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    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 12 18:48:33 2022
    From the «greener than ever» department:
    Feed: The Register
    Title: Westinghouse sale signals arrival of a new nuclear age
    Author: Brandon Vigliarolo
    Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:15:10 -0400
    Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/10/12/westinghouse_sale_nuclear/

    Energy granddad wants in on the next generation of atomic tech

    Uranium fuel producer Cameco Corp and investment firm Brookfield Renewable Partners intend to buy Westinghouse Electric Company in a bid to accelerate a nuclear power resurgence. …



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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Thu Oct 13 12:29:04 2022
    On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:48:33 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Uranium fuel producer Cameco Corp and investment firm Brookfield Renewable >Partners intend to buy Westinghouse Electric Company in a bid to accelerate a >nuclear power resurgence.

    Brookfield Renewable

    Didn't know nuke plants were "renewable" :-(

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  • From Mike Van Pelt@21:1/5 to here@is.invalid on Fri Nov 4 04:07:11 2022
    In article <ti9hsu$14o2$1@gioia.aioe.org>, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:48:33 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde ><fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Uranium fuel producer Cameco Corp and investment firm Brookfield Renewable >>Partners intend to buy Westinghouse Electric Company in a bid to accelerate a >>nuclear power resurgence.

    Didn't know nuke plants were "renewable" :-(

    They are pretty close to it if you reprocess, even closer if
    you build breeder reactors.

    Beyond that, the Japanese demonstrated an ion exchange process
    to extract uranium from seawater back in the 1970s, at a cost
    of something like $700/lb, "1970 dollars". That's essentailly
    infinite supply of uranium.

    Then there's thorium. Thorium is "about as common as lead",
    and "There is probably more energy available in the earth's crust
    from thorium than from uranium and all fossil fuels put together."
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