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Australia declines to join UK and US-led nuclear energy development pact via ABC News

Posted on 2024/11/20 by nfield

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles told parliament on Tuesday that the government would not sign an agreement the UK and US governments announced overnight. “For Australia, pursuing a path of nuclear energy would represent pursuing the single-most expensive electricity option … Continue reading →

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Australia mistakenly included on list of countries joining US-UK civil nuclear deal, British government says via The Guardian

Posted on 2024/11/20 by nfield

The UK government has conceded that Australia was mistakenly included on a list of countries that were expected to sign up to a US-UK civil nuclear deal. The Albanese government flatly denied media reports on Tuesday that it would join … Continue reading →

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U.S. Solar and Wind Power Generation Tops Nuclear for First Time via OilPrice.com

Posted on 2024/07/15 by nfield

By Charles Kennedy – Jul 11, 2024, 11:30 AM CDT For the first time ever, U.S. electricity generation from utility-scale solar and wind exceeded nuclear power plants’ power output in the first half of 2024, according to data from energy think tank … Continue reading →

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Opinion: No, nuclear power isn’t the ‘big bazooka’ climate fix you might think via CNN

Posted on 2023/04/28 by nfield

Editor’s Note: Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer focusing on renewable energy in Europe. He is the author of five books on European issues, most recently “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall and the Birth of the New Berlin.” … Continue reading →

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Majority favor restarting idle nuclear plants, Asahi poll finds via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2023/02/21 by nfield

February 21, 2023 at 15:01 JST For the first time since the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011, an Asahi Shimbun poll has found that a majority of respondents support restarting nuclear plants. The … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: Without national debate, radical nuclear policy shift intolerable via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2022/12/26 by nfield

[…] The Kishida administration spent only four months on this policy initiative without making any serious effort to win broad public support. The attempt to chip away at important policy principles comes on the heels of its recent decision to drastically … Continue reading →

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Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear plant via Reader Supported News (NPR)

Posted on 2022/12/13 by nfield

Julian Hayda 13 december 22 Sophia Arkadiyivna remembers when the Soviet Union built the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1977, just 20 miles from the village where she served as mayor. After years of atomic energy powering big Russian cities … Continue reading →

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Why not new nuclear power? via Mark Z. Jacobson

Posted on 2022/05/26 by nfield
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Opposition Grows to Reviving Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant via Associated Press (Reader Supported News)

Posted on 2022/05/19 by nfield

Michael R. Blood […] Last month, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom raised the possibility that the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant — which sits on a coastal bluff halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles — could keep running beyond a … Continue reading →

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Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again? via the New York Times

Posted on 2022/05/06 by nfield

By Motoko rich and Hikari Hida KASHIWAZAKI, Japan — Growing up, Mika Kasahara saw the nuclear power plant that hugs the coast of her hometown simply as the place where her father worked, a familiar fortress of cooling tanks and … Continue reading →

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