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IPCC bets on the renewables revolution
In the IPCC’s low-carbon scenarios nuclear accounts for only a small fraction of energy/electricity supply whereas renewables do the heavy lifting.
By Dr Jim Green
The Ecologist, 2nd November 2018
Flexible, safe, affordable — renewables are the future
Given the human and environmental risks associated with rampant climate change, it is more important than ever to communicate facts rather than conjecture.
By Dr Paul Dorfman, Prof Tom Burke and Prof Steve Thomas
Financial Times, 31st October 2018
France is going cool on reactors it sold to UK
Dr Paul Dorfman said the delay underlined French loss of confidence in its EPRs.
“It seems clear that EDF’s EPR is a failed reactor, with a lamentable history of construction faults, unable to be built without huge cost and time overruns even on French soil.”
The Times, 27th October 2018
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UK nuclear industry has a sinking feeling
Officially the UK nuclear industry is going ahead with building a new generation of power stations. But it can’t find anyone to pay for them. The future of the UK nuclear industry looks increasingly bleak, despite the Conservative government’s continued insistence that it wants to build up to 10 new … [Continue Reading]