Tag Archives: Nuclear power

Hitachi and GE to jointly develop next-generation reactors via Japan Times

Posted on 2018/10/15 by nfield

[…] The two companies, longtime partners in the nuclear business, aim to commercialize the reactors, which they hope will be cheaper to produce and safer to run, by the 2030s, the sources said. With construction of nuclear power plants stalled … Continue reading →

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Does living near a nuclear plant give children cancer? via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2018/10/02 by nfield

By Cindy Folkers   Nuclear regulators don’t want you to know More than 60 studies have shown increases of childhood leukemia around nuclear facilities worldwide. Despite this finding, there has never been independent analysis in the US examining connections between childhood cancer … Continue reading →

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Japan Has Enough Nuclear Material to Build an Arsenal. Its Plan: Recycle via the New York Times

Posted on 2018/09/25 by nfield

    By Motoko Rich ROKKASHO, Japan — More than 30 years ago, when its economy seemed invincible and the Sony Walkman was ubiquitous, Japan decided to build a recycling plant to turn nuclear waste into nuclear fuel. It was supposed … Continue reading →

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THE ATOMIC GENIE Thinking about nuclear: Hard choices that may cost the planet via Climate & Capitalism

Posted on 2018/09/13 by nfield

Some environmentalists want both nuclear power and renewables. Richard Seymour says that’s an evasion. We must choose, and the choice isn’t easy. Republished with permission from the author, Richard Seymour. It was first published on his Patreon blog, which we like … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Florence: North Carolina fears possible environmental disaster via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/09/13 by nfield

Waste from hog manure pits, coal ash dumps and other industrial sites could wash into homes and contaminate drinking water […] There are 16 nuclear reactors in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, the states expected to suffer the most … Continue reading →

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Experts voice safety concerns about new pebble-bed nuclear reactors via EurekAlert

Posted on 2018/08/24 by nfield

Researchers advise caution as a commercial-scale nuclear reactor known as HTR-PM prepares to become operational in China. The reactor is a pebble-bed, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), a new design that is ostensibly safer but that researchers in the U.S. and … Continue reading →

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Japanese firms in talks over alliance on nuclear power: sources via Japan Times

Posted on 2018/08/22 by nfield

Two major utilities and a pair of power plant manufacturers are considering a four-way alliance on nuclear power operations, sources said Wednesday, as the industry grapples with rising costs related to decommissioning and safety. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. … Continue reading →

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Ed Markey wants answers on ex-Trump lawyer’s role in nuclear power plant via Washington Examiner

Posted on 2018/08/12 by nfield

Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts asked questions Friday about former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s lobbying of the Department of Energy, by which be sought to gain billions of dollars in financial assistance for a nuclear power plant on behalf … Continue reading →

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Uranium Film Festival in the American Southwest 2018 Schedule via The Uranium Film Festival

Posted on 2018/07/29 by nfield

  Since 2011 the International Uranium Film Festival shows world-wide movies and documentaries about the risks of radioactivity and nuclear power.  After the screenings in Berlin from October 9th to 14th the Uranium Film will travel this year to  the … Continue reading →

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Japan and Hitachi pin nuclear export hopes on U.K. project in Wales via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/07/29 by nfield

[…] Hitachi Ltd. and the U.K. government started official talks last month on building new reactors in Wales, with a goal of firing them up in the first half of the 2020s. The outlook for the ¥3 trillion project is … Continue reading →

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