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The Road to Fukushima: The Nuclear Industry's Wrong Turn11 Apr, 2011 10:32 am Nuclear researchers knew long ago that reactor designs now in wide use had already been bested in safety by another design. Why did the industry turn its...The Electric Car Fetish29 Dec, 2010 01:01 pm Many automobile enthusiasts believe that the electric car is the wave of the future that will help save the environment while expanding the availability...Nuclear Energy: Threat or Opportunity?27 Jul, 2010 01:28 pm If nuclear is not to be part of the energy solution of the future, then there will be other costs/risks to bear, some of which could be very dramatic...Are the health dangers from nuclear radiation exagerated?17 Mar, 2010 02:04 pm The debate about the risks to human health of exposure to nuclear radiation has been rekindled. Two new books, one British and the other American,...Iran discloses a secret nuclear facility22 Dec, 2009 03:50 pm Pressure for a new round of sanctions against Iran is growing. US President Barak Obama may demand new sanctions as early as January unless Iran's leaders...Nuclear generation costs - revisiting estimates (once again)10 Nov, 2009 02:06 pm The debate about the true level of nuclear electricity generation cost is far to be closed. The estimates are regularly reviewed and updated...Go Nuclear to Avert Climate Change2 Nov, 2009 02:58 pm It is proposed by the U.K. government's chief scientific advisor that we should go for nuclear to avert climate change but time and uranium supplies are...The wider lessons from nuclear power cost inflation26 Oct, 2009 03:32 pm The Guardian newspaper of Monday 19 October broke the story that the UK government is preparing to guarantee a minimum price for carbon dioxide emissions...Can the production of nuclear materials for nuclear weapons be banned?10 Sep, 2009 12:24 pm An international treaty to ban the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons, referred to by US President Barack Obama on 5 April 2009 in Prague(1)...Burning Picassos for Heat26 Aug, 2009 11:05 pm Burning natural gas to extract and process oil from the Canadian tar sands has been likened by one industry insider to burning Picassos for heat...The Influence of "Peak Oil"15 Aug, 2009 01:49 pm An article in the Washington Post this weekend, together with a must-read interview in The Independent, a paper I used to read regularly when I lived in...Do North Korean and Pakistan Nuclear ActivitiesThreaten Asian Security?17 Jun, 2009 10:40 pm The concerns about North Korea?s nuclear and missile tests come at the same time as concerns about the security of Pakistan?s nuclear weapons."Cancelling the Yucca Mountain repository will throw the entire nuclear waste management program into doubt"15 Jun, 2009 09:33 pm Following the Obama administration's decision to end the planning for Yucca Mountain, Nev., as the final repository for high-level radioactive material...The Birth of an International Nuclear Fuel Bank?26 May, 2009 08:26 am In a speech on 5 April 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic, US President Barack Obama said that his Administration will: negotiate a new strategic arms reduction...Will Japan react to North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes?14 May, 2009 09:19 am The Japan Times, in an article on 20 April 2009, reported that the former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa suggested,...How much is it going to cost to decarbonise the economy?12 May, 2009 11:28 am The government wants to emphasise the affordability of climate change mitigation. It produces low estimates of the cost of low-carbon technologies...North Korea's Missile and Nuclear Programmes19 Apr, 2009 11:21 am The nuclear programme of North Korea is again in the news. Selig S. Harrison, a specialist on South Asia and East Asia and a senior scholar of the Woodrow...Is Thorium an Energy Alchemist's Dream?27 Mar, 2009 02:20 pm Advocates say that already existing thorium fuel and reactor technology could provide centuries and perhaps millennia of safe, abundant nuclear power...How many countries will get the bomb?23 Mar, 2009 09:07 pm Most, if not all, of the world?s political leaders pay lip service to the need to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons to countries that do now...The Nuclear Comeback14 Mar, 2009 06:03 pm The natural gas crisis caused by the cutoff of supplies from Russia earlier in the year crystallized for many nations the threat of being overly dependent...Can President Barack Obama Save the Non-Proliferation Treaty?2 Mar, 2009 06:17 pm Those concerned about the fundamental challenges that face the international community ? including the threats posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons...A Nuclear Renaissance in the Middle East?31 Dec, 2008 11:54 am It is difficult to see how the security threats raised by the spread of nuclear power to the Middle East can be controlled except by the strengthening..."Proliferation is a state issue"15 Dec, 2008 10:04 pm Nuclear energy power plants may be booming in the next few years. What risks of nuclear weapons proliferation might this bring?...The undiscussed supply chain9 Dec, 2008 11:56 am The extraction of uranium is dangerous, leaves a toxic legacy for millions of years in vulnerable parts of the world, and is hardly conducted in an ethical...Yucca Mountain: Natural Zeolite to Prevent Nuclear Leakage.4 Dec, 2008 09:24 pm The long term security of the Yucca Mountain storage facility for nuclear waste will depend on a complex interplay between human engineering and natural...Civil plutonium can be used to make effective nuclear weapons15 Dec, 2008 10:02 pm Can the plutonium recovered from spent civil nuclear-power reactor fuel elements (civil plutonium) be used to fabricate