Tag Archives: Nuclear power

The solar world we might have had via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/11/06 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter We needn’t have had Fukushima at all, now 12 years old and still emitting radiation, still not “cleaned up”, still responsible for forbidden zones where no one can live, play, work, grow crops. We needn’t have … Continue reading →

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We are all Hibakusha via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/09/05 by nfield

M.V. Ramana The front page of the Times of India of August 7, 1945, carried the headline World’s deadliest bomb hits Japan: Carries blast power of 20,000 tons of TNT. For millions around the world, headlines of that sort would have been their first … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the “inalienable right” via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/08/21 by nfield

Austria cautions against nuclear power in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty The following is a statement delivered by George-Wilhelm Gallhofer, diplomat at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations, on behalf of the Government of Austria, on 8 August 2023, during the First … Continue reading →

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Links between Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power

Posted on 2023/05/10 by nfield

This resolution was passed at the 23rd World Congress, in Mombasa, Kenya  by the IPPNW International Council – April 30th, 2023 IPPNW affirms that the links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons are such that in order to fully abolish … Continue reading →

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Court rejects residents’ call to halt Ehime Prefecture nuclear reactor　via Japan Times

Posted on 2023/03/25 by nfield

HIROSHIMA – The Hiroshima High Court on Friday rejected local residents’ call to halt the operation of an idled nuclear reactor in western Japan, upholding a lower court decision. The ruling will allow the operator, Shikoku Electric Power, to continue utilizing … Continue reading →

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A Nuclear Power Plant Leaked Contaminated Water in Minnesota. Here’s What We Know via NPR

Posted on 2023/03/20 by nfield

Minnesota officials are monitoring the cleanup of a 400,000 gallon leak of contaminated water from a nuclear power plant in the city of Monticello run by the energy giant Xcel Energy. Officials said there is no danger from the leak. … 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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As Europe Quits Russian Gas, Half of France’s Nuclear Plants Are Off-Line via the New York Times

Posted on 2022/11/16 by nfield

By Liz Alderman An army of engineers has fanned out through nuclear power plants across France in recent months, inspecting reactors for signs of wear and tear. Hundreds of expert welders have been recruited to repair problems found in cooling circuits. … Continue reading →

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Noisy support for an obvious failure via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/10/24 by nfield

By Andrew Stirling and Phil Johnstone At Edinburgh’s Haymarket station, on the route used by COP26 delegates hopping across to Glasgow last November, a large poster displayed a vista from the head of Loch Shiel. In the foreground, a monument … Continue reading →

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UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is “out of control” via AP

Posted on 2022/08/04 by nfield

By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to … Continue reading →

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