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Articles from ncg members. For news articles before 2014, see the news archive.
It’s time to get real on nuclear
The fate of new nuclear projects will be determined by renewable technologies – and reasons to increase their roll-out are growing.
By Dr Paul Dorfman
The Telegraph, 18th September 2020
Au Royaume-Uni, le renouveau du parc nucléaire dans l’impasse
Après Toshiba, Hitachi abandonne son projet d’une centrale nucléaire. EDF est l’un des derniers acteurs en lice.
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman
Le Monde, 17th September 2020
nuClear News No.128
The September 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, 16th September 2020
Comment l’Arabie saoudite veut obtenir la bombe nucléaire
Le royaume s’est lancé dans une course à l’arme atomique en prétextant vouloir développer l’énergie nucléaire à des fins civiles.
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman.
Ulyces, 16th September 2020
Why US wants Saudis to follow UAE’s path to nuclear energy
Learn from example. In its global competition with China, the rules-heavy U.S. often finds itself at a competitive disadvantage. Which explains, as it woos the Saudis, the value of the UAE’s by-the-book nuclear power plant.
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman.
The Christian Science Monitor, 3rd September 2020
Why nuclear power is always going to be unsustainable
The biggest nuclear site in Europe containing the world’s biggest stockpile of nuclear explosives is at risk of blowing up. What does this short-term decay tell us about the very long-term sustainability of a technology whose toxic waste last at least 24,000 years?
By Dr David Lowry
Energy Transition, 3rd September 2020
Britain’s nuclear industry faces sharp U-turn
Given the balance of cost and risk, a renewables-based energy system now looks a safer bet than building new nuclear power plants.
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman and Dr David Toke.
The Telegraph, 3rd September 2020
UK’s plutonium stockpile is an embarrassing risk
Plutonium used to be called the world’s most valuable substance. It’s now recognised as a highly dangerous liability.
By Paul Brown
Climate News Network, 3rd September 2020
NFLA Scotland and NGOs raise serious concerns over the decision to restart the Hunterston B Reactor 3 for six months
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Scotland Forum have joined with Friends of the Earth Scotland, WWF Scotland, CND Scotland and the Nuclear Consulting Group to raise serious concerns over the decision of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to allow EDF Energy to restart Reactor 3 at the Hunterston B nuclear reactor site in North Ayrshire.
Nuclear Free Local Authorities, 2nd September 2020