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Nukefluencers are on a quest to push clean power from reactors
Link Japan Times"
There’s a Brazilian model. Miss America. A nonprofit founder who goes by Atomic Eric. And a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who calls herself Ms. Nuclear Energy and has more than 118,000 TikTok followers. They're all on the same quest: making fission more fun.
Taking to Instagram, TikTok and other social media sites, these influencers, including one who receives funds from a U.S. Department of Energy lab, say they want to counter disinformation among people who instinctively associate reactors with potentially catastrophic disasters. The atomic evangelists are tapping into a generation that’s increasingly anxious about the warming planet by focusing on the fact that nuclear energy is carbon-free. The goal is to boost support at the grassroots level and eventually lead to concrete plans for new power plants.
Their short, snappy and often humorous videos and posts downplay the concerns of opponents, including Greenpeace, who argue nuclear energy is neither clean nor safe. Critics point to risks associated with uranium mining, management of nuclear waste and the high cost to build reactors.
Ms. Nuclear Energy Kaylee Cunningham, aka Ms. Nuclear Energy and the MIT graduate student in nuclear engineering, has drawn more than 2.4 million likes for the videos on her TikTok page that make fun of nuclear scaremongering. There are several about the controversial wastewater from Japan’s Fukushima power plant — "actually something you don’t need to be worried about.”
Cunningham, who said she receives no funding from nuclear groups, was spurred to create her first TikTok video in 2021 after touring geothermal power plants in Iceland; when she asked about the idea of complementing them with nuclear, Cunningham said she was dismayed when energy experts there conflated reactors with nuclear weapons.
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Must admit I love the very cool @YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist Elina Charatsidou humor and science mix and most others who provide significant insite. The Bolded bit from Japan Times story counter such as IF you had all your eltectricty from your Birth to Death provied by Nuclear power all the Nuclear waste that would create would fit in One Soft drink can is just one of the tid bits of information we should all know.
Link to her on YoutubeThat anti Nuclear Power people feel the very few real and resolvable issues with Nuclear Power should be the Focus clearly Neglects the massive Benefits to Human Health care and the more than 47% C02 free power generation in the USA right now and a signifacant amout world wide!
5 Fast Facts About Nuclear Energy
1. Nuclear power plants produced 772 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2022
U.S. nuclear power plants generated772 billion kilowatt hoursof electricity in 2022. That's enough to power more than 72 million homes! U.S. reactors have supplied around 20% of the nation's power since the 1990s and are also the largest producer of nuclear energy in world.
2. Nuclear power provides nearly half of America's clean energy
Nuclear energy provided 47% of America’s carbon-free electricity in 2022, making it the largest domestic source of clean energy.
Nuclear power plants do not emit greenhouse gases while generating electricity.
They produce power by boiling water to create steam that spins a turbine. The water is heated by aprocess called fission, which makes heat by splitting apart uranium atoms inside a nuclear reactor core.
3. Nuclear energy is one of the most reliable energy sources in America
Nuclear power plants operated atfull capacity more than 92%of the time in 2022—making it themost reliable energy sourcein America. That’s about 1.5 to 2 times more reliable as natural gas (56.7%) and coal (47.8%) plants, and roughly 2.5 to 3.5 times more reliable than wind (36.1%) and solar (24.8%) plants.
Nuclear power plants are designed to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week because they require less maintenance and can operate for longer stretches before refueling (typically every 1.5 or 2 years).
4. Nuclear helps power 28 U.S. states
There are currently 93 commercial reactors helping to power homes and businesses in 28 U.S. states. Illinois has 11 reactors—the most of any state—and joins South Carolina and New Hampshire in receivingmore than 50% of its powerfrom nuclear.
Plant Vogtle Unit 3 in Waynesboro, GA became the nation’s newest reactor when it entered into commercial service in the summer of 2023.
5. Nuclear fuel is extremely dense
Because of this, the amount of used nuclear fuel is not as big as you think.
All of the used nuclear fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear energy industry over the last 60 years could fit on a football field at a depth of less than 10 yards.
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