Chris Burk

finally watched Casablanca. wild in this day and age for something to actually live up to the hype

Macron says France will increase its nuclear arsenal, allow temporary deployment of nuclear-armed jets to European allies Macron says the new strategy will "provide for the temporary deployment of elements of our strategic air forces to allied countries."

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that France will increase its nuclear arsenal and for the first time allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries, in a new strategy aimed at strengthening Europe's independence. https://to.pbs.org/4rbFhcf

The Trump administration’s favorite nuclear startup has ties to Russia and Epstein Also, Christian nationalism.

The Trump administration’s favorite nuclear startup has ties to Russia and Epstein

Russian proverb “We thought we had reached the bottom, but then someone knocked from below” (kогда я думала, что достигла дна, снизу постучали)

Yoon Suk Yeol in Korea and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in britain moving deeper into the Find Out stage today. #FAFO #consequences

County prosecutors probing whether Edison should be criminally prosecuted for Eaton fire The Los Angeles County District Attorney is investigating whether Southern California Edison should be criminally prosecuted for its actions in last year’s devastating Eaton wildfire, which killed 19 ...

L.A. County prosecutors probing whether Edison should be criminally prosecuted for Eaton fire www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Those of us living near the Potomac already have a broken pipe unleashing the largest sewage spill in U.S. history. There's no need to create another one.

Nuke-talk is heating up among Europeans in Munich ‘Nuclear deterrence can give us new opportunities. Why not?’ Latvian PM tells POLITICO.

Nuke-talk is heating up among Europeans in Munich
‘Nuclear deterrence can give us new opportunities. Why not?’ Latvian PM tells POLITICO.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Ken Starr Writing To 'My Friend, My Brother' Jeffrey Epstein - Above the Law The latest, not-at-all-shocking development.

A reminder that Ken Starr was the absolute worst.

US, Armenia sign agreement on nuclear energy Days after Rosatom's CEO reiterated the Russian nuclear company's willingness to cooperate with Armenia in the construction of new nuclear capacity, Armenia and the USA have completed negotiat...

U.S. and Armenia reach agreement on nuclear cooperation world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-... #Armenia #Vance #nuclear #nuclearenergy #123Agreement

a bald man is sitting at a desk giving finger quote signals and the word laser is below him Alt: a bald man is sitting at a desk giving finger quote signals and the word laser is below him

The laser shot down some extremely dangerous quinceañera balloons aggressively launched by Party City, the notorious Juárez branch of TDA. Now that we have neutralized the threat, airport can reopen.

I heard y'all wanted a thread on "El Apagón"

I will eventually shut up about this but Bad Bunny’s use of the power lines is an outstanding example of how to communicate about climate and energy issues. Not about who is the smartest nerd in the room and spewing numbers but about people’s actual lives. Genius.

Tyson was convicted of felony rape in March 1992 and served years in Indiana state prison. It's beyond me how he's still on our screens in any positive manner.

Department of Energy Seeks Hosts for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses The U.S. Department of Energy today issued a Request for Information inviting states to express interest in hosting Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, a new effort to modernize the nation’s full n...

U.S. Department of Energy announces today it is seeking States to host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses
www.energy.gov/articles/dep... #energy #nuclearenergy #nuclearwaste #NLIC #energysky🔌💡

75 years ago today, the United States conducted the first of 100 aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada, leading to the blanketing of most of the continental United States (and parts of Canada and Mexico) with significant radioactive fallout over the next 11 years.

US to offer states deals to host nuclear waste, source says The U.S. will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on storing nuclear waste in return for incentives to build nuclear reactors, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, but the Department of Energy said no decisions have been made.

US to offer states deals to host nuclear waste, source says reut.rs/4pU9lZf

Cutaway image of geological layers. Building on top, elevator shaft, layers with caverns below. Canisters with radioactivity symbol in some caverns.

Major NEW report launch today: The Path Forward for Nuclear Waste in the U.S. presents a bipartisan solution to the nuclear waste problem. The full report from a set of eminent, bipartisan experts is available here:
sppga.ubc.ca/news/the-pat... #nuclear #nuclearenergy #nuclearwaste

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

An obituary worth a read:
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Apartheid Regime’s Nuclear Weapons Program, by Adam Nossiter in The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w... #SouthAfrica #nuclear #nuclearweapons

The word Jeremy in white text on black background

Image of boy wrapped in American flag and separate image of man singing

Black-and-white yearbook photo of teenage boy

Black text inside thick black box on white background

Thirty-five years ago today, Jeremy spoke in class. Some may remember the song "Jeremy" that Pearl Jam released or the award-winning music video. But me and others remember that morning because we were there. We'll never forget it. R.I.P. #Jeremy #RichardsonHighSchool #PearlJam

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How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.

An American nuclear device disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains during a covert mission. After losing it 60 years ago, the U.S. government still refuses to acknowledge that anything ever happened.

The West’s Last Chance How to build a new global order before it’s too late.

Without significant changes, “the multilateral system as it exists will crumble,” warns President of Finland Alexander Stubb. And “the alternatives are much worse: spheres of influence, chaos, and disorder.”

there's a certain personality that's very debilitating in modern life. 100 years ago, if you wanted to buy something, you'd go to five local shops and decide. now with the internet, you need to spend 1,000 hours so you can own the best version in the world like you're some venetian patrician

Photo of tbe exterior of thr U.S. Department of Energy headquarters, the James Forrestal building, on Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C.

I'm pleased to announce that I've started a short-term assignment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, specifically the Office of Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Disposition (NE-8). #DOE #nuclearenergy #nuclearwaste

Copy of the cover page of a partially declassified May 1, 1950, report by the Development Division and Health Instrument Divisions of the General Electric Nucleonics Department at Hanford titled "Dissolving of Twenty Day Metal at Hanford."

A map showing the extent of radioactive contamination released during the "Green Run." An oblong, light purple "cloud" stretches from Kettle Falls and Spokane in northeast Washington to Klamath Falls in south central Oregon. A, darker, more concentrated plume covers the Hanford Reservation in southeastern Washington, as well as nearby communities of Ritzville, Moses Lake, Walla Walla, and stretches south of the Columbia River to encompass The Dalles and Pendleton, Oregon.

Today in 1949, the US Atomic Energy Commission and US Air Force conducted a secret experiment at the Hanford Reservation in Washington State, exposing thousands of people living downwind to dangerous levels of radioactive iodine-131 and xenon-133 from freshly-irradiated or “green” uranium fuel.

The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?

The mysterious black fungus from #Chernobyl that may eat #radiation. bbc.com/future/artic... by Alex Riley for BBC.

No. Huntington was wrong then and he's still wrong.

The stuff that's going to come up between now and the 2026 midterms as people who aren't deranged nerds try to wrestle with the politics of energy prices, grid planning, and how data centers fit in will legitimately break my brain like some sort of lovecraftian horror.

No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.

big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts