Tag Archives: nuclear energy

Nuclear Power Will Not Save Us From Climate Change via Yes! Magazine

Posted on 2018/11/03 by nfield

By M.V. Ramana and Robert Jensen How the IPCC’s solutions for reversing the Earth’s warming encourage business as usual. […] Underlying the IPCC report’s claims is the belief that technological solutions can fix the climate problem. Yet these fixes don’t address … Continue reading →

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Japan’s nuclear industry growing but likely to miss government’s 2030 target via Japan Times

Posted on 2018/11/01 by nfield

By Aaron Sheldrick and Osamu Tsukimori     The domestic nuclear industry will miss a government target of providing at least a fifth of the country’s electricity by 2030, analysis shows, but the sector is showing signs of life more … Continue reading →

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S. Korea to set long-term energy plan by year-end via Yonhap News Agency

Posted on 2018/08/31 by nfield

SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) — South Korea will draw out a long-term energy plan by the end of this year, which will spur a shift toward renewable power sources away from fossil fuels and nuclear power, the industry ministry said … Continue reading →

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UPDATE 1-Japan’s Kyushu Electric may restrict renewable energy supplies after nuclear ramp-up via Reuters

Posted on 2018/08/29 by nfield

By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Kyushu Electric Power Co may start restricting third-party supplies of solar energy after it restarts a fourth nuclear reactor, the company said on Wednesday, underscoring the risks to a government push to … Continue reading →

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Tokyo as well as Fukushima Is NOT radiologically Safe. The Government of Japan is Making Tokyo Olympics “Radiating Fields” of Athletes and Visitors via Go West-Come West

Posted on 2018/08/15 by nfield

We are “Go West Come West,” an organization of evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster and their supporters. On the 73rd anniversary of the United States atomic bombing, we would like to send greetings of solidarity to all visitors to … Continue reading →

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Trump administration axes project to generate power from plutonium via Reuters

Posted on 2018/05/14 by nfield

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to kill a project it says would have cost tens of billions of dollars to convert plutonium from Cold War-era nuclear bombs and burn it to generate electricity, according to a document it … Continue reading →

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How a nuclear attack on North Korea would add to global cancer epidemic via The Conversation

Posted on 2018/02/28 by nfield

Andrew Marks […] High doses of radiation can cause cancer by damaging DNA, the carrier of the genetic code. The damage to DNA caused by radiation is magnified in children because they are growing, and thus their DNA is dividing faster. It takes … Continue reading →

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Will the U.S. Help the Saudis Get a Nuclear Weapon? via the New York Times

Posted on 2018/02/25 by nfield

The last thing the Middle East needs is another country with the potential to build nuclear weapons. Yet that could happen if the United States mishandles Saudi Arabia’s plans to enter the nuclear power business and erect as many as 16 nuclear … Continue reading →

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USA needs ‘robust’ nuclear industry for security via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2017/12/05 by nfield

A Washington, DC-based organisation led by former US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has called for greater federal-level recognition of the importance of the USA’s nuclear energy supply chain to national security. In its first major report, Energy Future Initiatives (EFI) … Continue reading →

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New nuclear power plants linked to Trident weapons via The Tribune

Posted on 2017/10/30 by nfield

Senior civil servants have revealed that the government’s decision to build a new generation of civil nuclear power stations starting with Hinkley Point is linked to maintaining enough skills to keep Britain’s nuclear deterrent. The disclosure came at a hearing … Continue reading →

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