Global wind capacity additions surged to a record high of 118GW in 2023

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    Here is a primer from Steve Milloy on the junk science used to politicize nuclear energy and waste management. The statue of Roger Williams in the Capital rotunda emits more radiation than the proposed standards for storage at Yucca Mountain. Also discussed is the bogus “linear - no threshold” exposure model used by politicians to basically eliminate any rational progress on many issues.

     
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    “Proposed”. In the software industry we call that “Vaporware”. Let’s talk about reality instead of things that don’t exist. These crappy high level wastes are stored at nuclear power plants throughout the US. Most of those are in high population areas in the Eastern and Southeastern US. It must be stored under 24/7 security for hundreds of thousands of years. Who’s paying for that? The storage containment is rated for 200 years. One earthquake with an epicenter near these sites, during that time, would be disastrous.
     
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    My home doesn’t care about the “capacity factor” of the source electricity. With nuclear as the plants age, there is more and more downtime. Ever seen cracks in concrete? The capacity factor starts dropping off rapudly, with huge maintenance expenditures. The most costly energy on the planet becomes MORE costly.
     
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    You would prefer spent fuel to be stored in swimming pools at nuclear reactor sites?
     
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    Which operating nuclear reactors have cracks in their primary and secondary containment structures? You had no answer before - do you have one now?

    Which operating nuclear reactors have rapidly diminishing capacity factors?
     
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    That’s just uninformed fear mongering.
     
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    Please provide evidence for your assertions that there is no risk posed by high level radioactive wastes. Please include a list of isotopes, associated half-lives, and potential risks of exposure to the human body.
     
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    Done months ago and ignored months ago.
     
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    The number of deaths from stored radioactive waste is low, and is much lower than the number of deaths from other energy sources:

    • United States
      A study found that the number of deaths from buried nuclear waste in the United States is about 1.0 or less per year.

    • Mortality rate
      The nuclear industry's mortality rate per kilowatt hour of energy produced is lower than that of coal, hydro, natural gas, oil, and biofuel industries.
    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has developed packaging standards for radioactive waste to ensure shielding from radiation and containment of waste.
     
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    Never
     
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    Wind power is harmful to your health.
    Another Study Shows Low-Frequency Vibrations From Wind Turbines Can Harm Human Health
    By P Gosselin on 23. October 2024

    New research by Dr. Bellut-Staeck in the journal Medical Research and Its Applications suggests chronic infrasound exposure can lead to serious blood vessel problems. This underpins earlier literature that have reached the similar conclusions.

    But the government refuses to accept the results.

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    Wind turbines are known to disrupt wildlife and severely damage the surrounding biotope, And, despite being inaudible, it is known that low-frequency vibrations from wind turbines can be harmful to human health.

    Hat-tip: Tichy’s Einblick here.

    Humans can only perceive sound waves over a range of approximately between 20 and 20,000 Hertz. Sound waves below 20 Hz cannot be heard by humans and are called infrasound.

    Natural infrasound emitted by nature is harmless but it is increasingly being understood that infra-sound generated by wind turbines pulsates and make people who are subjected to them over extended time periods sick.

    Strong evidence of a hazard to health

    The rotating blades of wind turbines cause air pressure changes, which in turn can cause pressure on the ears and chest and lead to health issues and even serious problems like arrhythmia and vision impairment, according to a German Medical Journal.

    The study’s abstract states: “Noise-exposed citizens, who live near infrastructures such as biogas installations, heat pumps, block-type thermal power stations, and bigger industrial wind turbines (IWT’s), show worldwide mainly a symptomatology associated with microcirculatory disorder.”

    In other words: Infrasound from wind turbines, or other industrial machinery, even though we can’t hear it, can disrupt the natural balance of chemicals in our blood vessels, which can lead to inflammation and problems like atherosclerosis.

    So what is the German government going to do about this well-established health hazard? Don’t expect much.

    Germany’s green Utopian vision is broadly based on wind power and so far the country has installed more than 30,000 turbines, many being sited near populated areas. The government isn’t about to admit it has completely goofed.

    It’s a situation very similar to the COVID mRNA vaccine, which has long been exposed as a health hazard. Yet, the government insists they’re safe!

    German government ignores obvious hazard

    Tichy’s Einblick writes: “For its part, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) continues to maintain that there is no scientific evidence of a possible harmful effect of infrasound from wind turbines. This argument from the chronically green-tinged authority is astonishing – because in the case of glyphosate and many other phenomena, the UBA did not need any ‘scientific proof’ of harmfulness. Suspicion was always enough to call for a ban.”
     
