels after a few hundred years, which is far less than the tens to thousands to hundreds of thousands that we currently need. Thorium might not answer all of the problems that modern nuclear power plants have, but it seems to be a step in the right direction. If more countries are putting research money into thorium and other less harmful elements, perhaps there is a clean fuel source on the horizon. Until nuclear fusion becomes possible, that is. And this is what I learned today. 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Uranium Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Uranium Market Overview

Uranium market size is forecast to reach US$12.7 billion by 2030, after growing at a CAGR of 4.3% during 2024–2030. The most numerous actinides on earth are naturally occurring uranium and thorium, as well as synthetically generated plutonium. Globally, nuclear power generation, which accounts for around one-tenth of the world’s electricity, is the primary driver of uranium demand which has fueled the market in recent years. 

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Demand for uranium has exponentially increased as countries seek to reach net zero. Additionally, due to the growing awareness regarding carbon emissions, nuclear power as a clean energy source is in demand. Moreover, the rising demand for uranium in the space and healthcare industry is estimated to boost the growth of the market.

Report Coverage

The report “ Uranium Market Report — Forecast (2024–2030)” by IndustryARC covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the uranium market.

By Isotope: Uranium-238, Uranium-234, and Uranium-235

By Application: Medical & Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Industrial (Automotive, Aerospace, and Metallurgy), Nuclear Energy, and Others

By Geography: North America (USA, Canada, and Mexico), Europe (UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Belgium, and Rest of Europe), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Rest of Asia Pacific), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Rest of South America), and RoW (Middle East and Africa)

Key Takeaways

• The North America region dominated the Uranium market with the rising domestic uranium production.

• The growing need for alternative clean energy drives the demand for nuclear energy.

• The use of uranium to power spacecrafts acts as an opportunity for the uranium market.

Uranium Market Segment Analysis — By Isotope

Uranium-235 held the largest share with 23% in the uranium market and is expected to continue its dominance over the period 2024–2030. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, nuclear power plants primarily use U-235 for nuclear fission because its atoms are easily split apart. However, natural uranium typically contains only 0.72% of U-235 and, most reactors need a higher concentration of this isotope in their fuel. Therefore, the U-235 concentration is artificially increased through a process called enrichment. Uranium is considered low-enriched if its isotopic proportion of U-235 remains below 20%. Most commercial reactors use low-enriched uranium (LEU) below 5% as fuel, which is also often referred to as reactor-grade uranium

Uranium Market Segment Analysis — By Application

Nuclear energy held the largest share with 47% in the uranium market and is expected to continue its dominance over the period 2024–2030. Nuclear materials are an excellent source for the heat generation process. Uranium is primarily utilized as a fuel in the nuclear power reactors to generate electricity. Nuclear materials are employed in the generation of electricity because they have several advantages such as low-cost energy, zero-carbon emissions, better energy density, and a stable power source; as a result, the volume of nuclear power generation is increasing. 

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Furthermore, new nuclear power plants are being built to increase nuclear power producing capacity. According to the World Nuclear Association, nuclear energy now provides 10% of the world’s electricity from about 440 power reactors, as of November 2023. In November 2023, the Swedish government presented a new roadmap outlining increased production equivalent to 2 nuclear reactors by 2035. The government estimated that the country will need an equivalent of 10 new conventional nuclear reactors by 2045 to achieve its energy transition goals. Due to these factors, the demand for uranium is anticipated to increase and result in the growth of the market in the future period.

Uranium Market Segment Analysis — By Geography

North America region dominated the uranium market with a share of 55% in 2023. The market in the region is witnessing expansions with the rising production of uranium in emerging economies such as USA, Canada, and Mexico. According to the World Nuclear Association, Canada produced 15% of global supply of uranium from mines. Saskatchewan’s nearly $1 billion-a-year uranium industry made Canada the world’s second-largest producer in 2022, according to World Nuclear Association (WNA) data. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclear energy is the second largest source of non-emitting electricity in Canada, with 19 commercial nuclear power reactors located in Ontario and New Brunswick that produce approximately 15% of Canada’s electricity supply. In the U.S., investments and tax incentives included in the Inflation Reduction Act will reinforce the nation’s commitment to maximize the use of its existing nuclear power plants and encourage deployment of new nuclear technology.

