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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do you think nuclear power is inevitably slow to build? Aalo Atomics built a 10 MW reactor in 8 months. It has successfully been "fissioned" and should be truck-ready by July 2027. How has is succeeded where so many have failed? Good question. geoffrussell.substack.com/p/small-modu...

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Small Modular Reactors: With a focus on Aalo Atomics

Aalo Atomics is the real deal

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Europe 3.15am. French nuclear pushing about 3 nukes worth of electricity to Switzerland and almost 4 nukes worth to northern Italy. Germany is generating via burning forests and coal, over 500 grams of CO2/kwh compared to 31 in France. Germany chose this. It chose climate pollution over nuclear.

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

7am in Germany and you wouldn't be able to get a coffee without the imports from French nuclear plants across the border. The German Greens, like the Australian Greens, fooled people into thinking they cared about the climate. The defining issue of our times ... blah blah 1/2

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's 5.15am in France and its nuclear plants are keeping the lights on in quite a few other countries. Northern Italy is getting about 3 nukes worth (see panel), Germany is getting about 1.7 nukes worth, but still burning plenty of coal and getting 4.5 gigawatts from burning forests. 1/2

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's 3.15am in anti-nuclear Germany. There isn't much wind so Germany is burning forests. It is getting about 4.4 gigawatts from wood ... burning about 3,000 tonnes of wood every hour. Also getting over 17 gigawatts of coal. Generating some 560 gms of CO2/kwh. A spectacular own goal.

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

9am in Europe. France has about 36 nukes powering the country for 23 gms of CO2/kwh. Renewable Germany is generating with plenty of coal & wood 400gms-CO2/kwh. France is sending it about 2 x nukes worth, with about 3 x nukes worth going to Italy, about 1 to Switzerland/Belgium.

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've been busy and ignoring the European grid for some weeks, but not much has changed. It's currently 8am and nuclear France is exporting clean electricity to a much dirtier, renewable Germany. When the Germans prepare their National Inventory each year, I hope they remember to credit ... 1/2

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My current daily obsession. It's 3am in France which is exporting a total of 10 gigawatts to 5 other countries. Emissions are running at 47 gms-CO2/kwh for France and 499 gms-CO2/kwh for Germany, which is burning forests, coal and gas. 1/3

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It's midday in Europe. As usual, France is exporting to many places and has super low emissions ... 23gms-co2/kwh. It's a good day for Germany, it solar farms are going well and it is also exporting. But still burning wood and coal. Why? Probably for grid stability. 1/2

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It's 4.45am in Europe. France is emitting 19gm-CO2/kwh compared to 517gm-CO2/kwh from renewable advocate Germany. France is also exporting to 6 countries & keeping the lights on in Berlin. Nuclear just works. When you hear about nuclear being constrained by rivers ... ask for numbers, not headlines.

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@news.abc.net.au and others keep running unquantified stories about nuclear being in trouble because of river water access. That's a problem for Hungary and Czechia with few reactors, but not in France ... where any problems are tiny. How tiny? Here's a map of now (3.30am in France). 1/3

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If you haven't seen actual electricity supply data, it's easy to be convinced that batteries can firm up wind and solar without the baseload sources that all of Australia's main trading partners have ... ie., nuclear or hydro. Data rule. geoffrussell.substack.com/p/batteries-...

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Batteries will not cut it without a baseload power source

A short note on this week's wind drought

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Will batteries replace gas to firm up wind+solar. Judging from gas industry advertising and what is happening on the ground in South Australia ... the answer is a big NO. geoffrussell.substack.com/p/batteries-...

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Batteries will not replace gas to firm up wind and solar

South Australian wind turbines were pretty much AWOL during the week ending 26th June, 2026. What did this week reveal?

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

At last, Australia takes baby steps toward being a clean energy super power. And unlike plans to run an extension cord up to Singapore from covering a vast habitat with PV panels, this one will actually achieve something ... 1/2

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Gas export tax? What's our record at getting rid of damaging industries which support a big tax yield? open.substack.com/pub/geoffrus...

