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As we close in on the one-year anniversary of the deadly triple disaster in Japan — earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant failure — the fallout, both real and literal, remains far from over. Unsavory details, for example, continue to emerge about the foibles and failures of the nation’s nuclear industry: a
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It was a different world for nuclear power stations when Oldbury came onto the scene in the UK in 1967. Back then, nuclear power, though still facing opposition from some segments of the public, did not call to mind names like “Chernobyl,” “Three Mile Island” or “Fukushima Daiichi.” On the
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As a natural resource on a finite planet, uranium is no more unlimited in supply than oil, coal or natural gas. Compared to the vast quantities of those last three fuels we use each year, though, global uranium consumption is relatively small … about 68,000 tons per year, according to
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Nuclear energy stands at a strange crossroads. In one direction, the path taken by Germany and Siemens, among others, in the wake of the Fukushima earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, nuclear power it on its way to being phased out. In another direction, that being pursued by countries like the US
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By Tara McGeehan, Logica Nuclear currently generates roughly 25 per cent of the UK’s power, providing a significant, reliable proportion of Britain’s base energy load. Despite this fact, a stigma remains around the nuclear industry: a hangover of misconceptions around nuclear from the 1970s and 80s. If Britain
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EDF Energy today initiated a sales process relating to the divestment of land potentially suitable for new nuclear build. EDF plans to sell one of two sites — Dungeness in Kent or Heysham in Lancashire — both of which were acquired through EDF’s integration with British Energy in January. The sale
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A growing number of people around the globe support increased use of nuclear power to improve energy security and fight climate change, according to a new survey by Accenture. Twenty-nine percent of the more than 10,000 people surveyed in 20 countries said they fully supported nuclear energy, while another
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Those of you who remember the 1993 Michael Douglas movie “Falling Down” might recall a particular line that was repeated again and again throughout: “not economically viable.” Well, an analysis by a US CPA concludes that a nuclear power renaissance — viewed by some as our only hope for averting catastrophic
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Ah, nuclear power. Is it, as writer-thinker James Lovelock (The Revenge of Gaia) says, the only energy source that can replace fossil fuels and save civilization? Or is it, as many environmentalists warn, a dangerous and not-economically viable path toward the next Three Mile Island or Chernobyl? Those are the
