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Some worry Tennessee town may be world nuclear waste dump via Reuters

Posted on 2011/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn | Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:04pm EDT (Reuters) – A new contract to process 1,000 tons of nuclear waste from Germany has environmental activists concerned that the town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee could become a … Continue reading →

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Chevron to Supply Tepco With Wheatstone LNG, May Sell Stake via Bloomberg

Posted on 2011/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By James Paton – Jul 27, 2011 12:38 AM CT Chevron Corp. (CVX), the second-largest U.S. energy company, agreed to sell Tokyo Electric Power Co. 3.1 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas annually from its proposed Wheatstone project in … Continue reading →

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Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant via Reuters

Posted on 2011/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Chisa Fujioka and Kevin Krolicki TOKYO | Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:41pm EDT (Reuters) – Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world for radiation exposure years before it was destroyed by … Continue reading →

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Contrary to power company figures, cost of nuclear power generation highest: research via The Mainichi Daily News

Posted on 2011/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Utility companies across the country continue to tout the low cost of nuclear energy on their websites. Tohoku Electric Power Co. boasts nuclear power’s economic efficiency, while Hokkaido Electric Power Co (HEPCO) the stability of its cost. Each site comes … Continue reading →

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Why the UK must choose renewables over nuclear: an answer to Monbiot via guardian.co.uk

Posted on 2011/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Monbiot is fixed in a contrarian crusade to undermine the solar industry and his controversialist instincts have blinded him. Why must the UK choose between nuclear and renewable energy? That was the question George Monbiot asked recently in a blog … Continue reading →

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Why must UK have to choose between nuclear and renewable energy? via guradian.co.uk

Posted on 2011/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The environment movement is needlessly polarised over nuclear power, with Jonathon Porritt only encouraging this tribalism. Can he explain why he thinks nuclear and renewables can’t co-exist? I know that others don’t share my puzzlement, but I don’t understand why … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power Subsidies: The Gift that Keeps on Taking via Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on 2011/07/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Government subsidies to the nuclear power industry over the past fifty years have been so large in proportion to the value of the energy produced that in some cases it would have cost taxpayers less to simply buy kilowatts on … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Waste in California, Part 1 via KQED News

Posted on 2011/07/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

It’s been nearly 50 years since the first commercial nuclear power plant went online in California. And all the radioactive waste generated since then is still there, piling up at four reactor sites. Many see it as a serious threat … Continue reading →

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Analysis: Sticking with nuclear could be costlier Japan option via Reuters

Posted on 2011/07/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Linda Sieg TOKYO | Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:34pm EDT (Reuters) – Can Japan afford to go nuclear-power-free? The country’s atomic power industry and many big business clients say “No,” arguing the step would boost electricity bills and pollution … Continue reading →

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DECC approves Sizewell B spent nuclear fuel storage plan via edieEnergy

Posted on 2011/07/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

25 July 2011, source edie newsroom Approval for a plan to store spent nuclear fuel at a controversial power station has been granted. Plans for the storage at Sizewell B, in Suffolk, were green lighted by energy minister Charles Hendry … Continue reading →

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