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Yes, it's cooling down, very quickly. There is no reactor anymore, it's just melted fuel that flowed into rooms under the reactor vessel but it cooled quickly and now it's just a w…

Why not? “If you truly claim to represent the people of the future, Frank asks — people who have the exact same right to a livable planet that we do — doesn’t that mean you should …

We need nuclear because closing the gap between 80% and 100% clean energy will be much harder and more expensive without it. Comparing the cost of building energy sources today it …

Recently there was a huge backlash in Poland over the translation of the anime series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power on Netflix [1]. There's a non-binary character named Double…

Yes, you can still reduce carbon footprint if you're not investing in nuclear. You can invest in renewables, energy efficiency, or reduce emissions in other industries. But closing…

Let's look at the bigger picture. Ontario is one of only a few regions in the world that decarbonized their electricity generation. All of these regions did this with a combination…

This is an example of a very bad science that should never be published.

Glyphosate interferes with the shikimate pathway by inhibiting the EPSP synthase enzyme. The shikimate pathway is not present in animals. European Union follows the precautionary p…

The growing share of renewables in the mix doesn't mean there's no place for nuclear in the future – it's a false dilemma fallacy. Also, Japan's solar panels may be visually imposi…

Probably because it's not toxic or cancerogenic in the quantities that it is used. It's less toxic (LD50) than table salt. There's no evidence that the glyphosate residues in food …

The problem with nuclear waste is exaggerated. It can be safely stored in warehouses, there's no need to bury it. The fuel rods are solid, so there's no risk of leakage. Dry cask s…