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MOX in limbo as government assesses possible alternatives via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2013/09/18 by norma field

The government’s MOX project is mired in layers of limbo that could come to a head when a new federal budget year begins Oct. 1. The facility designed to turn bomb-grade plutonium into commercial reactor fuel is midway through a … Continue reading →

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The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2013/04/09 by norma field

Amory B. Lovins […]An expanding fraction of well-running nuclear plants is now challenged to compete with moderating wholesale power prices, while plants needing major repairs or located in regions rich in wind power increasingly face difficult choices of whether to … Continue reading →

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Toxic management erodes safety at ‘world’s safest’ nuclear plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/03/12 by norma field

On Jan. 30, 2012, Byron Nuclear Generating Station lost operability to all of its safety-related equipment. At the time, Jim Hazen was the nuclear station operator responsible for the affected reactor, one of two at the Exelon-owned nuclear plant in … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Revival Dying in Europe as Power Prices Slump: Energy via Bloomberg

Posted on 2013/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Czech atomic-plant expansion planned near the German border had been one of the few prizes left for Europe’s nuclear-power industry after the Fukushima disaster stopped projects from Switzerland to Romania. Russian and U.S. contractors have prepared to bid for … Continue reading →

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The Japan P.E.N. Club Statement Statement protesting the U.S. subcritical nuclear test via the Japan P.E.N Club

Posted on 2013/02/12 by norma field

The United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has announced that it carried out a subcritical nuclear test on December 6 at a Nevada test site. This is the 27th such test to date, with the previous one … Continue reading →

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On the uselessness of nuclear weapons via Scientific American

Posted on 2013/01/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two foundational beliefs have colored our views of nuclear weapons since the end of World War 2; one, that they were essential or at least very significant for ending the war, and two, that they have been and will continue … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power will be limited, says Gore via PennEnergy

Posted on 2012/11/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear power will only play a limited role in the world s energy future because of its absurdly high cost, Al Gore said on Thursday. Despite several countries, including the US, UK and China, pushing forward with plans for new … Continue reading →

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People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE): Letter to heads of govts via South Asia Mail

Posted on 2012/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

We, several millions of people from the southernmost tip of India, are writing to you to seek your support for the peaceful and nonviolent struggle that we have been waging for almost a quarter century against the Koodankulam nuclear power … Continue reading →

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(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan agree to close cooperation on N. Korean nuclear issues via Yonhap News

Posted on 2012/10/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) — Nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed on Wednesday to closely cooperate on North Korean nuclear issues, foreign ministry officials here said. Lim Sung-nam, Seoul’s chief envoy to the six-party talks … Continue reading →

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Russia To Produce Electricity with Former Nukes via Spiegel online

Posted on 2012/09/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A billboard with a picture of smiling children heralds the arrival of a new nuclear age. “Zarechny — Our Nuclear City” is the sign that greets drivers entering this town 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of the Russian city of … Continue reading →

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