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"Can the U.S. Make Big Nuclear Reactors?"
Can the U.S. Make Big Nuclear Reactors?
President Trump is betting $80 billion that the U.S. can revive the stalled nuclear-power industry.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Can the U.S. Make Big Nuclear Reactors?"
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Excited to say that my colleague Hui Zhang's magnum opus, providing a detailed technical history of China's nuclear weapons development and testing -- every test, what they learned from it, etc. -- is out now from MIT Press. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205182...
The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing
The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing offers the most comprehensive account of China’s nuclear weapons development f...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Excited to say that my colleague Hui Zhang's magnum opus, providing a detailed technical history of China's nuclear weapons development and testing -- every test, what they learned from it, etc. -- is out now from MIT Press. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205182...
Moscow to reject peace deal in 3, 2,........
BREAKING: Ukraine has agreed to a U.S.-brokered peace deal, with only minor details left to finalize, according to CBS News. National Security Adviser Rustem Umerov confirmed a common understanding has been reached. Zelensky may travel to Washington by month’s end. Russia has yet to respond.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Moscow to reject peace deal in 3, 2,........
Good. Stephen Harper did the heavy lifting on this only to watch Trudeau squander it with his mis handling of the file. It is possible to hold India accountable for it's transgressions while trading with them. Mark Carney, like Harper understands this.
Canada to announce uranium export deal with India in further sign of warming relations
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada to announce uranium export deal with India in further sign of warming relations
Deal could run for 10 years and may be part of broader nuclear co-operation effort
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Good. Stephen Harper did the heavy lifting on this only to watch Trudeau squander it with his mis handling of the file. It is possible to hold India accountable for it's transgressions while trading with them. Mark Carney, like Harper understands this.
A new buzz phrase at conferences is that the old "rules based" international order is being replaced with a "power based" international order. That is a naïve and wrong take: the int'l order is and will always be power based.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A new buzz phrase at conferences is that the old "rules based" international order is being replaced with a "power based" international order. That is a naïve and wrong take: the int'l order is and will always be power based.
China does a lot of solar/wind/EV but that obscures the fact that China burns more coal for electricity than the rest of the world combined and is building more. Put another way, China’s coal fleet alone will soon be larger than the entire US electric grid (1.3 TW of generation capacity.)
The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
The rise of the electric dragon
For so many years, “China” has been brandished in the West as the ultimate whataboutism. China’s carbon pollution is so big, its coal plants so numerous, so why even bother cutting the carbon spew any...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
China does a lot of solar/wind/EV but that obscures the fact that China burns more coal for electricity than the rest of the world combined and is building more. Put another way, China’s coal fleet alone will soon be larger than the entire US electric grid (1.3 TW of generation capacity.)
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The Witkoff-Dmitriev plan puts Zelensky in a familiar spot. He can accept Moscow’s terms, or Ukraine can keep fighting a war few think it can win.
It’s the same choice Ukrainians faced in February 2022 - so don’t expect the answer from Kyiv to be any different this time.
My analysis
It’s the same choice Ukrainians faced in February 2022 - so don’t expect the answer from Kyiv to be any different this time.
My analysis
U.S. peace plan for Ukraine bears strong resemblance to Putin’s terms
The 28-point proposal finds Zelensky in a vulnerable political position, hurt by a corruption scandal
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Witkoff-Dmitriev plan puts Zelensky in a familiar spot. He can accept Moscow’s terms, or Ukraine can keep fighting a war few think it can win.
It’s the same choice Ukrainians faced in February 2022 - so don’t expect the answer from Kyiv to be any different this time.
My analysis
It’s the same choice Ukrainians faced in February 2022 - so don’t expect the answer from Kyiv to be any different this time.
My analysis
No need for lengthy analyses: it isn’t a peace plan, It’s a surrender plan. The Tsar gets land for his agression. Ukraine gets a piece of paper full of lies. Tell them to shove it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No need for lengthy analyses: it isn’t a peace plan, It’s a surrender plan. The Tsar gets land for his agression. Ukraine gets a piece of paper full of lies. Tell them to shove it.
It's often been a bipartisan issue.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's often been a bipartisan issue.
I never believed for a minute believed that Trump's policy towards Ukraine ever shifted. His "unhappiness" with Putin was theatre from top to bottom.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀 Zelensky privately asked Trump for Tomahawk cruise missiles during a UN sidelines meeting, and Trump is said to have been receptive, - The Telegraph
‼️ The missiles with a range up to 1,500 miles and a large warhead would allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russia.
‼️ The missiles with a range up to 1,500 miles and a large warhead would allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russia.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I never believed for a minute believed that Trump's policy towards Ukraine ever shifted. His "unhappiness" with Putin was theatre from top to bottom.
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CIA Assassination Plots: The Church Committee Report 50 Years Later
Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
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Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
CIA Assassination Plots: The Church Committee Report 50 Years Later
Washington D.C., November 20, 2025 - Fifty years ago today, a special Senate Committee led by Idaho Senator Frank Church lifted the veil of secrecy on the clandestine efforts of the Central Intelligen...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
CIA Assassination Plots: The Church Committee Report 50 Years Later
Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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Pretty disgusting surrender ter...I mean "proposal" being offered here.
