Tag Archives: China

Labour seeks probe of Hinkley Point C nuclear project via The Financial Times

Posted on 2014/11/21 by norma field

Labour has called for the proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point to be referred to the Whitehall auditor to examine whether the £24.5bn project will offer the best possible deal for taxpayers. Tom Greatrex, shadow energy minister, said the … Continue reading →

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As U.S. nuclear arsenal ages, other nations have modernized via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2014/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The debate over how to modernize America’s aging nuclear forces has taken on increasing urgency with the emergence of a newly assertive Russia and a new generation of nuclear powers with increasing technological sophistication. North Korea, Pakistan and India … Continue reading →

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Profit Of China Nuclear Equipment Manufacturers Slides On Weak Demand via Forbes

Posted on 2014/08/29 by norma field

Earnings of Chinese nuclear equipment manufacturers slid during the first half of the year, a sign that the government’s resolve to rely more on nuclear power has yet to rejuvenate the industry. […] The weak results show that Beijing’s push … Continue reading →

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Japan’s former PM tells of Tokyo evacuation risk after Fukushima via The Brisbane Times

Posted on 2014/08/27 by norma field

He has told the USA’s Huffington Post of his conversion to renewable energy in this way. “Before the Fukushima accident, with the belief that no nuclear accident would happen as long as the safety measures were followed properly, I had … 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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School Science Project Reveals High Levels Of Fukushima Nuclear Radiation in Grocery Store Seafood via The News Doctors

Posted on 2014/03/31 by norma field

A Canadian high school student named Bronwyn Delacruz never imagined that her school science project would make headlines all over the world. But that is precisely what has happened. Using a $600 Geiger counter purchased by her father, Delacruz measured … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power generation via The Nation

Posted on 2014/01/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Last November, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the ground breaking ceremony of Pakistan’s largest nuclear power projects, Kanupp-II and Kanupp-III. China is providing the two reactors alongside a concessional loan of $6.5 billion for the construction of these $9.59 billion … Continue reading →

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Japan has enough plutonium to build 1,000 nuclear bombs: report via Want China Times

Posted on 2013/12/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The real reason why Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, refuses to abandon nuclear power is because he wants to develop a nuclear weapons program, claims the Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po, citing Koide Hiroaki, an assistant professor at the Kyoto … Continue reading →

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The U.S. government lab behind Beijing’s nuclear power push via Reuters Investigates

Posted on 2013/12/23 by norma field

HONG KONG – Scientists in Shanghai are attempting a breakthrough in nuclear energy: reactors powered by thorium, an alternative to uranium. The project is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a government body with close military ties that coordinates … Continue reading →

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Chinese nuclear disaster “highly probable” by 2030 via Chinadialogue

Posted on 2013/10/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

China is heading for a nuclear accident if it continues with current construction plans, says former state nuclear physicist and prominent critic He Zuoxiu Some members of the nuclear power industry rely too much on theoretical calculations, when only experience … Continue reading →

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