Category Archives: *English

Sellafield Windscale Pile chimney diffuser dismantled　via BBC News

Posted on 2021/11/19 by nfield

One of the most identifiable structures of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant has been dismantled. The huge diffuser on top of the 125m (410ft) Windscale Pile chimney has been visible in west Cumbria for 70 years. It had to be … Continue reading →

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Australian-UK-US nuclear submarine deal exposes civilian-military links via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/11/11 by nfield

By Andy Stirling, Phil Johnstone | November 9, 2021 […] In democratic nuclear weapons states such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, shared civil-military nuclear industrial bases are largely—albeit indirectly—funded by electricity consumers. Colossal investments in new nuclear power are underwritten … Continue reading →

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A Nuclear-Powered Shower? Russia Tests a Climate Innovation. via New York Times

Posted on 2021/11/10 by nfield

A remote Siberian town now has its own miniature nuclear plant as a Russian state company tests a new model for residential heating. Some see it as a tool to minimize climate change. By Andrew E. Kramer PEVEK, Russia — The … Continue reading →

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Rolls-Royce plans to build small nuclear power plants in Britain via The New York Times

Posted on 2021/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Stanley Reed Rolls-Royce, the British jet engine maker, said on Tuesday that it was forming a business to build a series of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors as Britain looks for ways to cut carbon emissions and to reduce the costs … Continue reading →

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Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors via Reuters

Posted on 2021/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) – France will build new nuclear reactors to help the country lessen its dependence on foreign countries for its energy supplies, meet global warming targets and keep prices under control, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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German politicians affirm rejection of nuclear power in EU sustainable finance taxonomy via Clean Energy Wire

Posted on 2021/11/08 by nfield

[…] “We don’t want nuclear energy, we don’t think it’s sustainable and we don’t want the EU to support it,“ the acting minister from the Social Democrats (SPD) told newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe in an article carried by the Frankfurter Allgemeine … Continue reading →

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COP26 climate change summit: Rising seas pose a threat to nuclear bases and power plants – Scotsman comment via The Scotsman

Posted on 2021/11/06 by nfield

She came from Panama to Glasgow to tell the world how the rise in sea level is destroying the homeland of her people. As Agar Iklenia Tejada, 31, spoke of how three of the islands occupied by the Guna people … Continue reading →

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New evacuation ‘border’ baffles, splits community in Fukushima　via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2021/11/06 by nfield

OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture—Evacuees eager to finally return to their homes near the hobbled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have been thrown into confusion over the way evacuation orders will be lifted. The orders will end in parts of the “difficult-to-return … Continue reading →

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Cover-up of U.S. Nuclear Sub Collision in South China Sea via Portside (Asia Times)

Posted on 2021/11/06 by nfield

John Walsh […] Fast-forward to October 2, 2021, about one year later, and the first patch of grass has been stomped on by the US elephant, trudging stealthily about, far from home in the South China Sea. On that day a … Continue reading →

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The nation’s last uranium mill plans to import Estonia’s radioactive waste via High Country News

Posted on 2021/11/02 by nfield

By Jessica Douglas […] “A lot of people don’t understand what we go through here in our community,” Badback said. “We want the mill to close. We want them to clean it up.” Badback sounds frustrated and fatigued; at 48, … Continue reading →

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