Anybody else remember the book, “The House with the Golden Windows”? #DCsunset @capitalweather.bsky.social
Curtis Roberts
Curtis Roberts
@refractivecomm.bsky.social
9-to-5ish in ⚛️ nuclear energy. Prior renewables. Clean energy transition ASAP requires energy mix. Ecomodernist environmentalist. Often found outside enjoying the world. Let’s talk.
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“🏆 Nearly all non-Russian enriched uranium used by American nuclear reactors is produced using ETC centrifuges” 👀 #NukeSky #EnergySky #uranium www.linkedin.com/posts/orano-...
Hey, 👋 Wolf Creek! Looking good for your 40th decade as a nuclear powerhouse steadily generating electricity, jobs, and economic development. Who else is going to #WM2025? @evergypower.bsky.social
Orano to supply Energoatom, Ukraine's nuclear energy operator, with enriched uranium to fuel their reactors. #NukeSky #EnergySky ⚛️ www.linkedin.com/posts/orano-...
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Japan's Federation of Electric Power Companies has announced that a total of 400 tonnes of used nuclear fuel, instead of the originally planned 200 tonnes, will now be transported to Orano in France for research on the reprocessing of used mixed oxide fuel. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fre...
Spreading the news ... especially for those impacted by recent job actions ... this is a great tool to find a job in the nuclear energy industry. #NukeSky #EnergySky #jobs nuclearworks.org/map-for-comp...
Looking for a great #NukeSky Starter Pack? Follow all the folks posting kudos to @nuclearkatie.com on her PhD in nuclear engineering. ✅
PSA … How to stop iPhone Messages from auto downloading images into your Photos? 🤨👇 - Open iPhone's Settings app - Scroll down, tap Apps - Scroll down, tap Messages - Find/tap “Shared with You” (it’s “On”) - Tap “Photos” - Change setting to “Off” to prevent auto saving from Messages. 🙌🏻
"How to Talk About Nuclear" ... in which Dr. Jim Conca hollers for a shift to Q&A advocacy referencing Pink Floyd 🌈, Death itself 💀, and even Lazard's latest 📉. BTW, great resource links (and stats), too. 👀 www.ans.org/news/article... @americannuclear.bsky.social #NukeSky #EnergySky
NEWS: Orano signs investment agreement with Mongolian government for the development and operation of the Zuuvch-Ovoo #uranium mine. After 4-year development, production capacity is expected around 2,500 tons of uranium per year. #NukeSky #EnergySky www.orano.group/en/news/news...
Two birds met for a quick hello in this morning’s snow dusting before continuing their morning hops. @capitalweather.bsky.social
No ☢️ head-fake needed ... "So what’s good SMR branding look like? Oklo and TerraPower come to mind, meaning they speak to us in simple, aspirational terms that we can understand and relate to, while still respecting our intelligence." #NukeSky www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-i-...
To whet your appetite for this excellent 2025 counter-cultural book, read this bite-sized portion … Unreasonable Hospitality is good business: 5 lessons from Will Guidara. www.unusual.vc/post/unreaso...
Key point in this @axios.com Information Gods article: “The burden now falls on **you** to find sources of information you trust for reliable truth. That means better scrutinizing not only the publications you choose, but the individuals you follow on social media.” www.axios.com/2025/01/08/m...
I like this train of thinking, @wmata.com!
#NukeSky
🇺🇸☢️ US Federal Government Goes Nuclear GSA announces landmark electricity contract with nuclear utility to supply power to 13 federal agencies over 10 year period. The contract will be used to finance 135mwe of increased output at nuclear plants in the PJM territory 🔌💡 www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...
DYK why we drop a ball on New Year’s Eve, via Mashed Radish … mashedradish.com/2024/12/31/t...
Listen to what Grumpy said. #NukeSky 🔌💡
Climate change is a clear and present danger of global scale with a wide range of damaging impacts on geologic time scales. Small volumes of spent nuclear fuel can be contained safely in dry cask storage for century+ time scales. Let's focus on the former not the latter for now. Cool? Cool. 🔌💡
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“Don’t make me tap the sign.gif” This is a really good entry by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and she also has a very nice post about nuclear on her substack www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/nuclear-lo...
DC residents can now power their homes with 100% clean nuclear energy ⚛️, through a new retail pilot program from Constellation. 🔌💡 #NukeSky www.constellationenergy.com/newsroom/202...
