I have a dream. Suppose one of the poor nations of the planet, maybe even the poorest, adopted Underwriter Certification, as the system by which she regulates nuclear power. The apparatchiks at the IAEA would scream bloody murder. But the country would calmly remind them that under the
Cowtus is called El Salvador - they are going to deploy new nuclear in the next 18 months, and they will use it for Ports, Data Centers, Syn Fuel and electricity for all of central America - it will become the Dubai of Central America
I thought Indonesia was the Cotwus for ThorCon. According to ThorCon's latest press release "The government of Indonesia is supporting a project to build a 500 MW nuclear fission power plant at Kelasa Island based ..." What is the holdup? Is there opposition within Indonesia?
What about Poland, or another East European country? Aren't they now ordering PWRs (Pressurized Water Reactors? Seems like one of those countries would be an ideal location for a demo MSR.
Besides Underwriter Certification the Cotwus needs 24x7, CO2-free energy cheaper than from coal or LNG. In my new book, New Nuclear is Hot (seafuel.energy) I write...
Almost out of sight in the Green energy transition view are the developing nations, which don’t have as much energy use to transition from. Three billion people live in energy poverty, served with less electricity than your old refrigerator uses. One billion have no electricity at all. Developing nations need more energy to power industry and commerce for their citizens’ prosperity.
They are adding hundreds of new coal-fired and gas-fired power plants, increasing atmospheric CO2, contributing to global warming. The cost of fuel and electric energy is now increasing, restraining economies of nations rich or poor.
These poor nations have been servants of the rich nations, mining raw materials the rich nations protect, producing goods with cheap labor rich nations’ workers avoid. Now poor nations are suffering tariffs on exports of their products made using energy from burning fuels. Rich NGOs engage in shaming developing nations for CO2 emissions and lobby for legislation to tax CO2 and subsidize expensive intermittent wind and solar power, depressing economic productivity.
A positive view is that developing nations are poor and keenly rational about their clear need for affordable, reliable energy to improve industry, commerce, and lifestyles. As they realize that new nuclear power can provide electricity that is cheaper than from burning coal or natural gas, they will embrace new nuclear power. Cheap, reliable electric power will improve their economies and create international trade advantages in value-added goods rather than minerals and sweat-shop labor.
If electric energy is cheap, expansions of industry will take advantage of new industrial processes, such as electro-reduction of metals from ores. These emerging national powers may become leaders in the transition from fossil fuel burning to nuclei fissioning.
Today our friends in El Salvador have signed further agreements and policy changes with the iaea in Brussels.
The second message is directly from our man naive bukele
who had the vision to start this process of advanced nuclear powered by thorium energy,
and they chose thorium energy Alliance to help them develop their strategy for deployment last year 2023.
Jack recently wrote about a magical country that chooses to go and do nuclear on their own without being encumbered to the United States of America and the NRC.
and I told him that there was such a country and it's called El Salvador
In a few years El Salvador will reap the rewards for taking this Brave New Direction,
They are going to make all their own electricity, all their own ammonia, and they will make a significant amount of their own transportation fuel all from over 3,000 megawatts of advanced high temp molten salt nuclear.
and they will be the Dubai of Central America.
I'm glad we have had a small part in making that happen.
Hi Jack! - I believe it will make you gain confidence in their efforts to know they will deploy the first reactor ready to be turned on, the minute is ready to be turned on, they are not looking for permission slips from anyone.
However, since no one in the advanced reactor community can do anything near that right now - they are building their in-country human capacity. They are building their expertise in nuclear - and they are doing it on the IAEA dime - that is smart, and it keeps the regional 880 pound guerrilla at bay.
When there is a vendor, that builds a system out of more than paper and power points - when that vendor has a reactor ready and fueled - El salvador will be the ones to turn it on. ( That would have been a year ago, that would be today - it is the vendors that have failed to get the job done for the last 15 years+) , Let's get this done!
There are proliferation visuals that make LWR a problem
they also want a system that is inherently safe - they do not want to deal with boiling water / LWR and their inherent issues
Any LWR , including the Koreans would bring in the NRC - NRC claim primacy over all LWR tech - as you know. Korea won a suit about that, but no one wants to get the 800 pound gorilla to have any excuse to stick its nose in their business.
Cowtus is called El Salvador - they are going to deploy new nuclear in the next 18 months, and they will use it for Ports, Data Centers, Syn Fuel and electricity for all of central America - it will become the Dubai of Central America
I thought Indonesia was the Cotwus for ThorCon. According to ThorCon's latest press release "The government of Indonesia is supporting a project to build a 500 MW nuclear fission power plant at Kelasa Island based ..." What is the holdup? Is there opposition within Indonesia?
