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Nuclear power is too risky and expensive to address the growing threat of climate change, according to an international coalition of former regulators
Quoting Dr Greg Jaczko, Prof Wolfgang Renneberg, Dr Bernard Laponche and Dr Paul Dorfman.
Bloomberg Green, 25th January 2022 | Read More »
Former Nuclear Leaders: Say ‘No’ to New Reactors
Former US, German, French nuclear regulatory leads and secretary to UK scientific radiation risk Committee: ‘Nuclear is just not part of any feasible strategy that could counter climate change.’
By Dr Greg Jaczko, Prof Wolfgang Renneberg, Dr Bernard Laponche and Dr Paul Dorfman
Power, 25th January 2022 | Read More »
Nuclear Power Is Not Carbon-Free
Michel Lee, an attorney and senior analyst for Promoting Health and Sustainable Energy (PHASE), shatters the current pitch of the nuclear industry that nuclear power is carbon-free. “It’s flat-out false,” says Lee.
Enviro Close Up, 23rd January 2022 | Read More »
Emmanuel Macron hammers EDF as Britain’s nuclear energy future hangs in the balance
Taishan was supposed to be EDF’s “proof of principle for the EPR design”, said Paul Dorfman, associate fellow in the science policy research unit at Sussex University. “But that has not been the case. To shut down the reactor is hugely expensive in terms of power, reputation, and in potential safety … The EPR reactor has failed miserably in terms of cost overruns everywhere that it’s been built.”
The Times, 23rd January 2022 | Read More »
Nucléaire : « L’état du parc français est préoccupant »
Interview with Dr Bernard Laponche.
Le Monde, 22nd January 2022 | Read More »
»Es geht um Nationalismus, nicht um Klimaschutz«
Interview with Dr Bernard Laponche
Spiegel, 21st January 2022 | Read More »
Is nuclear power the best solution to climate change?
The UK, like China, the US and Canada, is attracted to nuclear power. But high costs and slow delivery means many energy experts remain unconvinced.
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman.
New Statesman, 21st January 2022 | Read More »
Small modular reactors offer no hope for nuclear energy
Many believe that small modular reactors will help solve the energy crisis, but this belief is grossly optimistic.
By Prof Steve Thomas and Prof M.V. Ramana
Advanced Science News, 14th January 2022 | Read More »