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Nuclear power lobbyist Michael Shellenberger learns to love the bomb
Decades of deceit have been thrown overboard with the new nuclear sales pitch which openly links nuclear power to weapons and argues that weapons programs will be jeopardised unless greater subsidies are provided for the civil nuclear industry.
By Dr Jim Green
The Ecologist, 20th September 2018
Le Monde: L’EPR, le cauchemar d’EDF, Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman
L’électricien travaille aujourd’hui sur un design simplifié pour faire baisser les coûts, tout en assurant que cela ne fera pas baisser le niveau de sûreté. « C’est très problématique », s’inquiète Dr. Dorfman, pour qui « promettre un EPR moins cher veut dire promettre un EPR moins sûr ».
Le Monde, 16th September 2018
Weatherwatch: nuclear power plants feel the heat
During this summer’s heatwave, nuclear reactors in five European countries had to be shut down or put on reduced power.
By Paul Brown
The Guardian, 7th September 2018
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Nuclear power Weatherwatch: nuclear power plants feel the heat
During this summer’s heatwave, nuclear reactors in five European countries had to be shut down or put on reduced power, writes Paul Brown. An argument of the nuclear lobby is that renewables, particularly wind and solar, are unreliable because of changing weather. Only nuclear power can guarantee to keep the … [Continue Reading]