DC residents can now power their homes with 100% clean nuclear energy ⚛️, through a new retail pilot program from Constellation. 🔌💡 #NukeSky www.constellationenergy.com/newsroom/202...
DOE names 6 companies to compete for supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to support the U.S. nuclear power fleet ⚛️. Seeks to reduce reliance on Russian imports and build out a resilient fuel supply chain for the U.S. nuclear industry. 🔌💡 #NukeSky #uranium www.powermag.com/six-companie...
NEWS: Orano Awarded DOE LEU Enrichment Contract. Orano is one of only two of the awardees currently producing and providing commercial quantities of enriched uranium to US reactors. Its American #ProjectIke enrichment site would use Orano’s modern centrifuge tech. www.orano.group/usa/en/our-n...
Oak Ridge, TN, was the first U.S. site for uranium enrichment and is on track to be the nation’s site for Orano’s new Project Ike enrichment facility, along with a growing community of advanced reactor developers. 🔌💡 #NukeSky www.ornl.gov/nuclearishere
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One of the biggest hesitations people have about expanding low-carbon 24/7 nuclear power is the waste. I wrote up a page explaining what's up with nuclear waste and how we can and do deal with. I also bought the domain whataboutthewaste.com to redirect to that particular page for convenience :)
TODAY: Orano is hiring for the #ProjectIke enrichment facility development with an in-person job fair from 4-7:00 p.m. ET at their Bethesda headquarters for positions in Oak Ridge, TN, and Bethesda, MD. Open jobs also posted online. www.orano.group/usa/en/our-n... #OranoHires
Q: What to do with nuclear waste? A: Bravo! Canada is latest country to develop permanent repository for nuclear waste. Of course, best to first recycle ♻️ the 96% of valuable material in used nuclear fuel and then dispose of just 4% remaining waste. As Orano USA says … #itsonlywasteifyouwasteit!
This week 🇨🇦’s NWMO made history, choosing a site for a deep geological repository for used #nuclear fuel. Multiple layers of protection, both engineered & natural, will ensure the used fuel is safely contained & isolated in the repository. #NukeSky 🔌💡 interestingengineering.com/science/cana...
Power up! Jobs, economy, industry, clean energy—all generated via your local nuclear energy site. #MorePlease
Canada’s nuclear sector powers more than just homes—it powers our economy! ⚛️🇨🇦 With 76,000 jobs and billions in GDP contributions, nuclear energy drives clean growth and supports communities nationwide. #NuclearEnergy #Jobs cna.ca/advantages/jo...
NEWS: Orano begins hiring for Project Ike Enrichment Facility in Tennessee. A Job Fair on December 3 in Bethesda, MD, and online postings promote open job positions, including roles based in Oak Ridge, TN, and Bethesda, MD. www.orano.group/usa/en/our-n...
New report: “…examples of the growing [Adv. Energy] industry in Eastern Tennessee include Kairos Power… and #Orano selecting Tenn. as its preferred site to construct a multi-billion-dollar, state-of-the-art centrifuge uranium enrichment facility.” #ProjectIke www.tnadvancedenergy.com/advanced-ene...
Wheels up again 🛫 headed to Knoxville for the TAEBC event tomorrow, “Opportunities in Energy”. Orano USA Palayer is on the CEO Panel. www.tnadvancedenergy.com/event/2024-o...
Follow the link to see all of Orano’s STATEMENT: The recent shock to the enrichment market by Russia’s new export restrictions against the United States underscores the urgency of Orano’s efforts to support our U.S. customers… www.linkedin.com/posts/orano-...
An example of two HALEUs being better than one ... "However, we believe that [Orano USA's] ability to co-locate the two technologies—the enrichment and deconversion of HALEU—can save time for the DOE to achieve the first HALEU production.” #nukesky www.reutersevents.com/nuclear/us-d...
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I've curated a small but mighty list of people who post about nuclear energy ⚛️🔌💡 go.bsky.app/5EJY58V
Looking forward to voting tomorrow! If you need voter information, be sure to only go to websites ending in .gov vote.gov/guide-to-vot...
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U.S. plans to revive reactors as AI powers nuclear renaissance https://www.axios.com/2024/09/30/nuclear-plants-energy-ai-data-centers #axios #news #usnews