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    QUACKERY rated source.
     
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    Peer-reviewed research result.
    New research by Dr. Bellut-Staeck in the journal Medical Research and Its Applications

    Chronic Infrasound Impact is Suspected of Causing Irregular Information via Endothelial Mechano-transduction and Far-reaching Disturbance of Vascular Regulation in All Organisms
    • Ursula Maria Bellut-Staeck
    Medical Research and Its Applications Vol. 8, 25 June 2024 , Page 65-97
    https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mria/v8/727Published: 2024-06-25
    • Abstract

    Famous researchers have long recognized the connection between vibration, energy, and information.

    Albert Einstein and Max Plank in particular classified all energy transfers as oscillations. With the current findings on endothelial mechano-transduction, we can come closer to understanding the complex regulation of vital functions of life by mechanical forces. The undisturbed course of essential functions such as growth, blood pressure regulation, inflammatory sequence, and embryogenesis is bound to the absence of externally transmittable forces and endothelial integrity.

    The recognition of various endothelial cell structures as mechano-sensors is simultaneously important for understanding vital regulations. The endothelial cell itself, which corresponds to a viscoelastic “tensegrity model”, is a mechano-sensor that adapts beat to beat to the current conditions in the blood flow in alignment with the effect of various physical forces.

    Numerous endothelial mechano-sensors are identified, whereby the conserved structures of PIEZO channels for all organisms - from bacteria to mammals - have an outstandingly important role in numerous life processes, the decoding of which is still far from complete.

    The present knowledge sheds new light on the importance of low frequencies. The endothelial cytoskeleton identified now as a low-pass filter, offers the possibility for mechano-transduction. There is strong evidence that parts of the energy transmission of low-frequency oscillations become irregular information at the endothelial level that interferes with the autochthonous control of the microcirculation. Recent studies confirm the importance of a balance of the NO metabolism due to a synchronized release at the right time, in the right place, and with the right quantity. Misinformation, caused by external forces, must inevitably lead to an increase in oxidative and oscillatory stress, the main reason for a loss of endothelial integrity with inflammation diseases like atherosclerosis. This could indicate the long-sought pathophysiological way in which infrasound and vibration can exert a stressor effect at the cellular level. Noise-exposed citizens, who live near infrastructures such as biogas installations, heat pumps, block-type thermal power stations, and bigger industrial wind turbines (IWT’s), show worldwide mainly a symptomatology associated with microcirculatory disorder.

    Marine ecosystems, but also insects, appear to be particularly at risk from increasing emissions of very low frequencies. There is evidence for the increasing incompatibility of ever lower frequencies for all organisms and therefore for whole biodiversity.

    Keywords:
    • Mechano-transduction
    • endothelial cytoskeleton
    • infrasound
    • oscillatory and oxidative stress
    • biodiversity
     
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    Funny how your original QUACKERY source didn’t mention Block Type Thermal power sources, which were the primary power source mentioned even before wind turbines. So let’s get rid of these COMBUSTION engines.

    DEFINITION:
    A block-type thermal power station is a relatively small unit that generates electricity and heat locally, thereby avoiding the high losses incurred with long distribution distances. BTTPs are small power stations based on combustion engines. An engine drives a generator that produces electricity.
     
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    Everything you cite was in or linked to the original NTZ post.
     
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    A block-type thermal power station is a relatively small unit that generates electricity and heat locally, thereby avoiding the high losses incurred with long distribution distances. BTTPs are small power stations based on combustion engines. An engine drives a generator that produces electricity.
     
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    Yes, and . . . ? Not numerous or large enough to matter.
     
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    A solution in search of a problem.
     
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    Biased No Trick Zones article ignored this reference.
     
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    Talk about shoddy, look at these costs to repair a Nuclear Power plant. And this was in 2012. Probably would cost at least twice that today. Most expensive power on the planet.

    https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Costly-estimates-for-Crystal-River-repairs

    An independent review of Progress Energy's plan to repair the damaged containment structure of its idled Crystal River nuclear power plant suggests that the cost is likely to be almost $1.5 billion. However, in the worst-case scenario, it could cost almost $3.5 billion and take eight years to complete. The utility has yet to decide whether to repair or retire the unit.
     
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    Your link is from 2012. Here is an update:

    https://news.duke-energy.com/releas...rly-50-years-sooner-than-originally-scheduled
     
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