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Nuclear cannot help against climate crisis
With new plants costing from five to ten times more than renewable options, and taking far longer to build, nuclear cannot help against global warming.
By Paul Brown
Climate News Network, 30th September 2019
Marine environmental factors and the impacts of a planned UAE NPS on the various water body sub-compartments of the Persian Gulf
Nuclear Consulting Group Briefing Report
By Tim Deere-Jones
September 2019
Climate Policy Must Favour Mitigation Over Adaptation
In this article we present a simple yet general argument for which mitigation must be preferred to adaptation at the global level.
By Dr Ingmar Schumacher
Springer Nature, September 2019
10th Vienna Nuclear Symposium, ‘Nuclear energy use in times of climate change’
20th September, Universität Wien, Vienna
Speakers include Dr Paul Dorfman.
20th September 2019
INRAG General Assembly
20-21 September, Vienna
Speakers include Prof Steve Thomas and Dr Paul Dorfman.
20th September 2019
Big claims and corporate spin about small nuclear reactor costs
The ‘inquiry into the prerequisites for nuclear energy in Australia’ being run by Federal Parliament’s Environment and Energy Committee has finished receiving submissions and is gradually making them publicly available.
By Dr Jim Green
Renew Economy, 19th September 2019
Should TEPCO / Japanese Government Dump Tritium-Contaminated Water from Fukushima into the Sea?
At the present time, over a million tonnes of tritium-contaminated water are being held in about a thousand tanks at the site of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power station in Japan.
By Dr Ian Fairlie
Ian Fairlie’s Blog, 18th September 2019
NFLA response to the UK Government consultation on the Revenue Asset Base (RAB) financial model being proposed to assist the funding of new nuclear reactors
Sean Morris: Secretary/Principal Policy Officer, UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA).
Nuclear Free Local Authorities, 16th September 2019
EDF accumule les tracas dans le nucléaire, au risque d’arrêts coûteux
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman.
Also in l’express, Zonebourse and Boursorama.
Capital, 13th September 2019