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Russia Just Seized Chernobyl: Here’s Why It Matters via Mother Jones

Posted on 2022/02/25 by nfield

“A nuclear reactor is a vulnerable source of energy because it relies on peace and stability.” Kate Brown [interview] By Isabella Dias […] Can you remind readers why was the Chernobyl nuclear accident is such a big deal and what … Continue reading →

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Small modular reactors offer no hope for nuclear energy via Advanced Science News

Posted on 2022/01/15 by nfield

by M.V. Ramana | Jan 14, 2022 In December 2021, the government of Belgium joined an increasing number of countries expressing an interest in building what are called small modular reactors, which generate under 300 megawatts of electrical power — much smaller than … Continue reading →

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The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb via BBC

Posted on 2021/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Frank Swain [this article first appeared on August 3, 2020] The Congo’s role in creating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was kept secret for decades, but the legacy of its involvement is still being felt today. “The … Continue reading →

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Nuclear legacy is a costly headache for the future via Climate News Network

Posted on 2021/06/28 by nfield

June 28th, 2021, by Paul Brown How do you safely store spent nuclear waste? No-one knows. It’ll be a costly headache for our descendants. LONDON, 28 June, 2021 − Many states are leaving future generations an unsolved and costly headache: how … Continue reading →

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Support for a global pact banning nuclear weapons is growing within NATO, an advocacy group says via The New York Times

Posted on 2021/06/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Rick Gladstone As President Biden and his NATO counterparts focus on nuclear-armed Russia at their summit meeting on Monday, they may also face a different sort of challenge: growing support, or at least openness, within their own constituencies for the … Continue reading →

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French Report ” Nuclear Power Plant Flexibility at EDF” via ianfairlie.org

Posted on 2021/01/17 by nfield

January 16, 2021 In early 2019, four French EDF scientists wrote a 22 page report on load following in French nuclear reactors. The English version was first published on April 1 2020 but this has only recently been brought to my attention … Continue reading →

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Western Europe cools on plans for nuclear power via Climate News Network

Posted on 2020/11/27 by nfield

By Paul Dorfman As more reactors face closure, governments in Europe may prefer renewable energy to replace nuclear power. LONDON, 25 November, 2020 – News that two more reactors in the United Kingdom are to shut down on safety grounds earlier than planned … Continue reading →

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In desperate search of disposal sites for its nuclear waste, Japan offers poisonous grants to two small villages via Equal Times

Posted on 2020/11/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Carmen Grau One morning in September, 87-year-old retiree Masao Takimoto was reading the newspaper in his house in Kamoenai when a news story captured his attention, ruined his day and changed the course of this quiet fishing village on the … Continue reading →

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Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare via Arms Control Association

Posted on 2020/10/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

November 2020 Nailing the Coffin of Civilian Plutonium Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a NightmareBy Frank von Hippel,Masafumi Takubo, andJungmin KangSpringer Press198pp. Reviewed by Thomas Countryman […] The earliest rationale for using plutonium as a nuclear fuel rested … Continue reading →

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Commentary: Excelon’s nuclear hostage tactics must end via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2020/08/29 by nfield

“Nuclear Hostage Crisis: Day 2,363” Yes, that’s right. It was March 9, 2014, when Exelon announced that it would close its nuclear plants if the Illinois legislature, under House Speaker Michael Madigan’s watchful eye, did not bail them out. The … Continue reading →

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