Bloody hell, it's a big kettle powered by glowy rocks, how long do they need
amusingly this isnt the first time that british officials have been getting trolled by this as u would expect
in 2016 the head of the EDF/AREVA/Framatome technical union FNCS NORBERT TANGY (things get messy around that period but thats a powerful name) sent a letter to the uk then department of energy and climate change. its a thrilling read containing sentences like:
The French Safety Authority (ASN) released that tests results do not comply with the
regulation concerning the reactor vessel bottom and the reactor vessel head of the
Flamanville 3 EPR. There is a risk that the final ASN clearance expected in Spring
2017 will be negative. In addition, the reactor vessel of Taishan 1 in China was also
manufactured by Areva NP in Le Creusot plant and then suffers identical flaws. So
far, there is no certainty that the EPR technology could be commissioned soon.
Taishan 2 could possibly be the first EPR to be commissioned in the world. Feedback
experience from EPR is then likely to be based under a later milestone than expected
which would be now based on Taishan 2 commissioning’s time table
...
Neither does it set up the
demonstration that EDF SA meets the skill levels and the human capacity
mobilisation necessary to safely manage in parallel the major nuclear projects of
“Grand Carénage” (life extension for the EDF SA existing nuclear fleet), Flamanville
3, Olkiluoto 3, Taishan 1 & 2 and Hinkley Point C 1 & 2.
...
With respect to the Hinkley Point C project, the Fédération Nationale des Cadres
Supérieurs de l'Énergie then advices to delay the FID until better upfront industrial
visibility is evidenced.
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Sounds like BEIS have a tough gig ahead of them to navigate the realities of construction and Ministerial steers- but are they're doing a reasonable job in the circumstances? Feels like this veers away from "how government functions" into "nuclear policy is a bit of a hot mess"
What are your thoughts on the Small Modular Reactors that keep getting brought up in the news? Nice idea for 2050+, or something that could be feasible in the near future?
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the slightly misleadingly named rolls royce 470-ishmw SMR thats really more of a MMR will almost certainly work because the design itself is not running into as many engineering or physical issues as u see in the bigger jobs, but whether or not it manages to be as fast or as cheap as they claim is another story. if they are actually £1.8bn and not a ballache to make then why not. on the other hand they dont really solve a huge chunk of the problems of nuclear reactors in the uk, one extremely fun element being eg we have nowhere to put radioactive waste, and the hypothetical underground waste storage facility was quietly doubled in price to a princely sum of £53bn in the most recent gov paper on the topic this year
in general it would be extremely surprising if any reactors of any kind get rolling before 2030 and if 2035 is your target things are going to be tight
of course luckily the gov white paper says we plan to have a viable commercial fusion reactor by 2040 so why are we worrying
By 2041 the Prime Minister promises we will have captured the Flash and strapped him into a giant hamster wheel to provide endless energy via the Speed Force.
By 2041 the Prime Minister promises we will have captured the Flash and strapped him into a giant hamster wheel to provide endless energy via the Speed Force.
Any energy he creates would be offset by the huge amount of hamburgers he eats.
Was this reported then, or is that when it happened? Because often it can take victims years to come forwards.
I understand that there is a reticence to coming forward for those to whom this was done.
I guess my issue isn't with them, and more that it was persistent for as long as it was.
When I was growing up, I knew of three families in my local area where domestic violence was known to occur. It was an open secret, to the point where several families had an open door policy for the kids, should the dipshit go on a bender.
In one case, it was again an open secret that you did not send your daughters to one of those houses, especially overnight. Thankfully that guy is dead now, may he rot in hell.
Just wondering how you keep something like that a secret for eight years, without anyone being suspicious to the point of warning.
Guess there are details we don't know about (how many incidents, how many people upon whom a crime was committed, how long was this guy in public office, etc), the timeframe just took me by surprise.
Was this reported then, or is that when it happened? Because often it can take victims years to come forwards.
I understand that there is a reticence to coming forward for those to whom this was done.
I guess my issue isn't with them, and more that it was persistent for as long as it was.
When I was growing up, I knew of three families in my local area where domestic violence was known to occur. It was an open secret, to the point where several families had an open door policy for the kids, should the dipshit go on a bender.
In one case, it was again an open secret that you did not send your daughters to one of those houses, especially overnight. Thankfully that guy is dead now, may he rot in hell.
Just wondering how you keep something like that a secret for eight years, without anyone being suspicious to the point of warning.
Guess there are details we don't know about (how many incidents, how many people upon whom a crime was committed, how long was this guy in public office, etc), the timeframe just took me by surprise.
They do warn and tell each other, and just keep it hush hush from outsiders.
The same way a neighborhood might allow things without involving the police every time.
So the Met has concluded its Partygate inquiry. Final count, 126 fines issued - and notably, Johnson didn't add to his one. (The highest individual count was one unnamed individual who scored five, apparently.)
Predictably, it's now time to "move on" and the Sue Gray report remains conspicuous by its absence. (Edit: apparently it's due next week? We shall see.)
