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French Nuclear Cuts Extend to Next Week as Temperatures Soar via Bloomberg

Posted on 2022/07/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Reactor availability has shrunk to just 46%, pushing up prices Paris is set to see temperatures of almost 40 degrees Celsius By Lars Paulsson, Priscila Azevedo Rocha, and Todd GillespieJuly 15, 2022 at 3:25 AM CDTUpdated onJuly 15, 2022 at … Continue reading →

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Radioactivity under the sand via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/07/05 by nfield

The buried waste from French nuclear tests in Algeria By Jean-Marie Collin and Patrice Bouveret The following is the summary from the longer report, which can be read here. […] Between 1960 and 1996, France carried out 17 nuclear tests in … Continue reading →

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Macron facing ‘Fukushima-style’ horror accident as EDF reactors crack force shutdown via Express

Posted on 2022/07/03 by nfield

By ANTONY ASHKENAZ10:01, Sun, Jul 3, 2022 France is facing a relatively unique energy crisis when compared to other countries in Europe. The country is not heavily dependent on natural gas, Russian or otherwise, getting most of its energy supplies from nuclear power, which generates … Continue reading →

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A Secret City With a Secret African American History　via The New York Times

Posted on 2022/06/22 by nfield

The U.S. government built Oak Ridge in 1942 to develop the world’s first atomic weapon. By Casey Quackenbush June 11, 2022 When a reported 7,000 African Americans from the Deep South were recruited to work on the Manhattan Project starting in 1942, they … Continue reading →

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Nuclear dependence via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/05/30 by nfield

Europe must cut off Russian nuclear supply routes From Ecodefense, Russia Europe needs a plan in place for cutting ties with Russia’s nuclear giant Rosatom, says 2021 Right Livelihood Award winner and co-chairman of Ecodefense Vladimir Slivyak. […] Seeking to close this … Continue reading →

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The poisoned environmental legacy of the ‘Nuclear Park’ via Culturico

Posted on 2022/05/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Linda Pentz Gunter France prides itself on its “Nuclear Park”, its fleet of once 58 and now 56 operational nuclear reactors that deliver 70% of the country’s electricity. However, the environmental effects of this considerable use of nuclear power – … Continue reading →

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The poisoned environmental legacy of the ‘Nuclear Park’　via Culturico

Posted on 2022/05/07 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter […] France is heavily reliant on nuclear energy. Its 56 commercial reactors dot almost every corner of the country, providing 70% of all electricity consumed. France also possesses a nuclear weapons arsenal, fueled by the nuclear … Continue reading →

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Three myths about renewable energy and the grid, debunked via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/05/06 by nfield

By Amory B. Lovins and M.V. Ramana This story was originally published in Yale Environment 360. […] Myth No. 1: A grid that increasingly relies on renewable energy is an unreliable grid. Going by the cliché, “In God we trust; all others bring data,” it’s … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power Could Help Europe Cut Its Russia Ties, but Not for Years via New York Times

Posted on 2022/04/28 by nfield

April 26, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ETApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Liz Alderman and Stanley Reed PARIS — On the windswept coast of Flamanville, an industrial city in northwest France facing the choppy waters of the English Channel, a soaring concrete dome houses … Continue reading →

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Can We Contain Nuclear Crises?　Interview with Environmental Historian Kate Brown　via Science for the People

Posted on 2022/04/07 by nfield

By Ansar Fayyazuddin and Erik Wallenberg Ansar Fayyazuddin is a physicist active in Science for the People and Solidarity.  Erik Wallenberg is a PhD candidate in history at City University of New York Graduate Center and Acquisitions Editor at Science for the People. … Continue reading →

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