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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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Hidden agenda: The unspoken argument for more nuclear power via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/11/01 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter So here we are again at another COP (Conference of the Parties). Well, some of us are in Glasgow, Scotland at the COP itself, and some of us, this writer included, are sitting at a distance, … Continue reading →

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東電株主代表訴訟 裁判官が初めて福島第一原発を視察 via NHK News Web

Posted on 2021/10/31 by nfield

「。。。」 原発事故のあと裁判官が敷地内を視察するのは初めてです。 福島第一原発を視察したのは東京地方裁判所の朝倉佳秀裁判長ら裁判官２人と書記官、それに、原告側と被告側の弁護士などで、２９日午前、福島県大熊町のＪＲ大野駅からバスに乗って原発の敷地内に向かいました。 福島第一原発の事故をめぐって、東京電力の株主たちが旧経営陣５人に対し会社に賠償するよう求めている裁判では、震災前に津波対策が可能だったかどうかを検証するため、株主側が裁判官に現地視察を求めていました。 株主側の弁護士によりますと、視察は５時間以上にわたって行われ、１号機から６号機の建屋の状況や、重要な機器がある建物の出入り口などについて、事故の前とその後の状況を確認したということです。 東京電力によりますと、原発事故のあと、裁判官が福島第一原発の敷地内を視察するのは今回が初めてだということです。 視察のあと株主側の河合弘之弁護士は、「裁判官たちは、東京電力に何度も質問して、真剣に現場を見て回っていた。非常に意義がある検証で、いい判決を期待している」と話していました。 全文

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