@siegfriedevens.bsky.social
Historian, author, PhD.
Specialized in technology, risk, and disasters.
Specialized in technology, risk, and disasters.
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A #booktip for a cold november weekend:
"The nuclear-water nexus" edited by @perhogselius.bsky.social and @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
In the book 25 authors investigate how access to water has shaped the atomic age in fundamental ways.
Published as #Openaccess at @mitpress.bsky.social
"The nuclear-water nexus" edited by @perhogselius.bsky.social and @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
In the book 25 authors investigate how access to water has shaped the atomic age in fundamental ways.
Published as #Openaccess at @mitpress.bsky.social
The Nuclear-Water Nexus
An edited collection that takes a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water.Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. T
direct.mit.edu
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A #booktip for a cold november weekend:
"The nuclear-water nexus" edited by @perhogselius.bsky.social and @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
In the book 25 authors investigate how access to water has shaped the atomic age in fundamental ways.
Published as #Openaccess at @mitpress.bsky.social
"The nuclear-water nexus" edited by @perhogselius.bsky.social and @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
In the book 25 authors investigate how access to water has shaped the atomic age in fundamental ways.
Published as #Openaccess at @mitpress.bsky.social
One of these two positions will entail field work in Belgium
French proficiency is required, Dutch is a plus.
It's a great project that has the potential to lead to important new insights about Belgium's relationship with nuclear technologies
So, to my Belgian colleagues, please spread the word!
French proficiency is required, Dutch is a plus.
It's a great project that has the potential to lead to important new insights about Belgium's relationship with nuclear technologies
So, to my Belgian colleagues, please spread the word!
2 doctoral positions on the '(Dis)Empowered Communities: A Comparative Study of Decommissioning Nuclear Sites' project led by Davide Orsini at the @carsoncenter.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 November
#histtech #envhist #energyhistory #nuclearhistory
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
Deadline: 30 November
#histtech #envhist #energyhistory #nuclearhistory
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
Two Funded Doctoral Positions: Project on Nuclear Decommissioning - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - LMU Munich
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
One of these two positions will entail field work in Belgium
French proficiency is required, Dutch is a plus.
It's a great project that has the potential to lead to important new insights about Belgium's relationship with nuclear technologies
So, to my Belgian colleagues, please spread the word!
French proficiency is required, Dutch is a plus.
It's a great project that has the potential to lead to important new insights about Belgium's relationship with nuclear technologies
So, to my Belgian colleagues, please spread the word!
Looking back at a great @shothisttech.bsky.social conference in Esch-sur-Alzette last week!
🏭 On a very eye-catching campus, a former steelworks
🧑🔬 Had a great panel on "expertise" (look how happy we were afterwards)
⚛️ Presented my work on the history of nuclear expertise & engineering education
🏭 On a very eye-catching campus, a former steelworks
🧑🔬 Had a great panel on "expertise" (look how happy we were afterwards)
⚛️ Presented my work on the history of nuclear expertise & engineering education
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Looking back at a great @shothisttech.bsky.social conference in Esch-sur-Alzette last week!
🏭 On a very eye-catching campus, a former steelworks
🧑🔬 Had a great panel on "expertise" (look how happy we were afterwards)
⚛️ Presented my work on the history of nuclear expertise & engineering education
🏭 On a very eye-catching campus, a former steelworks
🧑🔬 Had a great panel on "expertise" (look how happy we were afterwards)
⚛️ Presented my work on the history of nuclear expertise & engineering education
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it was a pleasure to share info on Robert O. Anderson that I & especially @odinnmelsted.bsky.social have collected w/ @roycerk2.bsky.social & glad that info proved useful in deflating one of the conspiracy theories in this apparently "mid" & misleading book:
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
it was a pleasure to share info on Robert O. Anderson that I & especially @odinnmelsted.bsky.social have collected w/ @roycerk2.bsky.social & glad that info proved useful in deflating one of the conspiracy theories in this apparently "mid" & misleading book:
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I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
September 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
@eseh.bsky.social in Uppsala felt very much like coming home, not only because it was in Sweden🇸🇪
🌍One word dominated the conference: Anthropocene
☢️& lots of nuclear history! Had the pleasure of presenting ongoing work on Belgian (anti-)nuclear history
💧+ I was part of two exciting water panels!
🌍One word dominated the conference: Anthropocene
☢️& lots of nuclear history! Had the pleasure of presenting ongoing work on Belgian (anti-)nuclear history
💧+ I was part of two exciting water panels!
August 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@eseh.bsky.social in Uppsala felt very much like coming home, not only because it was in Sweden🇸🇪
🌍One word dominated the conference: Anthropocene
☢️& lots of nuclear history! Had the pleasure of presenting ongoing work on Belgian (anti-)nuclear history
💧+ I was part of two exciting water panels!
🌍One word dominated the conference: Anthropocene
☢️& lots of nuclear history! Had the pleasure of presenting ongoing work on Belgian (anti-)nuclear history
💧+ I was part of two exciting water panels!
