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Germany is replacing its nuclear reactors with massive offshore wind farms via Quartz

Posted on 2015/05/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Offshore wind power isn’t the easiest thing to build. The turbines themselves are large and complex, and need to keep working for decades in some of the harshest conditions on the planet. As well as the windmill, there’s a support … Continue reading →

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Cracks appear in the nuclear industry via DW

Posted on 2015/02/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Cracks discovered in the walls of Belgian nuclear reactors are causing unease among experts. The reason: a previously unknown phenomenon – material fatigue. There are fears that many more reactors could be affected. Several thousand cracks have been discovered by … Continue reading →

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Taipower launches overseas reprocessing tender via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2015/02/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) has launched a tender for a contract worth up to TWD 11.26 billion ($356 million) for the shipment and reprocessing of used nuclear fuel abroad. The summary tender notice, published on 17 February on the Public … Continue reading →

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Fire shuts down Belgian nuclear reactor via The Australian

Posted on 2014/11/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A BELGIAN nuclear reactor has shut down after a fire broke out at the plant in the east of the country, the Belga news agency reported. […] The Tihange 3 power station, situated 70 kilometres south-west of the German town … Continue reading →

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Shale: an overlooked option for US nuclear waste disposal via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2014/11/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Toss a dart at a map of the United States and, more often than not, it will land where shale can be found underground. A drab, relatively featureless sedimentary rock that historically attracted little interest, shale (as used here, the term … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power: reliably unreliable via Greenpeace

Posted on 2014/08/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

With wind power filling the energy gap left by shutdown nuclear reactors in the UK, and police investigating allegations of sabotage at a reactor in Belgium, the myth of “reliable” nuclear energy is being exposed like never before. The nuclear … Continue reading →

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Two Belgian nuclear reactors may be closed permanently: state media via Reuters

Posted on 2014/08/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Two Belgian nuclear reactors owned by GDF-Suez unit Electrabel may remain offline until spring and may need to be halted permanently, Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported on Tuesday. The Belgian nuclear regulator ordered production to be stopped at … Continue reading →

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Insight – The cost of caring for Europe’s elderly nuclear plants via Reuters

Posted on 2014/08/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Europe’s ageing nuclear fleet will undergo more prolonged outages over the next few years, reducing the reliability of power supply and costing plant operators many millions of dollars. Nuclear power provides about a third of the European Union’s … Continue reading →

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Electrabel confirms Doel 4 nuclear power plant sabotage vian Power Engineering

Posted on 2014/08/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Belgium has been left without half of its nuclear capacity, as GDF Suez subsidiary Electrabel confirmed that its Doel 4 nuclear reactor has been shut down due to sabotage. Reuters reports that a GDF Suez (Euronext: GSZ) spokesman confirmed Belgian press … Continue reading →

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What If China Has a Fukushima? via Caixin Online

Posted on 2014/04/25 by norma field

(Beijing) — China has never suffered a Three Mile Island-like nuclear power plant accident, much less a Chernobyl meltdown or a Fukushima disaster. But now that the government under Premier Li Keqiang has put the country on a fast-track for … Continue reading →

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