What about Poland, or another East European country? Aren't they now ordering PWRs (Pressurized Water Reactors? Seems like one of those countries would be an ideal location for a demo MSR.
Besides Underwriter Certification the Cotwus needs 24x7, CO2-free energy cheaper than from coal or LNG. In my new book, New Nuclear is Hot (seafuel.energy) I write...
Almost out of sight in the Green energy transition view are the developing nations, which don’t have as much energy use to transition from. Three billion people live in energy poverty, served with less electricity than your old refrigerator uses. One billion have no electricity at all. Developing nations need more energy to power industry and commerce for their citizens’ prosperity.
They are adding hundreds of new coal-fired and gas-fired power plants, increasing atmospheric CO2, contributing to global warming. The cost of fuel and electric energy is now increasing, restraining economies of nations rich or poor.
These poor nations have been servants of the rich nations, mining raw materials the rich nations protect, producing goods with cheap labor rich nations’ workers avoid. Now poor nations are suffering tariffs on exports of their products made using energy from burning fuels. Rich NGOs engage in shaming developing nations for CO2 emissions and lobby for legislation to tax CO2 and subsidize expensive intermittent wind and solar power, depressing economic productivity.
A positive view is that developing nations are poor and keenly rational about their clear need for affordable, reliable energy to improve industry, commerce, and lifestyles. As they realize that new nuclear power can provide electricity that is cheaper than from burning coal or natural gas, they will embrace new nuclear power. Cheap, reliable electric power will improve their economies and create international trade advantages in value-added goods rather than minerals and sweat-shop labor.
If electric energy is cheap, expansions of industry will take advantage of new industrial processes, such as electro-reduction of metals from ores. These emerging national powers may become leaders in the transition from fossil fuel burning to nuclei fissioning.
Follow your dreams.
Maybe Mileii’s Argentina? The whole scheme sounds very classical liberal. It will never happen in my SOE obsessed Mexico😟
Good way to start the weekend,
my folks down in El Salvador just had another ceremony confirming their progress towards becoming a nuclear country
second tweet is directly from president naib bukele
https://twitter.com/rafaelmgrossi/status/1771211319246508053?s=19
https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1771289908230959445?s=19
Dear Jack Devanney,
And all you great folk interested in new nuclear,
Today our friends in El Salvador have signed further agreements and policy changes with the iaea in Brussels.
The second message is directly from our man naive bukele
who had the vision to start this process of advanced nuclear powered by thorium energy,
and they chose thorium energy Alliance to help them develop their strategy for deployment last year 2023.
Jack recently wrote about a magical country that chooses to go and do nuclear on their own without being encumbered to the United States of America and the NRC.
and I told him that there was such a country and it's called El Salvador
In a few years El Salvador will reap the rewards for taking this Brave New Direction,
They are going to make all their own electricity, all their own ammonia, and they will make a significant amount of their own transportation fuel all from over 3,000 megawatts of advanced high temp molten salt nuclear.
and they will be the Dubai of Central America.
I'm glad we have had a small part in making that happen.
John Kutsch
Thoriumenergyalliance@gmail.com
Hi Jack! - I believe it will make you gain confidence in their efforts to know they will deploy the first reactor ready to be turned on, the minute is ready to be turned on, they are not looking for permission slips from anyone.
However, since no one in the advanced reactor community can do anything near that right now - they are building their in-country human capacity. They are building their expertise in nuclear - and they are doing it on the IAEA dime - that is smart, and it keeps the regional 880 pound guerrilla at bay.
When there is a vendor, that builds a system out of more than paper and power points - when that vendor has a reactor ready and fueled - El salvador will be the ones to turn it on. ( That would have been a year ago, that would be today - it is the vendors that have failed to get the job done for the last 15 years+) , Let's get this done!
Koreans are involved - so is lloyds
There are proliferation visuals that make LWR a problem
they also want a system that is inherently safe - they do not want to deal with boiling water / LWR and their inherent issues
Any LWR , including the Koreans would bring in the NRC - NRC claim primacy over all LWR tech - as you know. Korea won a suit about that, but no one wants to get the 800 pound gorilla to have any excuse to stick its nose in their business.
No, we have been helping, but we do not promote vendors - the nonproliferation ( and preference for Thorium ) came directly from President Bukele
They are working with the same lawyers that UAE used to deploy Barakah 1 to 4 in record time and cost.
Korea would be a good vendor for sure - only western one I would trust.