nuclear weapons with significant...The security consequences of the nuclear renaissance11 Nov, 2008 11:03 am On 30 October 2008, the Royal Society, the British academy of science, announced the launch of a major new study looking at whether planetary scale geoengineering...Iran's Oil Shield Slips4 Nov, 2008 05:18 pm Between the US election and the gyrations of the financial markets, some important implications of the declining price of oil haven't received the attention...How Much Will New Nuclear Power Plants Cost?2 Nov, 2008 03:03 pm The costs of building new American nuclear reactors may be much higher than quoted by the industry.A military attack on Iran would be a serious blunder28 Oct, 2008 04:04 pm The coming American Presidential election has again focussed attention on Iran?s nuclear activities. Will the new President order the bombing of Iran?...METALS SHORTAGES.16 Sep, 2008 11:04 am It is not only an impending gap in demand and supply of oil that imposes upon the conservation of human civilization, the pressing and imminent depletion...The Nuclear Future That Never Arrived29 Jul, 2008 02:57 pm Understanding how the great hopes of early nuclear power advocates eventually turned into great disappointment may shed some light on nuclear power's future...Nuclear power: False climate change prophet?21 Jul, 2008 09:31 am A new study reveals that nuclear power is not as clean as the industry claims.Tidal vs Nuclear4 Jul, 2008 10:41 am Even as Gordon Brown gives support for more nuclear newbuild, tidal stream energy makes big strides forwards while nuclear costs rise and problems continueWho's Afraid of Nuclear Power? (Part 1)30 May, 2008 04:15 pm Almost every day seems to bring more horror stories on fossil fuels. We're bombarded with reports about global warming. The price of oil keeps increasing...Will the Rate-of-Conversion Problem Derail Alternative Energy?23 May, 2008 02:02 pm Many alternative energy advocates claim that it is possible to replace our fossil fuel economy with one that runs on a combination of nuclear power and...The Costs of Major Energy Accidents, 1907 to 200729 Apr, 2008 12:11 pm Conventional energy technologies-- namely nuclear, coal, oil, gas, and hydroelectric power generators-- may kill more people than you think.UK May Struggle to Meet Electricity Demands4 Mar, 2008 09:59 am A gap between demand and supply for electricity may strike the UK within 5 - 7 years, coinciding with the likely arrival of peak oil...UK Looks to a Nuclear Future14 Feb, 2008 12:04 pm Britain has given the go ahead for the construction of a new generation of nuclear power stations in its search for cleaner,...Permaculture: = Permanent Oil-Dearth Culture1 Feb, 2008 05:17 pm Permaculture is both a strategy and a philosophy which may help us to re-adapt our societies in order to survive as a collective of small communities...Richard Heinberg on a Post-Carbon Future22 Jan, 2008 10:14 am Ecologist Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Power Down, The Oil Depletion Protocol, and Peak Everything, talks about energy wars,...The Merger of GDF and SUEZ15 Jan, 2008 11:54 am In an interview with the European Energy Review, Professor Chevalier discusses the merger between Gaz de France (GDF) and Suez and its economic,...Will Nuclear Power Stations be Insurable?11 Jan, 2008 10:42 am The Government has announced its decision on nuclear power, which is SUCH a surprise!My Top 10 Energy Stories of 20073 Jan, 2008 11:53 am On his blog, R-Squared Energy Blog, Robert Rapier shares his top 10 energy stories of 2007.What's Really Wrong With Nuclear Power?30 Nov, 2007 01:30 pm In terms of its achievable potential, financial and social cost, and even carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear power is not an optimal solution.Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV).5 Oct, 2007 05:40 pm Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is a version of photovoltaic (PV) technology which can be incorporated into the the roofs and walls of both commercial...Nuclear vs. Coal: A False Choice?24 Sep, 2007 03:59 pm Anybody that has recently watched television discussions about electricity policy or read popular newspaper articles in the U.S...Coal & Nuclear: Problem or Solution?12 Sep, 2007 01:01 pm A three minute excerpt from PBS series e2 energy narrated by Morgan Freeman. This episode is the last in the series and titled "Harvesting the Wind...Laser-Fusion: Techno-fix to World Energy Crisis?22 Aug, 2007 12:17 pm A huge laser is to be constructed at a cost of half a billion Euros in a project rated as "priority" by the European Union and named HiPER...Nuclear 'Green', Renewables Not?31 Jul, 2007 04:27 pm I'm not sure what to make of this: Renewable does not mean green. That is the claim of Jesse Ausubel of the Rockefeller University in New York....No More Nuclear Energy? A Lost Fight Before It Even Starts!12 Jul, 2007 04:05 pm Jacques Foos analyses questions on world development in an un-dogmatic style. He is a professor at the National Conservatory of the Arts et Metiers and..."To Believe That Nuclear Power Can Make A Significant Difference Is Really Not Sensible"6 Jul, 2007 06:14 pm Dr. Frank Barnaby is a specialist on nuclear power and technology. He discusses a report he co-authored, which argues against further investment and development...Nuclear Energy: ?Everyone Wants It?3 Jul, 2007 12:30 pm For Philippe Garderet, the scientific director of Areva, the world leading company in nuclear energy, ?the real subject at hand is not knowing whether...?The Moment Has Passed to Compare the Merits of Wind or Nuclear Technology?28 Jun, 2007 04:27 pm With an increase of 80 million inhabitants per year, the planet needs all the energy possible: nuclear, wind, solar, hydraulic?The fight ?... |
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