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Czech Project Shows Why Nuclear Power Is Fading Away via Forbes

Posted on 2013/12/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear power plants generates clean, baseline-quality energy, advocates like to claim. It’s too bad that nuclear is also about the most expensive form of power you can buy. A recent report and statement from CEZ-AS, the country’s largest utility, once … Continue reading →

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OP-ED: Making wise energy investments for Ontario via The Whig

Posted on 2013/11/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Nuclear refurbishment takes a long time — it is an incredibly complex and hazardous process. Referring to these projects as rebuilds instead of refurbishments would be more accurate, as the reconstruction of the Darlington and Bruce nuclear stations will … Continue reading →

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Asia-Pacific Region to Continue to Lead Nuclear Installations for at Least a Decade via Global Data

Posted on 2013/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Asia-Pacific region is scheduled to install around 103 nuclear reactors by 2025, in order to both meet rising power demands and lower carbon emissions, according to the latest forecast from research and consulting firm GlobalData. The new report* identifies … Continue reading →

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Lib Dems are rapidly losing their green credentials via Utility Week

Posted on 2013/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Energy Minister wasn’t talking about power sector decarbonisation or a nationwide home insulation scheme, he was referring to a 5p charge on plastic bags. Welcome though this is, it’s a drop in the ocean when it comes to addressing … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Nuclear Power: Contrasting Views via The New York Times

Posted on 2013/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

To the Editor: Eduardo Porter (“Coming Full Circle in Energy, to Nuclear,” Economic Scene column, Aug. 21) asserts that new nuclear plants constitute “potentially the cheapest energy source of all.” But there are many facts to the contrary. Wall Street … Continue reading →

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Stunning Story from a Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Worker: Interview by Comedienne Oshidori Mako via World Network for Saving Children from Radiation

Posted on 2013/07/05 by norma field

Mako Oshidori of Yoshimoto Creative Agency is a member of the Manzai Kyokai (The Association for Stand-up Comedians) and of the Board of Directors of the Free Press Association of Japan. She regularly attends press conferences given by public authorities … Continue reading →

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U.S. senator criticizes incentive pay for work at Hanford vit plant via the Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2013/06/28 by norma field

A U.S. senator criticized incentive pay given to Bechtel National for its work at the Hanford vitrification plant during a hearing Thursday on Department of Energy environmental cleanup contracting policies. Cleaning up radioactive waste and contamination left from past production … Continue reading →

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MidAmerican decides against Iowa nuclear plant via DesMoinesRegister.com

Posted on 2013/06/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

MidAmerican Energy says design plan isn’t approved; environmentalists celebrate MidAmerican Energy has scrapped plans for Iowa’s second nuclear plant and will refund $8.8 million ratepayers paid for a now-finished feasibility study, utility officials said Monday. The utility has decided against … Continue reading →

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Fracked off via The Economist

Posted on 2013/06/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thanks to cheap natural gas, America’s nuclear renaissance is on hold […] The culprit is the price of natural gas, which fell from over $13 per million British thermal units in 2008, when many of the applications to build new … Continue reading →

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Costs of nuclear power remains a divisive issue via Taipei Times

Posted on 2013/05/04 by norma field

Experts remain divided over the costs associated with generating electricity from nuclear sources and the economic impact of potentially halting construction of the controversial Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市). Vice Minister of Economic … Continue reading →

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