Michael Bluck

Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering, Imperial College London

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@dorfman_p @KathrynPorter26 Paul, HPC is a PWR. It doesn’t have graphite bricks at all. Water is the moderator. If you’re going to say things, just do a tiny bit of homework. Glad I can help

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@unherd @freddiesayers @KathrynPorter26 This is brilliant. @KathrynPorter26 tells it how it is. UK government and Whitehall need to listen and act accordingly.

[Imperial College London @imperialcollege]

For almost half a century, the Imperial Reactor Centre on our Silwood Park Campus played a vital role in supporting the training of nuclear scientists ⚛️

It has now become the first civil nuclear site in Britain to be fully decommissioned 🏁

Here's the story of our Reactor ⬇️ https://t.co/YQOSARz4bt

[BBC Current Affairs @BBC_CurrAff]

More than 20 countries have pledged to triple nuclear power as part of their climate goals.

On #theclimatequestion, @Thomas_Naadi tells @GraihaghJackson why Ghana is one of them.

Plus analysis from @KacperSzulecki & Dr Michael Bluck.

🎧 on @BBCSounds.
https://t.co/IP84QsbkXY

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@ChasingNeutrons Excellent job Paul. Good to have a little sober objectivity!

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@EdwardJFKey @BryanMilham @W12Newman @KwasiKwarteng @beisgovuk @RollsRoyce It’s not based on PWR3, so uses normal civil levels of enrichment. Btw all reactors have to be able to go supercritical, otherwise they couldn’t start. It’s ‘prompt-supercritical’ that’s the problem, but not even remotely possible in a standard PWR - it’s part of the design

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@W12Newman @KwasiKwarteng @beisgovuk @RollsRoyce It’s not based on PWR3. It’s a fairly standard civil PWR design, best to imagine a shrunk Sizewell B. Of course RR have the experience of submarine reactors so this helps. Choosing this well understood design minimises the need for much new R&D, which gets it to market sooner

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@dorfman_p Paul, they’re 30-40 years old. They’ve done what they were designed to do. Infrastructure needs replacing, and the French government dropped the ball in this respect, but at least they had the ball in the first place. What’s your point?

[Prof Claire Corkhill @clairecorkhill]

News is emerging of #Chernobyl having it's electricity supply cut. This is not great. What are the potential issues? 🧵

[Paul Cosgrove @ChasingNeutrons]

Very irresponsible. Site has lost power, can't cool spent fuel ponds. That spent fuel has been sat there for 20 years and I can't imagine it requires active cooling. After ~10 years the fuel is usually cool enough to be put in free-standing casks. https://t.co/egm4PbnONn

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@dorfman_p Please Paul, stop this. You’re helping no one - including yourself. The linear no-threshold hypothesis is exactly that, a hypothesis. It has no scientific basis, and you know this.

[Rod Adams @Atomicrod]

Nature found some real experts and asked them some probing questions about the resilience of modern nuclear plants.
Well worth reading, especially if you are a journalist with less access to experts
https://t.co/vvI5S14Dj3

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@kirstygogan @Channel4News @jonsnowC4 @FactCheck Yep, you’ll get no argument from me. I expect much better from @Channel4News

[Imperial Nuclear @ImperialNuclear]

This afternoon the @GREENCDT and Nuclear Energy Futures CDTs held a workshop on #nuclear cogeneration. Students performed brilliantly in small teams to answer questions on district heating, #hydrogen production, economics, working with #renewables and #netzero. Well done all!

[Imperial Mech Eng @ImperialMechEng]

Remote lab kits sent by Imperial to second year Mechanical Engineering students, unboxed:
https://t.co/9TkqlIFGst

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

Harnessing the surplus energy from nuclear power could help cut UK carbon emissions by heating homes, producing hydrogen and decarbonising industry, says a new report from the Royal Society. Find out more about #nuclear cogeneration: https://t.co/EZhqQC4HfZ

[Robin Grimes @RobinWGrimes]

Recommended read!

[Michael Bluck @MichaelBluck1]

@MrJamesMay Meal. It’s mean and utilitarian

[Grantham Institute Imperial @Grantham_IC]

"Even climate activists are shifting on nuclear"

@BMatB @andrewhsherry @MalcolmGrimston & Eugene Shwageraus write to @FT on the case that #nuclear power, alongside renewables, is needed to reach #netzero
https://t.co/gooO4Mf4HX