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excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
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@siegfriedevens.bsky.social scattered nuclear landscape in Belgium, with little national regulation until late 1980s/1990s. Local and transborder anti-nuclear protests, interantional influences really important, but success not entirely clear in face of corporate decisions to drop nuclear plans.
August 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
@siegfriedevens.bsky.social scattered nuclear landscape in Belgium, with little national regulation until late 1980s/1990s. Local and transborder anti-nuclear protests, interantional influences really important, but success not entirely clear in face of corporate decisions to drop nuclear plans.
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"Creating #Chernobyl" article out now!
#envhist #nuclearwaters #nuclear
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#envhist #nuclearwaters #nuclear
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Creating Chernobyl. - NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Starting in 1970, this article studies how Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was built. It follows the station’s operational history until 1982. During that year, reactor block one suffered a torn reactor...
link.springer.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Creating #Chernobyl" article out now!
#envhist #nuclearwaters #nuclear
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#envhist #nuclearwaters #nuclear
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Technocratic Culture Behind Chernobyl’s Disaster
Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block…
Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block…
The Technocratic Culture Behind Chernobyl’s Disaster
Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block four exploded.
achimklueppelberg.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Technocratic Culture Behind Chernobyl’s Disaster
Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block…
Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block…
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Look what came in the mail today! I was thrilled to contribute a chapter to this volume by @perhogselius.bsky.social and @siegfriedevens.bsky.social, based on a fantastic conference in Stockholm.
July 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Look what came in the mail today! I was thrilled to contribute a chapter to this volume by @perhogselius.bsky.social and @siegfriedevens.bsky.social, based on a fantastic conference in Stockholm.
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2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
July 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
Today's episode of the @theguardian.com Today in Focus podcast, which I usually love, was about nuclear power. Unfortunately, nuclear scientist Tim Gregory was allowed to flood the episode with historical inaccuracies. How this passed without any factcheck is beyond me. A selection:
July 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today's episode of the @theguardian.com Today in Focus podcast, which I usually love, was about nuclear power. Unfortunately, nuclear scientist Tim Gregory was allowed to flood the episode with historical inaccuracies. How this passed without any factcheck is beyond me. A selection:
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Check out The Nuclear-Water Nexus! Here you have a foundational volume about the hydrological turn in #nuclear energy history - all in open-access!
Props go out to @siegfriedevens.bsky.social and @perhogselius.bsky.social for editing!
I contributed chapter 4!
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
Props go out to @siegfriedevens.bsky.social and @perhogselius.bsky.social for editing!
I contributed chapter 4!
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
The Nuclear-Water Nexus
An edited collection that takes a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water.Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. T
direct.mit.edu
July 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Check out The Nuclear-Water Nexus! Here you have a foundational volume about the hydrological turn in #nuclear energy history - all in open-access!
Props go out to @siegfriedevens.bsky.social and @perhogselius.bsky.social for editing!
I contributed chapter 4!
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
Props go out to @siegfriedevens.bsky.social and @perhogselius.bsky.social for editing!
I contributed chapter 4!
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
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If you are interested in #nuclear power this is the most important book of the year #NuclearPower #climate
It's finally here! Our edited volume is out with @mitpress!
And it could not be more timely! As the heatwave and water shortages across Europe are severely affecting nuclear power plants, the nuclear-water nexus is more important than ever
Read all about it here mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
And it could not be more timely! As the heatwave and water shortages across Europe are severely affecting nuclear power plants, the nuclear-water nexus is more important than ever
Read all about it here mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
The Nuclear-Water Nexus
Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. To operate efficiently and safely, a standard nuclear reactor needs around 50 cubic meters (13,000 gallons) of...
mitpress.mit.edu
July 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If you are interested in #nuclear power this is the most important book of the year #NuclearPower #climate
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In "The Nuclear-Water Nexus," @perhogselius.bsky.social & Siegfried Evens bring together contributors from around the world to take a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
July 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In "The Nuclear-Water Nexus," @perhogselius.bsky.social & Siegfried Evens bring together contributors from around the world to take a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
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Delighted to have a chapter in 'The Nuclear-Water Nexus' edited by @perhogselius.bsky.social & @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
Kate Brown and I trace the legacies of #Chornobyl through the proposed E40 waterway, exploring historical/contemporary attempts to engineer the #Prypiat River
Kate Brown and I trace the legacies of #Chornobyl through the proposed E40 waterway, exploring historical/contemporary attempts to engineer the #Prypiat River
The Nuclear-Water Nexus
Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. To operate efficiently and safely, a standard nuclear reactor needs around 50 cubic meters (13,000 gallons) of...
mitpress.mit.edu
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Delighted to have a chapter in 'The Nuclear-Water Nexus' edited by @perhogselius.bsky.social & @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
Kate Brown and I trace the legacies of #Chornobyl through the proposed E40 waterway, exploring historical/contemporary attempts to engineer the #Prypiat River
Kate Brown and I trace the legacies of #Chornobyl through the proposed E40 waterway, exploring historical/contemporary attempts to engineer the #Prypiat River
It's finally here! Our edited volume is out with @mitpress!
