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Saudi Has Trillions In Oil Wealth, But Here's Why It Wants Nuclear Power

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 8d ago
104 distinct posts / 48h, matching Here 66 Wants 35 Saudi 3 Wealth 2
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8d ago Worth noting that Saudi Arabia funded the Pakistani nuclear program and it’s long been rumored that part of that funding allowed Saudi Arabia to take delivery of off-the-shelf nuclear missiles that… -7.0
8d ago I suspect they’re transferring nuclear know how to KSA. It’s probably the long thing that Pakistan has that Saudi Arabia would be interested in acquiring. -2.5
9d ago Please do not tell me that as an extension of his deal with the Boeing 747 from Qatar / Middle East... That this happened and that theoretically I am the only reason (for now) that Saudi Arabia / … -8.0
8d ago President Trump isn't fearing you Trump haters at all. He is trying to negotiate a deal with the Iranian leaders to keep them from building nuclear bombs and at the same time, keeping the Straight … +3.5
9d ago Scathing editorial including comments on DOGE, climate change, nuclear power, wealth inequality, war, and big cheaters! 👏😥 -4.0
8d ago President Trump has said he is considering attacking the Pickaxe site in Iran, which is buried in a mountain and could be a future home to any Iranian covert nuclear program. Here is a visual look… -7.0
8d ago reminds me westinghouse knew pcbs were deadly & must not escape into the environment 11 years before they came here & made it the biggest pcb concentration on earth.the word- premeditated comes to … -7.0
8d ago Desalinization plants are the "nuclear option" in this war. We hit one of Iran's early on and they hit one in the Gulf States. That we're back here puts the nightmare scenario back on the table. F… -7.0
8d ago diaper cover with the long-term nuclear waste disposal mantra on the butt~ "This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us." -4.0
8d ago as a turn a player from when it had the tossable nuke, i am by no means claiming innocence here +1.5
8d ago Current Geothermal does not get hot enough for SAGD (high 300's C) but maybe eventually. Any of the non-water cooled nuclear would work here as well. +2.0
8d ago Cancer and nuclear waste are here to stay too. -7.0
8d ago America’s top nuclear decommissioner is now looking to build instead. Here’s what Holtec’s IPO filing revealed about its SMR plans. +3.0
8d ago According to the DESNZ Annual Report - published yesterday, over 70% of its expenditure remains nuclear related. Meanwhile, unlike nuclear ‘renaissance’ advertising, the renewable evolution is her… +3.5
8d ago [Q] Should we attack North Korea? A lot of bad things are happening there. ( Also said about Iraq by a person here on the board ) [A] The prickly problem of North Korea probably having nukes could… -7.0
8d ago Eeep - I clicked the link - but it was okay! 😁This is very interesting - thank you for pointing us at it. 😁 It reminded me of Maria Zakharova who asked a young Sky reporter "Wow, are you not afraid… +2.0
8d ago And he talks about “clean firm generation” like nuclear. No argument here, I love that my gov’t is taking nuclear seriously. What the enormous and *ongoing* plummeting cost of solar + battery lets … +4.0
8d ago Here are 89 papers by 37 groups & >210 authors finding 100% renewable grids feasible worldwide without fossils, nuclear, CCUSP or blue H2 t.co/BxtqRUaVbu +4.0
8d ago The Fingleton review can be found here and if fully implemented could see falls in nuclear build cost of 50%+. So far the government has accepted its recommendations in full but I am not sure wheth… +4.5
8d ago WePlanet's Patricia Nanteza, Coordinator at @weplanetafrica.org, led the Kenya Chapter this week to engage communities in conversation about nuclear power. Patricia writes about how the campaign … -2.0
8d ago There is a very good article about the flaws in our model of nuclear regulation here - although the government accepted the Fingleton review which means some of these issues should be getting fixed… +2.5
8d ago The Exploding Raphaelesque Head (1951) treats Renaissance beauty like a machine you can take apart. A serene face fractures into floating units, mixing devotional imagery with atomic-era physics. H… +1.5
8d ago Vulnerable Minorities: We need money for welfare, the disabled and pensioners to be able to live Labour: Sorry we have to cut those because there's not enough money. Department of Defence: We nee… -5.0
8d ago The same intel department who told him nuclear Iran was NOT imminent.He went with his large “gut “reaction.Here we are.)!!!’ -4.0
9d ago You're making a false dichotomy here. Green energy is superior to nukes and fossils and will soon make them both obsolete. -4.0
9d ago On this 81st anniversary of the Trinity test which opened the Atomic Age, here's a chronologically-ordered recommendation of topical videos thebulletin.org/premium/2026... #trinity #TheBomb #A-bomb… +1.5
9d ago Indiana Gov. Mike Braun recently announced the Indiana Advanced Nuclear Ready community program. Click here to learn more: https://fox59.com/indianapolitics/braun-indiana-advanced-nuclear-ready-com… ×2 +2.0
9d ago They always have the most insane takes. “We all agree we should nuke Iran. But how many times? Here’s what the reckless President thinks" -8.0
9d ago America is trying to restart a nuclear plant for the first time. Here's where things stand. ×2 +1.5
9d ago It’s actually bad here. I woke up yesterday, and I checked my phone for an internet connection and then the news to see if nuclear war started. The sky was orange and dark at 7am. -6.0

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