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The stalled restart of idled reactors via the Japan Times

Posted on 2019/12/20 by nfield

The year 2019 is drawing to a close without any nuclear power reactor idled since the 2011 Fukushima disaster being reactivated. Reactor No. 1 at the Takahama nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. was initially expected to … Continue reading →

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Fossil fuels fall to record low proportion of UK energy mix via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/12/20 by nfield

The proportion of the UK’s power generation mix made up by fossil fuels has fallen to a record low after renewable energy became the UK’s largest source of electricity. Government figures showed the UK relied on renewables, such as wind and solar, … Continue reading →

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No to nuclear: Japan wants reactors phased out, post-Fukushima via Aljazeera

Posted on 2019/12/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan is less reliant on atomic energy, but concerns are growing about its return to climate-damaging fossil fuels. by Kelly Olsen […] ‘They say no’“Japanese people’s sentiment (has) changed after Fukushima Daiichi and it is continuing until now,” said Matsukubo, … Continue reading →

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EU leaders include nuclear energy in green transition via Japan Times

Posted on 2019/12/15 by nfield

BRUSSELS – European Union leaders agreed Friday that nuclear energy will be part of the bloc’s solution to making its economy carbon-neutral by 2050, allowing them to win the support of two coal-dependent countries. EU heads of state and government agreed … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Industry’s $23 Billion Bailout Request Shows Why It Should Have ‘No Role to Play’ in Solving Climate Crisis: Study via Common Dreams

Posted on 2019/11/20 by nfield

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer A proposed bailout of the U.S. nuclear power industry that could cost taxpayers $23 billion over the next 10 years is a perfect example of why the climate crisis needs solutions that focus on renewable … Continue reading →

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What happens to nuclear waste from power plants? via DW

Posted on 2019/11/13 by nfield

African countries looking to invest in nuclear energy as a source of clean electricity should consider Europe’s struggles with disposing of radioactive waste. Seventy years after the nuclear age began, no country has built a place to safely store its waste, … Continue reading →

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Wind and solar kill coal and nuclear on costs, says latest Lazard report via Renew Economy

Posted on 2019/11/08 by nfield

The cost of wind and solar continue to decline and are now at the point where they beat, or at least match, even the marginal costs of coal-fired generation and nuclear power, according to the 13th and latest edition of … Continue reading →

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SA nuclear liability amounts TRIPLED following Greenpeace legal action via Greenpeace

Posted on 2019/10/25 by nfield

Johannesburg, 24 October 2019 — South Africa’s inadequate nuclear liability regulations[1] have finally been updated and gazetted[2] by Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe. This news comes after almost six years of Greenpeace Africa pushing the Minister to do … Continue reading →

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Labour’s ‘nuclear is renewable’ claim is an insult to dead uranium miners via David Toke’s Green Energy Blog

Posted on 2019/10/24 by nfield

[…] In a ‘boiler room’ coup Labour seems to be secretly plotting to re-launch the new nuclear build programme by renaming nuclear power as ‘renewable’. Their ‘expert report’ argues that the current level of nuclear generation needs to be maintained, … Continue reading →

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As Poland Exits Coal, a Billionaire Offers First Nuclear Plant via Bloomberg

Posted on 2019/10/22 by nfield

By Maciej Martewicz and Konrad Krasuski Poland’s second-richest man may beat the government in building the nation’s first nuclear power plant. Michal Solowow’s Synthos SA, the second-largest European maker of synthetic rubber, signed a memorandum with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to build a small 300-megawatt … Continue reading →

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