Uranium Market Drivers

Increasing usage of uranium in the space industry to drive the market growthNuclear-powered systems are lighter in mass than solar cells with similar power when compared to other power-backed systems. It allows spacecraft to be smaller and easier to orient and direct in space. When space probes function in areas far from the sun, the only available alternative for producing heat and electricity is the use of radio-isotopes such as uranium. Increasing investments in the space sector has accelerated the demand for uranium over the forecast period. The global space economy grew 8% to $546 billion in 2022 and is projected to climb another 41% over the next five years, according to a report from the Space Foundation. The US dominated civil and defense spending in space, comprising nearly 60% of total spending. China followed in second place, accounting for 14%. Thus, due to increased investment in the space industry across the world is acting as a driver for the growth of the uranium market.

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Driving demand for uranium in the medical industry.

Radioisotopes such as uranium is widely employed in medicine and research. Radio-diagnosis is a technique for detecting disease that involves injecting radio-elements into the human body and watching their trajectories. Ionizing radiation is used in radiotherapy to kill cancer cells, while nuclear medicine relies on radioactive medications that target specific organs. Increasing investments in the medical sector for research & development has uplifted the market growth. According to the World Nuclear Association, over 40 million nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year, and demand for radioisotopes is increasing at up to 5% annually. In the USA there are over 20 million nuclear medicine procedures per year, and in Europe about 10 million, with 2 million of these being therapeutic. In Australia there are about 560,000 per year, 470,000 of these using reactor isotopes. The use of radiopharmaceuticals in diagnosis is growing at over 10% per year. Thus, the medical and healthcare sector drives the demand for uranium during the forecast period.

Uranium Market Challenges

Fluctuating Price of Uranium

The Fukushima disaster led to uranium prices dropping for a few years. But with the Paris Accords and the race to reach net zero, the demand for uranium began to pick up. But geopolitical tensions have caused the prices to soar. According to the Uranium Market Outlook by UxC, geopolitical risk has weighed heavily on the uranium market, beginning with civil unrest in Kazakhstan in January 2022, followed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. 

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The spot uranium price reacted strongly to Russia’s military action, increasing from $43 a pound in late February 2022 to a peak of $63.75 a pound in April 2022. The spot price has since resided in the mid- to high-$40s range. In December 2023, spot uranium prices soared 56% to $US86 a pound due to countries pledging to triple nuclear capacity at COP28. In January 2024, uranium prices jumped to a sixteen-year high to just over $103 per pound after one of the world’s largest producers, Kazatomprom said it is unlikely to deliver its 2024 production guidance as it was operating 20% below capacity. Thus, fluctuating price of uranium may create challenges in the overall market expansion.

Uranium Industry Outlook

Technology launches, acquisitions, and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the uranium market. Global uranium top 10 companies include:

1. Kazatomprom

2. Orano

3. Uranium One

4. CGN

5. Navoi Mining

6. CNNC (China Nuclear National Corporation)

7. BHP

8. Cameco

9. ARMZ Uranium Holding

10. General Atomics/Quasar

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Seeing the plasma edge of fusion experiments in new ways with artificial intelligence

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As global energy demand rises and the shift toward low-carbon energy solutions intensifies, nuclear power remains a key player in the transition to sustainable energy. However, managing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) waste presents a critical challenge. The spent nuclear fuel waste management market is rapidly evolving, offering innovative solutions to safely store, transport, and recycle SNF while minimizing environmental and health risks. As nuclear energy continues to provide clean, reliable power, effective waste management is crucial for ensuring its sustainability.