Civil servants and special advisers have reacted with fury and disbelief after Scotland Yard confirmed Boris Johnson got only one of 126 fines levied for law-breaking parties at the heart of Downing Street and Whitehall.
The Metropolitan police came under intense pressure to explain how it reached its conclusions after Downing Street said officers confirmed no further action would be taken against the prime minister despite him attending gatherings for which others were fined.
Was this reported then, or is that when it happened? Because often it can take victims years to come forwards.
I understand that there is a reticence to coming forward for those to whom this was done.
I guess my issue isn't with them, and more that it was persistent for as long as it was.
When I was growing up, I knew of three families in my local area where domestic violence was known to occur. It was an open secret, to the point where several families had an open door policy for the kids, should the dipshit go on a bender.
In one case, it was again an open secret that you did not send your daughters to one of those houses, especially overnight. Thankfully that guy is dead now, may he rot in hell.
Just wondering how you keep something like that a secret for eight years, without anyone being suspicious to the point of warning.
Guess there are details we don't know about (how many incidents, how many people upon whom a crime was committed, how long was this guy in public office, etc), the timeframe just took me by surprise.
They do warn and tell each other, and just keep it hush hush from outsiders.
The same way a neighborhood might allow things without involving the police every time.
The thing about whisper networks is that whispers are quiet.
Only people in photos got fines, even though the Met had keycard data and lists of people attending functions and eye witness accounts.
The presumed excuse was that they only issues FPNs to people who had absolutely no chance of challenging them.
The Met aren't exactly helping their image of being nothing but stooges for the tories with this. Especially as all of the information on who actually got fined remains undisclosed. To highlight a quote from a Lib Dem peer:
Brian Paddick, now a Liberal Democrat peer, said: “The Met has no defence to the accusation that it gave the prime minister one fixed-penalty notice (FPN) as that was the minimum he could be fined, but did not do so for other events for political reasons,” he said.
Good work from them, and I hope we get more information from a proper public enquiry
There's so much absolutely alarming stuff in this report I don't know where to start. I'd be surprised by it all, except these are the exact same tactics the security services used (and got away with) in Northern Ireland.
Boris Johnson's father Stanley says he has become a French national, telling a Belgium news website he wanted to keep "a link" with the EU after Brexit.
An interesting thread from Peston about how the fines have been distributed in no 10. Very much in line with 'operation save big dog' by blaming all the lower level staff and avoiding the higher ups in charge. Also raises further doubt over how impartially the fines have been applied.
An interesting thread from Peston about how the fines have been distributed in no 10. Very much in line with 'operation save big dog' by blaming all the lower level staff and avoiding the higher ups in charge. Also raises further doubt over how impartially the fines have been applied.
Normally I'd have some sympathy for young people caught up in things, but this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
You hang around with shit-flinging monkeys long enough...
It's no secret who and what modern conservatives are. If you're still willing to work for them as a means to an end of gaining wealth or power, yeah, my sympathies are with the people your assistance hurts.
Stanley Johnsons position is perfectly in line with what I'd expect from the aristocratic POS he is. Rich people can get citizenship anywhere they like with their money, only poor people need open borders to go where they want. In his world view that should be taken away and restricted to the privileged few.
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It's no secret who and what modern conservatives are. If you're still willing to work for them as a means to an end of gaining wealth or power, yeah, my sympathies are with the people your assistance hurts.
Does the same logic apply across the Civil Service?
Stanley Johnsons position is perfectly in line with what I'd expect from the aristocratic POS he is. Rich people can get citizenship anywhere they like with their money, only poor people need open borders to go where they want. In his world view that should be taken away and restricted to the privileged few.
Serfdom 2.0, as always the proles lacking options decreases their bargaining power relative to the elite.
It's no secret who and what modern conservatives are. If you're still willing to work for them as a means to an end of gaining wealth or power, yeah, my sympathies are with the people your assistance hurts.
Does the same logic apply across the Civil Service?
I think it kind of does, to an extent
Like, I'm job hunting at the moment and have specifically ruled out a couple of civil service jobs because I know that taking a neutral stance on policy implementation is not something I'm going to be comfortable with, especially in the current climate
I do think that I may have made different choices (in fact I did, I was a fast stream applicant) pre Brexit, so I have some sympathies with anyone that made these decisions at a time when we had governments that weren't as outright unhinged as this one
Edit: to develop the thought a little further, by now it's perfectly clear that this government is perfectly willing to throw the civil service, same even particular civil servants, under the bus for policy failures, so I think the "social contract" of civil service independence can no longer really be relied upon
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It's no secret who and what modern conservatives are. If you're still willing to work for them as a means to an end of gaining wealth or power, yeah, my sympathies are with the people your assistance hurts.
Does the same logic apply across the Civil Service?
