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As Dutton champions nuclear power, Indigenous artists recall the profound loss of land and life that came from it via The Conversation

Posted on 2025/05/02 by nfield

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s promise to power Australia with nuclear energy has been described by experts as a costly “mirage” that risks postponing the clean energy transition. Beyond this, however, the Coalition’s nuclear policy has, for many First Nations peoples, raised the spectre of the … Continue reading →

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Call by scientists against a new nuclear program/

Posted on 2023/07/18 by nfield

Appel de scientifiques contre un nouveau programme nucléaire JUIN 2023 JUNE 2023 On February 11, 1975, in the columns of the daily newspaper Le Monde, 400 scientists urged the French population to refuse the installation of nuclear power stations, “until … Continue reading →

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We don’t need ‘miracle’ technologies to fix the climate. We have the tools now via The Guardian

Posted on 2023/02/08 by nfield

By Mark Z. Jacobson Wind, water and solar energy is cheap, effective and green. We don’t need experimental or risky energy sources to save our planet. Nearly 7 million people die each year from air pollution. Moreover, global warming is already causing … Continue reading →

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The poisoned environmental legacy of the ‘Nuclear Park’ via Culturico

Posted on 2022/05/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Linda Pentz Gunter France prides itself on its “Nuclear Park”, its fleet of once 58 and now 56 operational nuclear reactors that deliver 70% of the country’s electricity. However, the environmental effects of this considerable use of nuclear power – … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power’s economic failure via The Ecologist

Posted on 2021/12/14 by nfield

Dr Jim Green  | 13th December 2021  A new report from Friends of the Earth Australia details the catastrophic cost overruns with nuclear power projects. Despite the abundance of evidence that nuclear power is economically uncompetitive compared to renewables, the nuclear … Continue reading →

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How Green Is Nuclear Energy via BBC Learning English

Posted on 2021/11/29 by nfield
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Australian-UK-US nuclear submarine deal exposes civilian-military links via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/11/11 by nfield

By Andy Stirling, Phil Johnstone | November 9, 2021 […] In democratic nuclear weapons states such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, shared civil-military nuclear industrial bases are largely—albeit indirectly—funded by electricity consumers. Colossal investments in new nuclear power are underwritten … Continue reading →

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Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors via Reuters

Posted on 2021/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) – France will build new nuclear reactors to help the country lessen its dependence on foreign countries for its energy supplies, meet global warming targets and keep prices under control, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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Do France’s plans for small nuclear reactors have hidden agenda? via DW

Posted on 2021/10/25 by nfield

Although France plans to invest in small modular nuclear reactors, experts doubt that this is ecologically and economically sensible. Yet it may be more about geopolitical strategy than energy. In the wake of the disaster at nuclear power plant Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Four takeaways from the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/10/13 by nfield

By Dawn Stover | October 1, 2021 Although there are 23 fewer nuclear reactors in the world today than at the 2002 peak of 438, the past year saw a small uptick in the number of reactors operating worldwide and a corresponding … Continue reading →

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