7 Things The Simpsons Got Wrong About Nuclear
Nuclear Power Realities vs Homer Simpson's World
The Simpsons
It’s a show we all know and grew to love—unless you actually work with nuclear technology.
Animation of The Simpsons character 'Mr. Burns' tapping his fingers together repeatedly.
America’s longest-running animated series on FOX has been making nuclear workers cringe on their couches for almost 3 decades now.
A people's guide to our nuclear planet
An introduction to nuclear radiation and its impacts on human health and Earth’s environment
Ron Gester, retired geologist & physician, 2023.
Earth is a nuclear planet … and nuclear energy is essential for our existence on Earth.
Without Earth's molten core, life as we know it would not exist. Earth is protected from extreme levels of cosmic and solar radiation by a geomagnetic field generated by the rotation of Earth’s molten core. It rotates because of a combination of convection, due to heat, and Earth's rotation. The heat is generated in part from the radioactive decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium isotopes. [Johnston, 2011] This heat also contributes to convection in the mantle which drives plate tectonics and continental drift. Nuclear energy is a natural and essential force on Earth. Nuclear fission reactors have occurred naturally in Earth’s geologic past. Rock formations in Oklo, Gabon, W. Africa reveal that self-sustaining nuclear reactions ran in these formations for hundreds of thousands of years starting about 1.7 billion years ago.
Nuclear power is a critical component of our clean energy future
By Rep. John Curtis
...the United States has been actively reducing its carbon footprint while ensuring energy security. However, in our journey toward a cleaner, greener future, one often-overlooked but incredibly powerful solution stands out: nuclear energy.
Nuclear power is a critical component of our clean energy future. Its ability to generate large amounts of electricity with minimal greenhouse gas emissions makes it an invaluable part of our energy grid.
Guest Op-Ed: Nuclear Gasoline
Nuclear powered refineries can use seawater to make net zero synfuels, ending electric vehicle rationale.
Synthesizing fuels with carbon from seawater CO2 and energy from nuclear power will let our US economy continue to use vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel combustion engines, but with net zero CO2 emissions.
Nuclear industry ready to help end-users cut emissions
The nuclear industry has the solutions to assist end-users - from the shipping industry to data centres - in reducing their carbon emissions and meeting their decarbonisation goals, panellists at World Nuclear Symposium 2023 said.
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