Tag Archives: Nuclear power

Please Hitachi, no reactor in Wales via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/07/07 by nfield

(Reader letter)  I hope Hitachi Ltd. will give up on its attempts to build a nuclear power station at Wylfa in Wales (“Hitachi looks to build nuke plant in Britain” in the April 7 edition). I live on the island … Continue reading →

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Stop Republic TV from hurting me and my family: Anti-nuclear activist SP Udayakumar writes to Press Council via The Indian Express

Posted on 2017/06/23 by nfield

Anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar, known for his protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project, on Thursday wrote a letter to Press Council of India chairman Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad raising allegations of harassment against news channel Republic TV. … Continue reading →

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Japan eyes U.S. nuclear pact that renews automatically amid Trump administration vacancies via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/06/20 by nfield

Japan will seek a nuclear pact with the United States that renews automatically while it continues reprocessing spent fuel and enriching uranium, rather than a long-term pact similar to one set to expire next year, government sources said Tuesday. Ahead … Continue reading →

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More Than Half of America’s Nuclear Reactors Are Losing Money via Bloomberg

Posted on 2017/06/17 by nfield

  More than half of America’s nuclear reactors are bleeding cash, racking up losses totaling about $2.9 billion a year, based on a Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis. Nuclear power plants are getting paid $20 to $30 a megawatt-hour for … Continue reading →

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The Truth about the Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima and the Future of Renewable Energy

Posted on 2017/06/08 by nfield

Naoto Kan, Japan’s prime minister from 2010 to 2011 and author of My Nuclear Nightmare (Cornell University Press, 2017), discussed his experience leading his country through the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, March 28, 2017 as part of … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island closure looms after third failed bid via York Dailey Record

Posted on 2017/05/27 by kojimaaiko

For the third year in a row, Three Mile Island failed to secure a crucial contract to sell its electricity, increasing the possibility that the plant will soon close. The plant is allowed to remain open through 2034. However, Exelon will decide by … Continue reading →

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The UAE’s Nuclear Push And the Potential Fallout for the Middle East　via Foreign Affairs

Posted on 2017/02/20 by nfield

The United Arab Emirates will soon be the first Arab state with a nuclear power program and the first to join the civilian nuclear club in more than a quarter of a century. Barring any delays, the country’s first reactor … Continue reading →

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China to overtake US as nation with biggest nuclear power capacity by 2026: research via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2017/02/01 by nfield

China’s rapid nuclear expansion will result in it overtaking the United States as the nation with the largest atomic power capacity by 2026, according to BMI Research. The world’s second biggest economy would almost triple its nuclear capacity to nearly … Continue reading →

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South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard Takes on “Evil Genius” FPL via Miami New Times

Posted on 2017/01/31 by nfield

[…] The mayor and Florida International University biology professor pulls no punches in describing the environmental disaster that awaits Miami — and how big corporations, particularly FPL, contribute to the problem. His assessment of the utility company: “An evil genius.” … Continue reading →

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When 10,000 square miles of contamination is an acceptable risk: The NRC’s faulty concept via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2017/01/30 by nfield

By Victor Gilinsky In making safety decisions, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission uses accident probability calculations that are much more optimistic than anything that nuclear manufacturers like General Electric and Westinghouse actually believe. The result is weak public protection. A good … Continue reading →

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