If Greens want to decarbonise the economy to prevent climate change, why are they so opposed to nuclear power? A small but growing number of greens are also asking this…
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Brexit Britain on EU Green Targets: “Trade and growth are now priorities for all posts”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Britain is preparing to ditch EU Green Targets, on the grounds they promote useless renewables at the expense of plausible solutions to reducing greenhouse gas…
Fear of Nuclear – Part 3
Guest essay by Roger Graves This post deals with the disposal of spent fuel from nuclear power stations, and whether our fears concerning it are justified. You can also read…
Fear of Nuclear – Part 2
Guest essay by Roger Graves In a recent post I discussed the exaggerated fears our society seems to have about nuclear power. One of the primary objections to nuclear power…
FEAR OF NUCLEAR
Guest essay by Roger Graves Whether or not one accepts the need to reduce CO2 emissions, a power source capable of providing reliable base load power with minimal fuel requirements…
Nuclear Breakthrough Needed
Guest essay by David Archibald The good and the great are uneasy about the state of the world. They know that our current standard of civilisation has been made possible…
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: "We Need Nuclear Power"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, until recently a leading figure in the campaign to prosecute climate skeptics under RICO laws, now wants bipartisan support to fix the…
First new nuclear power plant in U.S. in 20 years goes online
TVA’s Watts Bar Unit 2 Achieves Commercial Operation The plant is located on 1,700 acres on the northern end of the Chickamauga Reservoir near Spring City, in East Tennessee. Each…
The Game Changer: HuffPost Embraces Nuclear Power
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Huffpost has published a very supportive post, about New York State embracing nuclear power as an equal player in the low carbon energy game. The…
Environmental Conflict Goes Nuclear – a civil war erupts over CO2 reduction strategy
After yesterday’s announcement that Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant would close after a back room deal was forged between PG&E and environmental groups, a schism has developed By Robert Bradley…
Scientific American joins the Push for Emission Free Nuclear Power
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Scientific American reports increasing interest in using nuclear power to lower US CO2 emissions – but Presidential wannabe Bernie Sanders has vowed to decommission…
Nuclear Demands a share of Illinois Carbon Subsidies
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Illinois nuclear plant operators have demanded more subsidies, to help keep unprofitable nuclear plants open, to prevent a surge of fossil fuel usage which they…
What Powers The Electricity?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There is a generator-by-generator analysis of the US power supply for 2012, called “eGrid”, available here as an Excel file. I’ve aggregated the data by fuel…
Indian Energy Experts Baffled by Green Hostility to Nuclear Power
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Hindu reports on a fascinating top level debate occurring at a conference in India, between politicians and energy experts. The energy experts are struggling…
Aussie Nuclear Industry: "renewables won’t get us across the line"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The nuclear industry has announced plans to lobby the Australian government, to advocate nuclear power as an affordable, practical alternative to renewables. According to The…
Claim: New Chinese nuclear plants are unsafe
Chinese scientist He Zuoxiu has issued a public warning, about the safety of nuclear plants being constructed as part of China’s economic development programme. According to The Guardian; China’s plans…
Earth Institute: "Japan should use nuclear power"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, has stated in an interview with Ryuichi Otsuka, a news researcher for the prominent Japanese…
A Universally Acceptable and Economical Energy Source?
Transatomic Power’s Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor | Kent Beuchert writes: Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie, as Doctoral candidates in the nuclear department at MIT, produced a modified design of a…
Don't mention the Nuclear Option to Greens
Greens want every possible intervention except one which “solves” their useful crisis Guest essay by Eric Worrall ‘Drill Bit Dana’ has been at it again, trying to claim that we…
France surrenders their energy security to renewables
From the GWPF: French Socialists Follow Germany, Shift Away From Nuclear To Renewables Via Agency France-Press: France on Wednesday unveiled a much-anticipated bill to reduce the country’s dependency on nuclear…
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