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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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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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City presses Centrica to cancel plans for building nuclear power plants via guardian.co.uk

Posted on 2011/07/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Centrica is being urged by the City to withdraw from a £4bn commitment to build new nuclear power stations in partnership with Electricité de France (EDF) amid soaring costs and delays at a prototype reactor at Flamanville in France. The … Continue reading →

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NPCIL to borrow $5.7 bn for world’s largest nuclear plant via The Financial Express

Posted on 2011/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

fe Bureau Posted: Saturday, Jul 23, 2011 at 0048 hrs IST New Delhi: Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL), India’s lone nuclear power generation utility, is going ahead with its aggressive capacity addition plans despite the renewed concern over safety of nuclear … Continue reading →

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Radioactive tea from Japan detained in France via Voice of Russia

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A consignment of radioactive tea from Japan was detained by customs officials in France. The cesium content exceeded the permitted norm twofold. Reportedly, the tea was en route from Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Continue reading at Radioactive tea from Japan … Continue reading →

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Consumers Pay For Nuclear’s £1bn Windfall via the energy collective

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Consumers will end up footing the bill for the £1 billion windfall that nuclear power companies can expect to get from the government’s support for this dangerous technology. The Carbon Price Floor system that has been proposed by the Treasury … Continue reading →

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Ny avtale om atomavfall klar i EU via Aftenbladet.no

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

EU skjerper reglene for å kvitte seg med radioaktivt avfall. Å eksportere avfallet utenfor EU skal bli spesielt vanskelig. Publisert: 19 juli 2011 (13:56) Oppdatert: 19 juli 2011 (13:56) EU-ministre ble tirsdag enige om en europeisk plan for radioaktivt avfall … Continue reading →

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CiU, PP y C’s impiden que prospere moción para suspender licencia de Ascó I via ABC Agencias

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

22-07-2011 / 14:20 h La moción, que ha sido expuesta por el diputado de Solidaritat Toni Strubell, ha sido votada favorablemente por todos los grupos de la izquierda -PSC, ICV-EUiA y ERC-, además del proponente, que han coincidido en recordar … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power’s real chain reaction: spiralling costs via guardian.co.uk

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The new delays and bumper cost overruns of EDF’s new reactor in France make it very hard to believe that nuclear power can fulfil the promises its supporters make Time is money, they say, and the new nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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