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Curtis Roberts

@refractivecomm.bsky.social
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9-to-5ish in ⚛️ nuclear energy. Prior renewables. Clean energy transition ASAP requires energy mix. Ecomodernist environmentalist. Often found outside enjoying the world. Let’s talk.

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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Anybody else remember the book, “The House with the Golden Windows”? #DCsunset @capitalweather.bsky.social
Sunset tinging the Capitol Building windows gold.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“🏆 Nearly all non-Russian enriched uranium used by American nuclear reactors is produced using ETC centrifuges” 👀 #NukeSky #EnergySky #uranium www.linkedin.com/posts/orano-...
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Hey, 👋 Wolf Creek! Looking good for your 40th decade as a nuclear powerhouse steadily generating electricity, jobs, and economic development. Who else is going to #WM2025? @evergypower.bsky.social
Flight path showing plane passing by Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Kansas.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Spreading the news ... especially for those impacted by recent job actions ... this is a great tool to find a job in the nuclear energy industry. #NukeSky #EnergySky #jobs nuclearworks.org/map-for-comp...
Image of job search website by Nuclear Energy Institute.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
"How to Talk About Nuclear" ... in which Dr. Jim Conca hollers for a shift to Q&A advocacy referencing Pink Floyd 🌈, Death itself 💀, and even Lazard's latest 📉. BTW, great resource links (and stats), too. 👀 www.ans.org/news/article... @americannuclear.bsky.social #NukeSky #EnergySky
Stylized atom with a prism as the nucleus through which a beam of light is refracting.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Two birds met for a quick hello in this morning’s snow dusting before continuing their morning hops. @capitalweather.bsky.social
Bird prints in the snow.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Apparently there were fewer bad people than expected in 2024. We could send this surplus Santa coal to Germany—they’re still burning it since Greenpeace helped convince them to shut down nuclear energy first instead of fossil fuels. 🔌💡 #NukeSky
Skid piled with large, full, price-discounted canvas bags labeled “Santa’s Bag of Coal”.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Thank you, Arlington National Cemetary, for the commitment, respect, and celebration. It means a lot for family members.
Christmas wreath on gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery. Quote on arch at ArlingtonHonor guard at Arlington’s Tomb of the an Unknown Soldier.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Not a “lack” but proven successful accident prevention with trained teams and robust tech. For safety comparisons, data shows nuclear energy’s safety record ranks with wind and solar —and, yes, the calculation includes *those* three nuclear accidents. ourworldindata.org/safest-sourc....
Safety analysis showing nuclear energy ranks with wind and solar.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
NEWS: Orano Awarded DOE LEU Enrichment Contract. Orano is one of only two of the awardees currently producing and providing commercial quantities of enriched uranium to US reactors. Its American #ProjectIke enrichment site would use Orano’s modern centrifuge tech. www.orano.group/usa/en/our-n...
Loading a uranium canister into a transport package at Orano’s Tricastin enrichment facility.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Yes, here’s some of those cute little recycled nuclear fuel pellets going through the production process. 96% of used nuclear fuel can be recycled, the 4% waste needs storage about 300 years.
New nuclear fuel pellets made from recycled used fuel enter the sinter furnace as part of the production process at Orano’s MELOX facility.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
… and now for 30 seconds of calming sunset clouds and engine white noise. #ASMR
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I hear those new small, sporty reactors like the premium fuel.
Gas pump options labeled with uranium enrichment levels.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
TODAY: Orano is hiring for the #ProjectIke enrichment facility development with an in-person job fair from 4-7:00 p.m. ET at their Bethesda headquarters for positions in Oak Ridge, TN, and Bethesda, MD. Open jobs also posted online. www.orano.group/usa/en/our-n... #OranoHires
Orano is hosting a job fair today, Dec. 3, from 4-7:00 p.m. ET at its Bethesda headquarters for open positions supporting its Project Ike enrichment facility development. Jobs are based in Oak Ridge, TN, and Bethesda, MD.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
NEWS: Orano begins hiring for Project Ike Enrichment Facility in Tennessee. A Job Fair on December 3 in Bethesda, MD, and online postings promote open job positions, including roles based in Oak Ridge, TN, and Bethesda, MD. www.orano.group/usa/en/our-n...
Orano begins hiring for Project Ike enrichment facility development in Oak Ridge, TN.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
New report: “…examples of the growing [Adv. Energy] industry in Eastern Tennessee include Kairos Power… and #Orano selecting Tenn. as its preferred site to construct a multi-billion-dollar, state-of-the-art centrifuge uranium enrichment facility.” #ProjectIke www.tnadvancedenergy.com/advanced-ene...
New TAEBC report details positive value of advanced energy industry to Tennessee.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Wheels up again 🛫 headed to Knoxville for the TAEBC event tomorrow, “Opportunities in Energy”. Orano USA Palayer is on the CEO Panel. www.tnadvancedenergy.com/event/2024-o...
TAEBC CEO panel including Orano USA CEO Palayer.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
As part of this afternoon’s #HALEU panel at #ANSWinter2024, each of us panelists have a couple of minutes to warm up the crowd before the Q&A. I titled my few slides, “What’s hard about HALEU?” 😬🔥 Hope to see you there!
Title slide from presentation, “What’s hard about HALEU?”
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The U.S. announced a 3x expansion of nuclear energy by 2050. That represents an incredible 10x expansion of current U.S. domestic enrichment supply. Orano’s Project Ike enrichment facility planned for Oak Ridge, TN, is designed as a major source for reliable, diversified, domestic capacity.
Tripling U.S. nuclear energy by 2050 requires a 10x increase in U.S. domestic enrichment capacity and multiple suppliers to reach the goal.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Voting—done!—for #Election2024 ! As an American, it’s one of the most important things we do for our country. Go vote!
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
Some of the great content and insights we’ll see this week at #PBNC2024 are answering the question: What’s happening now to achieve our next-gen nuclear future? Orano is presenting on its actions, incl #ProjectIkeEnrichment. If you’re heading to Idaho, let’s connect.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
Working on it … #ProjectIkeEnrichment. www.orano.group/usa/en/our-p...
Orano announced site selection in Oak Ridge, TN, for new uranium enrichment facility.
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Some #iNat help here … mushroom photo comes up as “Amanita Sect. Lepidella”. More specificity anyone? (rare chance to use “specificity”). Hiking in Occoquan Regional Park, VA.
Mushroom … Amanita …
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Curtis Roberts @refractivecomm.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
My first post = energy + nature. After we both watched the numbers spin, I moved this native mantis to nearby landscaping.
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