Tim Judson

Executive Director of Nuclear Information & Resource Service @nirsnet. Working for the idea that what's good for workers and the planet is good for the economy.

[David Lombardo @poozer87]

We heard from a member of @agreenewyork for the latest @WCNYPBS episode of CONNECT NY that explored #NuclearEnergy in the Empire State.

Episode➡️https://t.co/n3JjmSWK7c

[Pete Sikora @PeteSikora1]

Magical thinking. Long Islanders are still paying for Shoreham. There’s no safe storage for long term radioactive waste.

I wish it wasn’t, but irl nuclear’s a dangerous, expensive distraction. Another example of Hochul being incompetent, and playing to corporate interests.

[Renee Vogelsang @ReneeVogelsang]

.@GovKathyHochul: 100+ are gathered outside your energy summit in Syracuse to say no to nuclear. Climate solutions are not radioactive. 100% renewables w/ wind, water, solar, energy efficiency & heat pumps are possible. Keep dangerous & dirty nuclear in the past. #dontnukeny

[350 dot org @350]

Dear #COP29 president,

"We can’t afford any more empty words... It’s your responsibility to make sure COP29 results in meaningful climate finance commitments and the resources to swiftly transition away from fossil fuels." — @JoSikulu of @350Pacific 👏

https://t.co/VUySsn79ww

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

According to this account, a transformer fire at Vogtle 1&2 triggered the alert at noon today. Fire was extinguished at 2:30.

https://t.co/NC6CMS7E22

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

The @NRCgov has cited the Calvert Cliffs #nuclear plant in #Maryland and near #WashingtonDC for four violations involving age-related degradation, including "severe corrosion" of SW pumps that called into question their integrity and operability.
https://t.co/d4jxPGmlAA

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

1/2: From the Senate FY 2025 Energy and Water Appropriations bill report: The Committee is aware that the Department has begun a re- evaluation of the two advanced reactor demonstrations based on recent rebaselining of their costs."

https://t.co/mYaxldkfSq

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

#Wind turbines and #solar panels overtake fossil fuels to generate 30% EU power.

“Historic shift in power sector, and happening rapidly.”

EU burned 24% less coal and 14% less gas first half 2023 to first half 2024.

#climate #renewables
https://t.co/40KWQyJQZc

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

The @NRCgov will hold a regulatory conference with Duke Energy on August 7 to discuss a violation associated with an inoperable emergency diesel generator at the Catawba #nuclear plant in #South Carolina.

https://t.co/iophHWzBSQ

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

More @NuScale_Power standard design approval application problems: @NRCgov staff challenge the company's assertion that it does not need to revise its analysis for determining when corroding steam generator tubes need to be plugged for its uprated module. https://t.co/e6IN8hiNY8

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

I'm sure we will be hearing more about this one! https://t.co/wHOpGqXkha

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

Whoops! The St. Lucie-1 #nuclear reactor in #Florida automatically scrammed from full power yesterday after a main steam isolation valve "inadvertently" closed. Not clear if it was a equipment issue or operator error.

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

Useful facts.

67% of the energy produced by a #nuclear plant is lost as waste heat.

70% #fossilfuel burn is lost as waste heat.

#climate

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

According to a report submitted to @NRCgov, the February 5 fire on a truck carrying low-level radioactive waste from Oak Ridge that shut down I-40 in Nashville may have been caused by batteries that had been thrown into the sack with the waste. D'Oh!
https://t.co/c0ExdCB7Up

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

The @NRCgov found 5 violations at @ConstellationEG's Quad Cities #nuclear plant in #Illinois, including a failure to detect degradation and replace a 1980's-era tube that supplied cooling water to a safety-related pump before it ruptured in October 2023. https://t.co/0WgtXjhFgc

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

Brazil exceeds 38 GW of installed solar photovoltaic (PV) energy, 69% comes from distributed generation

https://t.co/8GatjVeVtr @aeeolica

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

The Vogtle-4 #nuclear reactor in #Georgia hasn't even started up yet and it already has a #CyberSecurity violation associated with a failure to "challenge the unknown." https://t.co/ySELmdfL64

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

The @NRCgov has issued a violation to the Hope Creek #nuclear reactor in #NewJersey after documenting that the reactor had operated for 24 days in 2022 with insufficient shutdown margin. Also, inspectors found a negative trend in fire protection. https://t.co/M86pjn4md4

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

The collapse of NuScale’s project should spell the end for small modular nuclear reactors https://t.co/erNEVR32ng via @UtilityDive

[Edwin Lyman @NucSafetyUCS]

Thanks to Platts, we now know the reason for the Vogtle-3 #nuclear reactor shutdown: the plant is in a "brief maintenance outage" to make "repairs to valves within the unit's passive core cooling system." The valves are one of the weak points of the design ...