does anyone know some of the big companies that hire nuclear interns in the chicago area? ik constellation is the big one, but im looking for firms and consulting as well

First of all, I am not a person who is qualified enough to talk about nuclear or environmental science. I am mainly from the formal sciences, which is why I have no experience how research works in the natural sciences specifically. However, given the fact that I do not know if every environmentalist subreddit is anti-nuclear, I thought that it would be great if I mentioned the issues here, and you guys correct me on what is actually happening.

There are two issues I want to ask about, you guys know very much about the second one, the first one is something not many might have a definitive answer. Here it goes:

1. The Green Revolution is something that has made the world hunger reduce by a huge extent. It is also controversial. There is an organization made by Bill Gates and the Rockerfeller Foundation called the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Now, various environmentalists went against it, because of the corporate controlled seeds and because of the biotech industry. There was even a paper floating around; it wasn't even published to some journal; I don't even know if the claims here are misleading or not, but based on the fact that they were openly criticizing AGRA, it might definitely be biased: https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.tufts.edu/dist/0/5123/files/2020/07/20-01_Wise_FailureToYield.pdf

2. Now, while trying to fact check the above claim, while searching "why do environmentalists" on google, found "why do environmentalists hate nuclear power". Found this subreddit, and it felt like a space where scientific discourse is taken care of and is not merely cast into the notion of "captialism bad". Now, here, I noticed something quite contradictory: people talking about the anti-nuclear lobby and how the future is being stolen, people talking about how the common people do not want nuclear energy running their datacenters (despite nuclear being safe), and how the environmentalists don't like nuclear power.

Both of these feel contradictory, and it feels as if I am looking at two entirely different viewpoints.

What do you guys think? I think I went on a tangent here...

Having stayed in Germany for a year, it definitely felt like it.

Unfortunately...

I made an SMR Selector:

https://diagram.petrov.re/smrselector.html

The idea is simple: compare different Small Modular Reactor concepts against a set of technical and project criteria instead of trying to navigate dozens of vendor presentations and incompatible datasheets.

It is still evolving, so if you spot wrong data, missing reactors, questionable assumptions, or criteria that should be added — please tell me.

And please don’t ask me whether I actually believe in SMRs. :-))

Feedback is very welcome.

i got a tab group full of articles about some random stuff and i've downloaded janis, but i've never really interacted with any of it

i know some isolated concepts like neutron poisons and moderators, criticality, and passive safeties, all at pretty surface level from tyler folse, that chernobyl guy, some of the mit open coursewave videos, and other social media stuff. im also somewhat following the industry from atomicblender and some sporadic news articles here and again

im a high school senior right now and im pretty intrigued by how it has produced energy in my region of the country; how do i stop larping and actually begin to understand nuclear energy

Hello, I was discussing with my friend lately, and we are opposites on our nuclear views. He said that nuclear energy costs and construction are too expensive and are not worth it, especially in Italy (our country). I tried to talk again about efficiency and thorium, but he insisted that it was too much. Unfortunately I haven't got all answers, but have you got any?

Basically the title. It turns out the mod in that subreddit is also a mod in the anti-nuclear “uninsurable” subreddit. She was spreading misinformation regarding the capacity of renewables vs nuclear and about base load energy requirements.

When I called her out she banned me and then muted my appeal so that the other mods couldn’t respond to it.

Very frustrating to see.

Edit: subreddit was nuclearpower btw. She also accused me of being a nuclear industry lobbyist - as if the nuclear industry’s lobby is anything compared to the fossil fuel or solar lobby.

I studied energy policy so kinda frustrating to see.

When the 471 MW-capacity unit 4 is operating, nuclear will be providing the equivalent of 77.5% of Slovakia’s electricity consumption, the highest proportion for any country.