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Intro So, Ontario is Summer and Winter peaking our winter peak is a little less than our summer peak. But our peak demand period is those summer months and that’s when our wind farms produce the least amount of power. And during those summer months when we are running air conditioning, we’re trying to keep… Continue reading 76 A Brief History of CANDU Reactors with Chris Adlam and Tom Hess

I’ve heard this more than one nuclear power conference, that the industry is desperate to show a success because they they’re afraid that if they miss this window of over the next few years of trying to demonstrate that they can play an effective role in mitigating climate change if they’re going to become irrelevant.… Continue reading 45 Debating nuclear risks with Ed Lyman, UCS

Iida (intro) Despite decades of promises from policies and that we are committed to green goals, our carbon emissions are going up. So I think it’s just a question of when will we realize that we have to actually start building massive amounts of low carbon power plants. And a lot of those will be… Continue reading 44 Nuclear Thoughtscapism with Iida Ruishalme

INTRO We have to generate energy. What is the best way to do this? You know, making sure that is there for the next generation, making sure that we don’t waste lands that we should be growing crops on to feed our people. We know what we’re doing. We know it’s safe now we know… Continue reading 43 Gerry Thomas and the UNSCEAR reports

AS: After the worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, the evacuation was exaggerated. About five or 10 times too many people moved out. After Fukushima no one should have been moved not 100,000 960,000 no one needed to move out of their homes. The Rational View is a weekly series hosted by me Dr. Alan Scott,… Continue reading 42 A decade after Fukushima Dai-ichi with Philip Thomas

The Rational View is a weekly series hosted by me Dr. Alan Scott, providing a rational, evidence based perspective addressing important societal issues. Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Rational View. I’m your host, Dr. Al Scott. On this episode, I’m going to be returning to nuclear one of my favorite topics, because,… Continue reading 40 The Case for Nuclear

Nuclear v Renewables There is no consensus on which power sources are best surprisingly, values are all over the board depending on whose publication you read. Hydro electricity and coal power have very high say 40 to one returns on your investment. Oil and gas are lower, but still very good. And nuclear and solar… Continue reading 26 Nuclear vs. Renewables

I feel in this case a bit like Gandalf, giving the ring to Frodo. It’s dark times and the armies of Mordor are massing. There’s one solution, but it requires that we destroy a great source of power. It’s a seductive source of power, and it’s enslaved us all and it’s destroying our world. You… Continue reading 07 Nuclear the facts as I see them