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フランスが再び原発に注目、突然の方針変換はなぜ? via MIT Technology Review

by James Temple フランス現地メディアが、フランス政府が大手電力会社に大型原子炉6基の建設計画を策定するよう指示したと報じた。フランスは原子力発電大国だが、福島第一原発の事故以降の世論に押されて縮小を表明していただけに、政府の突然の方針転換に驚きの声があがっている。 原子力分野からの後退を表明して数年たった現在、フランスが突如6基の大型原子炉を建てようとしている。 10月14日に仏ル・モンド紙は、主要な国営エネルギー会社であるフランス電力(EDF)に対し、フランス政府が3つの原子力発電所の新造計画を策定するように指示したと報じた。各発電所は、EPR(欧州加圧水型炉)を2基ずつ備える。この第3世代の原子炉は150万人分の電力を生み出し、事故が発生すると自動で停止して冷却する。 (略) カーネギーメロン大学の原子力研究者であるジェシカ・ラブリング研究員によれば、フランスは2030年までに、老朽化した約15基の原子炉を停止する計画だ。したがって原子炉を6基建設しても、国内の原子力発電所で作られる電力の割合が必ずしも増えるわけではない。電力需要が今後数年間で増えるとなれば、なおさらだ。 一方で、フランスが今年の夏に、2050年までのカーボンニュートラル(炭素中立)達成を誓ったばかりであることに注目するエネルギー専門家もいる。この取り組みは経済全般にわたる。つまり電力分野のみならず、農業や輸送、重工業などでも気候汚染を削減する必要があるということだ。したがって政府は現時点で排出ガスがゼロの電力を失いたくないのだろう。さらに、原子力発電所は、重要な産業プロセスの動力として利用できる熱も生み出す。 それでもフランスが、初期費用や開発リスクを大きく削減できる可能性のある小型のモジュラー型原子炉ではなく、大型のEPRを推し進めようとしていることに驚く声も上がっている。 全文はフランスが再び原発に注目、突然の方針変換はなぜ?

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Why South Africa Built Nuclear Weapons and Then Gave Them Up via The National Interest

Why? by Robert Farley Key Point: The Republic of South Africa felt safer by disarming. Why did South Africa decide to build nukes, how did it build them and why did it decide to give them up? The answers are largely idiosyncratic, although … Continue reading

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Distribution and origin of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealed via Phys.org

by Riitta-Leena Inki […] However, a study just published in the scientific journal Chemosphere, involving scientists from Japan, Finland, France, and the U.S., addresses these issues. The team, led by Dr. Satoshi Utsunomiya, Ryohei Ikehara, and Kazuya Morooka (Kyushu University), developed … Continue reading

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The Secret History of How Israel Built Nuclear Weapons via The National Interest

Although Israel doesn’t officially acknowledge it, it is well understood that the country possesses a nuclear weapon arsenal (although the exact number of warheads are in dispute). It is similarly well understood that the United States opposed Israel’s nuclear weapons program during … Continue reading

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South Africa: They Built Nuclear Weapons and Then Gave Them Up. Why? via The National Interest

Key Point: The Republic of South Africa is the only country in the world to build a nuclear weapons program, then unbuild that program after domestic and international conditions changed. by Robert Farley Why did South Africa decide to build nukes, how … Continue reading

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Nuclear waste is piling up: Governments need to stop dithering and take action via Phys.org

[…] In the UK, nuclear waste is currently kept in safe but high-maintenance conditions, with some canisters deteriorating, at Sellafield in Cumbria. This is costing tax payers £3 billion per year.  The new geological disposal facility is a vast underground bunker, to be buried around … Continue reading

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18 nuclear power plants in the EU are operating without a valid license via Business Insider

18 nuclear power plants in the European Union are operating without a valid license, according to research conducted by Germany’s Green Party.  This number doesn’t include the 34 other illegal power plants in neighboring European countries that aren’t part of … Continue reading

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When tritium is your beverage of choice via Beyond Nuclear International

Welcome to France By Linda Pentz Gunter The headline — Police probe opened into rumours of unsafe tap water in Paris — raised hopes that nuclear operators might finally be held accountable for what appears to be routine radioactive contamination of drinking … Continue reading

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Lives well lived: The Legacy of anti-nuclear campaigning in Tahiti via Beyond Nuclear International

Three men campaigned for decades to raise awareness of the health and environmental consequences of France’s nuclear testing program in the Pacific By Nic Mclellan But the deaths of John Doom, Bruno Barrillot and Roland Oldham mean others must pick … Continue reading

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CHERNOBYL VODKA MADE FROM CONTAMINATED GRAIN AROUND NUCLEAR DISASTER AREA GOES ON SALE via Newsweek

team of scientists have unveiled a vodka which has been produced using grains and water from the Chernobyl exclusion zone, which they claim is completely safe to drink. Professor Jim Smith, from the University of Portsmouth in South England, assured that the … Continue reading

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