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/t...
Scoop: Trump plan asks Ukraine to cede additional territory for security guarantee
"We are now going to wait. The ball is in Zelensky's court."
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Pretty disgusting surrender ter...I mean "proposal" being offered here.
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/t...
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Out of frustration with the neverending story that is Canada's Future Fighter Capability Project, I gathered my objections in one place to the notion of a mixed fleet for the RCAF, the potential acquisition of Gripens, and SAAB's absurd economic arguments.
alanoszka.substack.com/p/canadas-f-...
alanoszka.substack.com/p/canadas-f-...
Canada's F-35 Saga
The fifth sequel is usually the worst.
alanoszka.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Out of frustration with the neverending story that is Canada's Future Fighter Capability Project, I gathered my objections in one place to the notion of a mixed fleet for the RCAF, the potential acquisition of Gripens, and SAAB's absurd economic arguments.
alanoszka.substack.com/p/canadas-f-...
alanoszka.substack.com/p/canadas-f-...
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Nuclear power is back: Today, the world's biggest nuclear plant (Kashiwazaki-Kariwato in Japan) received final approval to restart and in the US, Constellation Energy secured a $1 billion loan from the Energy Department to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island reactor plant.
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Nuclear power is back: Today, the world's biggest nuclear plant (Kashiwazaki-Kariwato in Japan) received final approval to restart and in the US, Constellation Energy secured a $1 billion loan from the Energy Department to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island reactor plant.
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Nuclear power is back: Today, the world's biggest nuclear plant (Kashiwazaki-Kariwato in Japan) received final approval to restart and in the US, Constellation Energy secured a $1 billion loan from the Energy Department to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island reactor plant.
In 2017 Trump concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom but it was complete fake news. Instead, it was a bunch of letters of interest or intent, but not contracts. Expect much of the same.
Trump to MBS: "I want to just tell you what an honor it is to be your friend and I very much appreciate the investment of now $1 trillion."
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In 2017 Trump concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom but it was complete fake news. Instead, it was a bunch of letters of interest or intent, but not contracts. Expect much of the same.
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Despite clean tech hegemony, China remains (by far) world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases
• China emits one-third of global CO2 emissions, mostly because of reliance on coal as energy source
• Beijing has yet to reduce emissions per unit of GDP to extent it said it would at Paris COP in 2015
• China emits one-third of global CO2 emissions, mostly because of reliance on coal as energy source
• Beijing has yet to reduce emissions per unit of GDP to extent it said it would at Paris COP in 2015
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Despite clean tech hegemony, China remains (by far) world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases
• China emits one-third of global CO2 emissions, mostly because of reliance on coal as energy source
• Beijing has yet to reduce emissions per unit of GDP to extent it said it would at Paris COP in 2015
• China emits one-third of global CO2 emissions, mostly because of reliance on coal as energy source
• Beijing has yet to reduce emissions per unit of GDP to extent it said it would at Paris COP in 2015
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Using CRISPR gene-editing to permanently reduce cholesterol and triglycerides holds tremendous promise. It almost sounds like science fiction. Go science!
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol in a new study
An experimental gene-editing treatment shows promise for permanently lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, possibly helping cut the risk for heart disease.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Using CRISPR gene-editing to permanently reduce cholesterol and triglycerides holds tremendous promise. It almost sounds like science fiction. Go science!
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
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Fossil CO2 emissions are still growing, in case you missed it...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Fossil CO2 emissions are still growing, in case you missed it...
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I participated in The Naked Scientists' podcast primer on nuclear weapons, talking about different types of nuclear weapons. As I am not a scientist, I was in fact fully clothed while doing this.
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
80 years of nuclear weapons
A blast from the past, present, and future...
www.thenakedscientists.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I participated in The Naked Scientists' podcast primer on nuclear weapons, talking about different types of nuclear weapons. As I am not a scientist, I was in fact fully clothed while doing this.
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
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Yes, data centers are important sources of electricity demand growth, but hey, don't overlook the main sources of growth, which are cooling, electric cars, manufacturing, etc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Yes, data centers are important sources of electricity demand growth, but hey, don't overlook the main sources of growth, which are cooling, electric cars, manufacturing, etc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
On this day I always recommend reading The Guns of August, a superb book about how the events of August 1914 led to a global conflict that killed and wounded tens of millions. President John F. Kennedy was so impressed by it that he ordered the Pentagon to send a copy to every general.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On this day I always recommend reading The Guns of August, a superb book about how the events of August 1914 led to a global conflict that killed and wounded tens of millions. President John F. Kennedy was so impressed by it that he ordered the Pentagon to send a copy to every general.
Brits, French, and Germans dispatch armed forces to Belgium - this time all on the same side, having tried all other permutations.
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Britain, France and Germany deploy anti-drone teams to Belgium
Airports in Brussels and Liège suspended flights last week due to unidentified drones, and other UAVs overflew the port of Antwerp.
www.politico.eu
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Brits, French, and Germans dispatch armed forces to Belgium - this time all on the same side, having tried all other permutations.
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
www.politico.eu/article/brit...