Category Archives: LFTR

Nuclear hatchet job

Posted on May 24, 2023 by daryan12

A issue with working in the energy field is we get approached by people, who know nothing about the topic, trying to propose (on the basis of 5 minutes of google research) some cheap, easy solution that solves everything once … Continue reading →

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The chickens come home to roost on UK energy policy

Posted on March 15, 2022 by daryan12

For years I’ve warned of the dangers of the Tories policy on energy. Well now we see the inevitable end result. People in the UK are getting letters warning them of a massive increase in energy costs from April the … Continue reading →

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The age of snakeoil

Posted on October 16, 2019 by daryan12

The internet has brought many benefits. But it also has created many problems. And probably top of those problems is the ease with which bad ideas can quickly proliferate. Its all too easy to create a slick advertising campaign for … Continue reading →

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Free market solutions to climate change

Posted on August 24, 2019 by daryan12

There are certain aspects of extinction rebellions campaign aims and methods that do give me cause for concern. Be it gluing themselves to the doors of a oil industry conference (you are aware that glues are an oil based product, … Continue reading →

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Fusion power always 30 years away, now its more like 50 years away

Posted on July 30, 2017 by daryan12

When it comes to dealing with global issues like climate change or peak fossil fuels, I’d argue we’ll need to focus technology we already have, or what can realistically be developed in the near future. Relying on more fantastical high … Continue reading →

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Why pro-nuclear preaching undermines the case for climate action

Posted on December 7, 2015 by daryan12

With climate talks ongoing in Paris, we have another “plea” from various climate scientists for action. Most notably a claim by James Hansen, Kerry Emanuel, Ken Caldeira and Tom Wigley (the gang of four as I will henceforth call them) … Continue reading →

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With friends like these, who needs enemies!

Posted on August 2, 2014 by daryan12

I’ve been my usual busy self over the summer, both with holidays and of course work commitments so not been the most active blogger. One of those distractions over the summer included attending an event hosted by the UK nuclear industry (with … Continue reading →

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Cumbria Waste Dump Falters

Posted on February 27, 2013 by daryan12

Been very busy at work the last few weeks, preventing me from updating this blog. One of the big energy related stories of the last few weeks was the collapse of the Government’s planned UK nuclear waste repository in Cumbria … Continue reading →

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Why do people deny climate change?

Posted on January 6, 2013 by daryan12

As the new year starts we can reflect on a fairly “interesting times” sort of a year when it comes to weather. Both sides of the Atlantic have seen extremes of weather, with a prolonged drought in the Mid western … Continue reading →

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The NNL and small SMR’s

Posted on July 27, 2012 by daryan12

The National Nuclear Laboratory have produced another of their position papers, which addresses the topic of Small Modular Reactors. The report, like their previous one on Thorium, its bit low on detail (again it seems to be a case of … Continue reading →

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