And it could not be more timely! As the heatwave and water shortages across Europe are severely affecting nuclear power plants, the nuclear-water nexus is more important than ever
Read all about it here mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
And it could not be more timely! As the heatwave and water shortages across Europe are severely affecting nuclear power plants, the nuclear-water nexus is more important than ever
Read all about it here mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
The Nuclear-Water Nexus
Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. To operate efficiently and safely, a standard nuclear reactor needs around 50 cubic meters (13,000 gallons) of...
mitpress.mit.edu
July 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
It's finally here! Our edited volume is out with @mitpress!
And it could not be more timely! As the heatwave and water shortages across Europe are severely affecting nuclear power plants, the nuclear-water nexus is more important than ever
Read all about it here mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
And it could not be more timely! As the heatwave and water shortages across Europe are severely affecting nuclear power plants, the nuclear-water nexus is more important than ever
Read all about it here mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
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Hans Blix: 'I knew the truth on WMDs in Iraq – now I fear a repeat in #Iran.'
inews.co.uk/news/world/h...
inews.co.uk/news/world/h...
Hans Blix: I knew the truth on WMDs in Iraq – now I fear a repeat in Iran
UN’s former chief weapons inspector, who was sure Iraq didn’t have a nuclear arsenal, speaks about the situation in Iran
inews.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hans Blix: 'I knew the truth on WMDs in Iraq – now I fear a repeat in #Iran.'
inews.co.uk/news/world/h...
inews.co.uk/news/world/h...
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To assess Iran's remaining nuclear capability, we need to know several things that aren't publicly known:
(1) Where is the HEU? Canisters broken and UF6 dispersed? In canisters that can be recovered (or not)? Or removed and hidden? 1/n
(1) Where is the HEU? Canisters broken and UF6 dispersed? In canisters that can be recovered (or not)? Or removed and hidden? 1/n
June 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
To assess Iran's remaining nuclear capability, we need to know several things that aren't publicly known:
(1) Where is the HEU? Canisters broken and UF6 dispersed? In canisters that can be recovered (or not)? Or removed and hidden? 1/n
(1) Where is the HEU? Canisters broken and UF6 dispersed? In canisters that can be recovered (or not)? Or removed and hidden? 1/n
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EU nuclear projects come with €241 billion price tag
The Commission’s estimates rely on two conditions: that project won’t face delays, and that part of the existing fleet remains in operation for longer.
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
The Commission’s estimates rely on two conditions: that project won’t face delays, and that part of the existing fleet remains in operation for longer.
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
EU nuclear projects come with €241 billion price tag - Euractiv
The Commission's estimates rely on two conditions: that project won’t face delays, and that part of the existing fleet remains in operation for longer.
www.euractiv.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
EU nuclear projects come with €241 billion price tag
The Commission’s estimates rely on two conditions: that project won’t face delays, and that part of the existing fleet remains in operation for longer.
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
The Commission’s estimates rely on two conditions: that project won’t face delays, and that part of the existing fleet remains in operation for longer.
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
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thanks @siegfriedevens.bsky.social for the note yesterday about the Belgian state archives' extensive holdings related to business history - what a treasure trove!
June 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thanks @siegfriedevens.bsky.social for the note yesterday about the Belgian state archives' extensive holdings related to business history - what a treasure trove!
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Welcome @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
In his dissertation Siegfried does the heavy lifting to de-exceptionalize nuclear power by reconnecting the tech to is hydraulic roots.
Nothing new under the sun.
#Nukesky
In his dissertation Siegfried does the heavy lifting to de-exceptionalize nuclear power by reconnecting the tech to is hydraulic roots.
Nothing new under the sun.
#Nukesky
June 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Welcome @siegfriedevens.bsky.social
In his dissertation Siegfried does the heavy lifting to de-exceptionalize nuclear power by reconnecting the tech to is hydraulic roots.
Nothing new under the sun.
#Nukesky
In his dissertation Siegfried does the heavy lifting to de-exceptionalize nuclear power by reconnecting the tech to is hydraulic roots.
Nothing new under the sun.
#Nukesky
Way too late in moving to Bluesky, but better late than never
So refreshing though to finally see again the posts of the people I want to follow, snowed in on Twitter by the most random stuff
Looking forward to connecting with everyone again. And some big announcements are coming up so stay tuned!
So refreshing though to finally see again the posts of the people I want to follow, snowed in on Twitter by the most random stuff
Looking forward to connecting with everyone again. And some big announcements are coming up so stay tuned!
June 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Way too late in moving to Bluesky, but better late than never
So refreshing though to finally see again the posts of the people I want to follow, snowed in on Twitter by the most random stuff
Looking forward to connecting with everyone again. And some big announcements are coming up so stay tuned!
So refreshing though to finally see again the posts of the people I want to follow, snowed in on Twitter by the most random stuff
Looking forward to connecting with everyone again. And some big announcements are coming up so stay tuned!