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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 20h

Root beer is often the least erosive, for some reason!

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 20h

Uh, regular Coke or Pepsi is more erosive than sugar-free versions, just FYI.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Corporations and billionaires don’t want you to know what political messages they are funding. That’s why they make the info so difficult to find. PaidForBy.info changes the game. It’s 100% free to use. Please check it out and spread the word!

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

He is! But the Supreme Court keeps blocking him.

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

After all the discourse about voter ID and mail-in ballots in the U.S., it blew my mind that as an American abroad I can register to vote online, and they sent me my ballot in an email. I have to mail or fax it back to the U.S., but some states let you email it back! www.fvap.gov/citizen-vote...

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's efficient! And also makes you feel warm.

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Living in Sweden during the election season is very fun for a politics-wonk. Eight parties (in parliament), all putting up posters and sending us extensive literature every week. The local Liberals support SMRs, and this random dude hates wind & the EU & NATO

The platform of the Swedish Liberal party, highlighted support for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you missed the boat on pre-ordering, the good news is now you can buy it without the wait 😀

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I know so many people in Sweden with BYD EVs and they love them!

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's a first world problem in that they are the first to heave to find a solution, but it's actually a much bigger problem for low-income countries that don't have the grid infrastructure to handle frequency fluctuations as well. Big problem now that developr won't build more RE if they can't profit

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A really great example of how the nuclear industry has learned from the historical opposition to "Decide and Announce" siting. Now they look for communities to express interest in hosting as a first step: www.ans.org/news/2026-07...

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Illinois communities respond to NOI on new nuclear facilities interest

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it!

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New post up on my Substack, something I've been thinking about a lot over the past year: "When Power Becomes a Liability: How Authoritarian Politics Can Turn the Public Against Nuclear Energy" jlovering.substack.com/p/when-power...

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When Power Becomes a Liability: How Authoritarian Politics Can Turn the Public Against Nuclear Energy

A cautionary tale from the Philippines

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I mainly wanted the big data file, so not a big issue, but seems like they should fix this!

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I got the report and main dataset by clicking the direct link in the email, but I still can't download the data for the 2025 Country Transition Tracker

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Also considering the report used to be funded/authored by British Petroleum...for 70 years!

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Anyone else having trouble downloading the new Statistical Review of World Energy from Energy Institute? Report and data both freeze for me www.energyinst.org/statistical-...

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Data downloads and archive

Use this section to download the PDF edition of the Energy Isntitute Statistical Review of World Energy, the Excel data – and more

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Full shutdown of a few reactors across a fleet of 50, you're still looking at similar % in terms of lost capacity with the country's solar fleet. The nuclear shutdowns are an environmental regulatory constraint, not safety. The plants could be retrofitted to stay open, like other (hotter) countries

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

But it applies across the entire fleet of solar and wind, so the loss of generation could be quite similar to a few nuclear plants shut down temporarily. France plans all of its nuclear refueling shut downs in the summer anyway, because demand is lower

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

So, not so fun fact: while nuclear always gets attention in French heatwaves, renewables and batteries also decrease performance in the heat. Solar PV efficiency drops as temp increases, and wind generation also declines as the air is less dense (and often it's less windy when it is hot too).

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

You think they don’t work?!? 😂

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Fun fact: solar panels and wind turbines also produce less electricity when it's hot. France schedules maintenance at nuclear power plants in the summer because demand is low anyway, so not all plants are needed

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Asking for a friend: anyone know where to find Overnight Construction Cost for three nuclear reactors in South Korea: SAEUL-2, SHIN-HANUL-1, SHIN-HANUL-2. They were completed in 2019, 2022, and 2024. Any leads?

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is a well-known effect across a huge range of environmental and public health risks. Men rate smoking as less risky, for example. There’s also a big racial gap, so black men view nuclear as riskier than white men.

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Hey! Next Wednesday, 12:00 MDT, this is going to be a really fun webinar... Science at the Edge: Next Generation Nuclear Organized by the Denver Museum of Natural History's Institute for Science & Policy Register here: institute.dmns.org/perspectives...

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Science at the Edge - The Institute for Science & Policy

A webinar series exploring new ideas and innovations in science and technology that impact society. Each episode will explore the benefits, tradeoffs, and risks associated with innovative solutions wh...

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Check out this artsy artefact I got in a random photo of power lines I took

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Had a lovely time in London yesterday at @economist.com Nuclear Summit, talking about whether it's feasible (or fantasy?!?) to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Note that they turn the turbine off while people are inside, but as soon as the last of us stepped out, they fired it back up... and it was a little unsettling to stand underneath.

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I've toured a lot of nuclear power plants over the years, but last week was my first wind turbine! I got to climb to the top of this 67 meter, 2 MW Vestas v80

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Germany is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels, which is a choice it made through policy. I just had a German colleague tell me proudly yesterday that Germany was the first country to "successfully" phase out nuclear. Define successfully... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

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Surging Energy Costs Put German Industry ‘Really in Danger’

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

You're right that Wyoming exports a ton of its wind energy, to the benefit of more populated places like California. Part of why there's pushback is that they feel the impacts, but the electricity is used elsewhere. Just because the state only has 500k people, they still need clean energy

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

There's actually a lot of local opposition to wind farms in Wyoming, but the community hosting this nuclear power plant really wanted it (they competed to get the project).

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

70% of Wyoming electricity comes from fossil fuels :( They are replacing a coal plant with this nuclear power plant, which seems like a great idea! Need clean, firm power to partner with all that wind if you want to fully decarbonize the grid.

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Jessica Lovering @lovering.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Great news! New nuclear power coming to Wyoming. www.ans.org/news/2026-03...

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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit

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