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Articles from ncg members. For news articles before 2014, see the news archive.
Offshore windfarm development: bigger, better, cheaper
The cost of offshore wind has fallen as turbines have improved, along with energy storage schemes.
By Paul Brown
The Guardian, 18th March 2019
Fukushima grapples with toxic soil that no one wants
Eight years after the disaster, not a single location will take the millions of cubic metres of radioactive soil that remain. With comment from Shaun Burnie.
The Guardian, 11th March 2019
An obituary for small modular reactors
Small modular reactors are being heavily promoted but the economics don’t stack up.
By Dr Jim Green
The Ecologist, 11th March 2019
On the Frontline of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Workers and Children
Radiation risks and human rights violations.
By Shaun Burnie and Kazue Suzuki
Greenpeace, March 2019
Dr Paul Dorfman, Presentation: Risks of Ageing Nuclear Plant in UK and France
Mounting Nuclear Risks: It’s high time to phase out
7.3.19 European Parliament, Brussels
7th March 2019
EU Parliament Meeting on Ageing Nuclear Plant
Photos from EU Parliament Meeting on Ageing Nuclear Plant, Brussels, 7.3.19. Speakers include: Rudi Anschober, Rebecca Harms, Nikolaus Mueller and Paul Dorfman.
© European Union 2019 – EP / Vincent VAN DOORNICK
European Parliament, 7th March 2019
Mounting Nuclear Risks – it’s high time to phase out
7 March 2019, 14h00 – 16h00
European Parliament, Room A5E1, Brussels
Including a presentation from Dr Paul Dorfman
7th March 2019
nuClear News No.114
The January/February issue of the newsletter from No 2 Nuclear Power, keeping climate campaigners informed about nuclear developments in the UK, and anti-nuclear campaigners about climate issues.
By Pete Roche
No 2 Nuclear Power, February 2019