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Taxing gas exports

Sit-down money is addictive

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

That's demonstrably false. How do we know? Because the cancer increase in survivors of the WW2 atomic bombing in Japan was about 11%. Far less than the cancer increase if they had moved to Australia instead of being bombed.

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Animal Justice Party @animaljusticeparty.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

GEORGIE EXPLAINS WHY WE NEED FLYING FOXES (MORE THAN THEY NEED US) "If you find them annoying, just remember you need bats more than they need you 💜." #AusPol #SpringSt #VicPol #Animals #Wildlife #Vote1AJP #Victoria #FlyingFox #Nature #Conservation #Environment #AusPol2026 #StateElection #Politics

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A great non-technical summary of what my generation got wrong about radiation and nuclear power. We ignored all of the big discoveries about DNA repair mechanisms and the impacts of those discoveries on how to respond rationally to radiation leaks, accidents etc. open.substack.com/pub/jackdeva...

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A Well Intentioned Lie Led to an Auto-Genocidal Tragedy

I have been asked to come up with a take down of LNT for people “with zero technical background”.

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Here's what we built in Australia as a result of the ban on nuclear power. Each of these big projects is massive. Wheatstone LNG hub cost $30 billion. We could have got 3 reactors for that. The Greens and the nuclear ban have locked in gas. geoffrussell.substack.com/p/the-real-w...

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The radiation porn is already starting as assorted anti-nuclear media prepare for the Chernobyl accident anniversary. Why are there no such "celebrations" of the Bhopal or Ufa accidents? Both were more deadly and left many with lifelong pain. open.substack.com/pub/geoffrus...

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Radiation, Chernobyl And The ‘Scientific’ Mumbo-Jumbo Inexorably Attached To It

[The following critique was first published on NewMatilda in 2019. I’m republishing it on substack due to Chernobyl being back in the news again. The Bhopal or Ufa disasters don’t get this high-profil...

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Many will remember March the 11th as the day a devastating tsunami hit the north east coast of Japan, eventually killing nearly 20,000 people. But it is also an illustration of the power of misinformation to cause immense and unnecessary suffering. 1 of 5

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Animal Justice Party @animaljusticeparty.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

GREYHOUND BORN WITH NO TONGUE BREAKS LEG Georgie Purcell MP: "Just when you think the greyhound racing industry couldn’t get worse they decide to race a dog without a tongue until he breaks his leg." #AusPol #AusPol26 #VicPol #SpringSt #Politics #Dogs #Greyhounds #AnimalRescue #DogsofBsky #Animals

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Can Peter Malinauskas tell the difference between a duck and a Dachsund? He sure can. He's just authorised another duck shooting season which will allow shooters to smash the bones, wings and organs of our native wildlife with shotguns, leaving tens of thousands wounded each year.

Premier Peter Malinauskas with a dachshund

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I don't get it. Why would anybody eating bacon, ham, or steak without blinking worry about a link with glyphosphate and cancer? It's like smokers worrying about chemicals in shampoos. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/the-clock-...

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The Clock Is Ticking for Glyphosate

Decisions from Supreme Court, EPA, and State Legislatures Expected in 2026

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

AEMO's draft Integrated System Plan for the grid has given up on phasing out coal by 2036. It now predicts coal out to 2048. If you are curious about why, you need to look at the South Australian grid. 1/2

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

There was a recent panic among advertising bureaus about a ban on junk food ads set to come into force in July 1st in South Australia. An advertising lobby group (AANA) called for "evidence based" decisions; singling out ham as a poor struggling victim of the nanny state. 1/7

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

A friend sent me this from Germany. It looks like a normal, rather old, house, but it could be a high level nuclear waste storage building. Had you used this house to store a standard nucear waste storage cask in 1549, then by now the waste would be safe to handle. 1/3

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The recent Spanish blackout and the 2016 South Australian blackout are remarkably similar (except for scale). 1. An event caused a loss of generation. In SA it was 456MW from storm damage to transmission towers. In Spain the precise cause is yet to be determined. 1/6

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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I'm looking forward to chatting with these legends of nuclear advocacy on Monday morning! Australia's bitter partisan debate has drifted far from the point: cleaning up our energy system. Come along for a refreshing look at what this clean, reliable energy source can offer us. 9am AEST / 10am AEDT

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 31/01/2025

Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Rooftop solar will kill any clean #energy transition. It's already happening in South Australia. Look at the chart. There are 735MW of solar farms in SA, but in only one of the last 7 sunny days have they sold much electricity. 1/n

A chart showing the proportions of electricity from various sources in South Australia during the past week. Rooftop solar has dominated this hot and sunny week, all but totally displacing utility scale solar.