I think it kind of does, to an extent
Like, I'm job hunting at the moment and have specifically ruled out a couple of civil service jobs because I know that taking a neutral stance on policy implementation is not something I'm going to be comfortable with, especially in the current climate
I do think that I may have made different choices (in fact I did, I was a fast stream applicant) pre Brexit, so I have some sympathies with anyone that made these decisions at a time when we had governments that weren't as outright unhinged as this one
Edit: to develop the thought a little further, by now it's perfectly clear that this government is perfectly willing to throw the civil service, same even particular civil servants, under the bus for policy failures, so I think the "social contract" of civil service independence can no longer really be relied upon
At least it's the entire Civil Service, and not just the young diary managers, that are at the pointed end of this thought - which I guess gives some relief!
So what do we do with Civil Servants, if the view is that they are actively hurting the rest of the population?
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since i made that flamanville has been postponed again lol
How much money do you have left?
amusingly this isnt the first time that british officials have been getting trolled by this as u would expect
in 2016 the head of the EDF/AREVA/Framatome technical union FNCS NORBERT TANGY (things get messy around that period but thats a powerful name) sent a letter to the uk then department of energy and climate change. its a thrilling read containing sentences like:
so far so funny but then they receive this letter
http://www.fncseg.com/sites/default/files/fichier_blog/courrier_commission_energie_01_08_16.pdf
at the same time as their finance director monsieur piquemal mysteriously decided resigning was a good idea too very strange how these things happen
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squaring the mess with the nominal policy is going to be v v hard
in general it would be extremely surprising if any reactors of any kind get rolling before 2030 and if 2035 is your target things are going to be tight
of course luckily the gov white paper says we plan to have a viable commercial fusion reactor by 2040 so why are we worrying
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Any energy he creates would be offset by the huge amount of hamburgers he eats.
I'm assuming it was the one mentioned the other day told to not show up for work?
The thing that grabbed me was that according to the chyrom, it was over a n EIGHT year period.
What the fuck?
I understand that there is a reticence to coming forward for those to whom this was done.
I guess my issue isn't with them, and more that it was persistent for as long as it was.
When I was growing up, I knew of three families in my local area where domestic violence was known to occur. It was an open secret, to the point where several families had an open door policy for the kids, should the dipshit go on a bender.
In one case, it was again an open secret that you did not send your daughters to one of those houses, especially overnight. Thankfully that guy is dead now, may he rot in hell.
Just wondering how you keep something like that a secret for eight years, without anyone being suspicious to the point of warning.
Guess there are details we don't know about (how many incidents, how many people upon whom a crime was committed, how long was this guy in public office, etc), the timeframe just took me by surprise.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61508520
Good work from them, and I hope we get more information from a proper public enquiry
They do warn and tell each other, and just keep it hush hush from outsiders.
The same way a neighborhood might allow things without involving the police every time.
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Predictably, it's now time to "move on" and the Sue Gray report remains conspicuous by its absence. (Edit: apparently it's due next week? We shall see.)
Edit: mind you, there's also this...
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The thing about whisper networks is that whispers are quiet.
Riiiiiiiiiight.
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Like those bits in Arrival but instead of a little whiteboard it's a plate of tiny sausage rolls
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The presumed excuse was that they only issues FPNs to people who had absolutely no chance of challenging them.
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There's so much absolutely alarming stuff in this report I don't know where to start. I'd be surprised by it all, except these are the exact same tactics the security services used (and got away with) in Northern Ireland.
Stanley Johnson becomes French to keep link with EU
Don't blame a father for the sins of the son.
Unless he's on record as a Brexiteer in which case bleugh.
As I recall, he's been one of Boris' media reps for quite awhile.
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Preferred remain, switched to brexit support once vote went through. Flip flopping seems to be in the family. Also, this:
Here at Penny Arcade in an exclusive scoop I have obtained this exclusive transcript of Boris Johnsons interview with the metropolitan police.
How was he to know there was a party going on!
I blame the father for the sins of the son's father.
Wait, I know this one: the surgeon is a woman
Normally I'd have some sympathy for young people caught up in things, but this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
You hang around with shit-flinging monkeys long enough...
It's no secret who and what modern conservatives are. If you're still willing to work for them as a means to an end of gaining wealth or power, yeah, my sympathies are with the people your assistance hurts.
Does the same logic apply across the Civil Service?
Serfdom 2.0, as always the proles lacking options decreases their bargaining power relative to the elite.
I think it kind of does, to an extent
Like, I'm job hunting at the moment and have specifically ruled out a couple of civil service jobs because I know that taking a neutral stance on policy implementation is not something I'm going to be comfortable with, especially in the current climate
I do think that I may have made different choices (in fact I did, I was a fast stream applicant) pre Brexit, so I have some sympathies with anyone that made these decisions at a time when we had governments that weren't as outright unhinged as this one
Edit: to develop the thought a little further, by now it's perfectly clear that this government is perfectly willing to throw the civil service, same even particular civil servants, under the bus for policy failures, so I think the "social contract" of civil service independence can no longer really be relied upon
At least it's the entire Civil Service, and not just the young diary managers, that are at the pointed end of this thought - which I guess gives some relief!
So what do we do with Civil Servants, if the view is that they are actively hurting the rest of the population?