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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 21/02/2025

The Nuclear Khanate of Illinois Ascendent? Excellent primer on the new nuclear moratorium repeal bills, from Chicago's own @nukebarbarian.bsky.social In it, I lay out why the first attempt in 2023 was a Pyrrhic victory for advocates 🔌💡 nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-nuclea...

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The Nuclear Khanate of Illinois Ascendent?

The Land of Lincoln’s Bi-Partisan Push to Unleash the Atom

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Turns out a species of fish that almost killed a TVA dam project is not an actual species of fish. nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-crypti...

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The Cryptid That Almost Killed a Dam

A fake fish, left politics, and environmental law

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

a deep cut from the construction of the dresden nuke plant in illinois nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/sacralizin...

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Nearly $1k (USD) a megawatt-hour in Germany thanks to a wind drought. This is what happens when people unmoored from reality run a country’s energy system.

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Top 10 Greatest Anime Comebacks of All Time:

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

a surprising little anecdote from the construction of America's first nuclear power plant at Shippingport

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

been drawing from frank miller's dark knight returns. a little better each day.

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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 26/11/2024

Nuclear plants are industrial cathedrals. An anchor that generates generational prosperity for the community. They demand, and create, excellence and a high-trust society. Nobody articulates the case better than Chicago's own Emmet Penney. Go off, king 👑.

And then there’s nuclear’s potentially immortal lifespan. A nuclear plant properly maintained can survive for at least a century and likely much longer. That means that someone who helps build a nuclear plant can rest assured that successive generations of their progeny can work there, providing cheap, clean electricity to their area.

And so, when I speak to people about nuclear power these days, I refer to our power plants as Industrial Cathedrals for this reason. It incorporates a broader span of issues that Americans care deeply about—good, dignified work, cheap power, and a highly capable and highly trustful society that can deliver these goods. This vision of nuclear also attempts to overcome the cynicism and pessimism that pollute our everyday lives. To build a nuclear power plant is to tell ourselves that we believe in our own excellence, that we believe in our own future. @nukebarbarian

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Nuclear is in a better position than it's been in generations. Which is why we need to be more prudent about how we communicate about nuclear's place in the world. Check out my remarks from the ANS winter conference on where I think we can improve. nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-case-f...

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The Case for Prudence

My remarks at the American Nuclear Society's Winter Conference

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

You can now read my latest piece for American Affairs—a look at the life and contributions of David Lilienthal, first to run the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Atomic Energy Commission. It’s also a history of the American century and Progressivism. americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/11/davi...

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David Lilienthal: The Man Who Managed the American Century - American Affairs Journal

Today, a growing number of voices call for a new American consensus that looks more like the corporatist world of the New Deal and post–World War II decades. If our present ambitions are to be model...

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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

I'm reading this book and it's so fantastic. Both hilarious in a lolsob sort of way and parting the curtains on arcane but important policies that impact us all. A call to action.

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

I published a profile of Meredith Angwin, the Vermont grandma whose self-published book on power markets, Shorting the Grid, is changing the way we look at electricity in America. thespectator.com/topic/meredi...

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

We’re doing a read through of Leo Marx’s half-forgotten classic The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. open.substack.com/pub/nuclearb...

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 12/07/2023

Pretty wild. "[I]n a review of the 30 global systemically important banks, 57 percent have explicitly excluded nuclear energy from their respective green or sustainable financing frameworks’ taxonomies, while 40 percent are silent on its inclusion or exclusion." You hate to see it.

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 26/05/2023

Good shot, even though I’m taking an L.

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 16/05/2023

In my latest, I argue that phasing out coal faster than we can replace it with nukes harms coal communities and endangers our already fragile grid. We can’t “electrify everything” while starving the system of baseload. compactmag.com/article/the-reckless…

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The Reckless Green War on Coal

Compact Magazine, a radical American journal

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

This place feels like walking back into 2017.

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

New gym shoes. ⚔️⚛️⚔️

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Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

Today's Grid Brief: 📜 Manchin's new permitting bill ⚡️New England greens fight reliability measures 🧑‍🔧 Sakhalin-2 maintenance worries market And more! www.gridbrief.com/p/manchins-new-pe…

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