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Zion Lights
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Zion Lights writes Everything is Light, a personal blog at zionlights.substack.com about science and politics. Since 2023, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack on nuclear power, mainly its waste and energy-cost arguments. One commenter cites it as a source collection that challenges common assumptions about nuclear waste.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Exploring data-driven solutions for a better world.
Most-linked posts?
- Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-02-10
What Hacker News says?
Isn’t it the case that all high-level nuclear waste generated in the entire course of human history could fit in a relatively shallow layer over a piece of land the size of a football field? (e.g. [0]) I understood nuclear to be, from most any lifecycle analysis, the modality with the fewest externalities of any grid-scale tech mature enough to field, and somehow almost cost-competitive even while regulated (as it i…
Comment linking /p/everything-i-believed-about-waste-was-wrong
on “The Obscene Energy Demands of A.I”Submitted What climate activists won't tell you about protecting the planet as a story · 23 points
HN discussionMost common assumptions about nuclear waste don't reflect the data - it is a solved problem in the industry and much less an issue than expected. A good collection of sources in https://zionlights.substack.com/p/everything-i-believed-abou... Costs are lower in the long run, especially when considering lower system costs - the power grid has to be much more capable and more complex with variable generation from solar…
Comment linking /p/everything-i-believed-about-waste-was-wrong
on “Nuclear Plant Could Bring 1,600 Jobs to Kemmerer, Wyoming”Submitted Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong as a story · 3 points
HN discussionNuclear waste from power plants is not a legitimate issue: https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/the-boring-truth-a... , https://zionlights.substack.com/p/everything-i-believed-abou... .
Comment linking /p/everything-i-believed-about-waste-was-wrong
on “$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: GE Hitachi Executive”Submitted Who Killed German Nuclear? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 'Renewables.' You keep using that word as a story · 1 points
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