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

In what kind of country do comedians celebrate greed and the audience laughs? It's been a long time since Donald Horne called Australia the lucky country. If Horne were writing today he'd call us the greedy country. www.blog.geoffrussell.com.au/post/tom-gle...

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Tom Gleeson and the triumph of greed

When comedians celebrate greed and the audience laughs, you know you have a problem.

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Eat the invaders? But which ones? We invaders have been eating invaders ever since we arrived. If we had been eating native wildlife, it would be long gone. www.blog.geoffrussell.com.au/post/eat-the...

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Eat the invaders: but which ones?

Australians have been eating the invaders ever since white arrival; so exactly what does Tony Armstrong want to change?

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Are Doctors for the Environment Australia really for the Environment? Or just leveraging their good reputation to spread misinformation and ignorance? wix.to/VErgyZo #DoctorsForTheEnvironment #NuclearPower #ClimateAction

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Price chaos on the Australian electricity grid. Guess if it is increasing or decreasing...and why

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grantchalmers.bsky.social @grantchalmers.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

2024 mean CO2 intensity (gCO2eq/kWh) and power consumption breakdown (%). Data via Electricity Maps, table via R {gt} package. #rstats #gt #energy #energytransition #electricity #data #datavisualisation Methodology: lnkd.in/gaXQmQ-P @electricitymaps.com @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Some things should are true, regardless of Party politics. The recent Frontier Economics report on the implications of adding nuclear power to the tools available to decarbonise our electricity system had plenty of useful facts that got ignored in the haste to point score. bit.ly/4iGut2M 1/14

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Economic analysis of including nuclear power in the NEM

This is the second independent report in this series on modelling the economics of including nuclear in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM).

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Grant MacDonald @hawkowl.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Racing animals is cruel and should not continue. This video features #greyhound dog racing, but #horseRacing is just as bad. Warning, graphic content greyhoundcoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Track-deaths-video-for-Tas-campaign.mp4

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Want to know why the US Department of Energy disagrees with the Australian CSIRO and reckons that having nuclear in a grid makes electricity cheaper? Please read. Note: I've updated section 4 with new charts. www.blog.geoffrussell.com.au/post/koutsan...

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Koutsantonis and those diesel generators

Why did South Australia's energy Minister call for some diesels be bought back into the energy mix?

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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Exactly why did South Australian Energy Minister snaffle a couple of diesels off the scrap heap to firm up SA's grid? www.blog.geoffrussell.com.au/post/koutsan...

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Koutsantonis and those diesel generators

Why did South Australia's energy Minister call for some diesels be bought back into the energy mix?

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 06/12/2024

$28 million for Macquarie Harbour "to help salmon companies that are foreign-owned, been making a mincer out of us for years & years & years...their profits are huge & yet, they haven't paid any tax for 3 years. Why aren't they cleaning up their own mess?" - Senator Jacqui Lambie #auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

ICYMI: Amnesty International's new landmark report concludes that Israel has committed – and is still committing - #genocide against Palestinians in the occupied #Gaza Strip. #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I read this about Tasmania’s salmon industry - (from Toxic) by Richard Flanagan - and haven’t eaten it since. The idea you would exempt this industry from environmental laws rather than regulate it properly is insane. www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/a...

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Tasmania’s toxic secret

The rotting underbelly of the salmon industry. Essay by Richard Flanagan. Documentary by Justin Kurzel and Conor Castles-Lynch.

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Animal Ag Reality @animalagreality.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"Managed grazing" is a fun way to say "breeding sentient beings into existence to kill them while destroying native ecosystems." Livestock grazing causes 80% of Amazon deforestation. #vegan #animalrights

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