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Towards more reasoned debate about nuclear and renewables
Letter to the editor from Andy Stirling, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK
By Prof Andy Stirling
Nuclear Engineering International, 29th April 2021
A Big Nuclear Mess: Connecting the Dots of Climate, Safety & Security
Samuel Lawrence Foundation and Coalition for Nuclear Safety, online event with Prof Michel Lee.
Friday, April 30, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (PST)
Nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it survive
The nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it rely on “dark arts”, ignoring much better ways to cut carbon emissions.
By Paul Brown
Climate News Network, 28th April 2021
The Great Chernobyl Mystery: How Ignorance became Policy and Politics
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PT
Register in advance for Zoom details
University of British Columbia, 27th April 2021
Plans to dump radioactive Fukushima water in Pacific blasted as ‘appalling’
Radioactive waste water from the decaying Fukushima nuclear power plant will be dumped in the Pacific ocean, according to newly published plan by the Japanese government.
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman.
Express, 24th April 2021
Risks of lifetime extensions of old nuclear power plants
Monday, 26 April 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to approx. 05:00 p.m.
Speakers include Prof Steve Thomas, Dr Yves Marignac, Dr Oda Becker and Dr Paul Dorfman.
International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group
NFLA New Nuclear Monitor 65: Small & Advanced Modular Nuclear Reactors and the UK
Low carbon energy panacea or another nuclear ‘white elephant’ project?
By Prof Steve Thomas
Nuclear Free Local Authorities, 21st April 2021
Nuclear Energy Conference 2021
How to Dismantle an Atomic Lie – taking apart the nuclear falsehoods
Speakers include Dr Alex Rosen and Dr Eva Stegen
29th April 2021, 13:00 – 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), World Wide Web