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A floating nuclear power plant has started to produce electricity in a remote region of Russia
Quoting Dr Paul Dorfman.
CNBC, 20th December 2019
Letter: Global investment in nuclear is in stark decline
Spending on new nuclear power significantly reduces our chances of effectively responding to climate change.
From Dr Paul Dorfman et al
Financial Times, 20th December 2019
Federal nuclear inquiry report: Lunatics in charge of the asylum
The Australian House of Representatives’ Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy has released its report “on the circumstances and prerequisites necessary for any future government’s consideration of nuclear energy generation.”
By Dr Jim Green
Renew Economy, 13th December 2019
Politicians not markets slow new energy dawn
It is politicians, not economists, who stand in the way of wider adoption of cheap renewable energies across the world.
By Paul Brown
Climate News Network, 12th December 2019
Letter: Nuclear does much harm
I read your report “EU agrees rule book for green investments” (December 6), on the newly established EU “taxonomy for sustainable activities” for investment in energy, and found it extraordinary that nuclear energy has been included under a categorisation that screens options under a “do no harm principle”, which was pushed for by MEPs.
By Dr David Lowry
Financial Times, 12th December 2019
Does the European Pressurised Reactor have a future?
Can the recent Chinese success story save the technology’s reputation or is it already too late?
Quoting Prof Steve Thomas.
Power Technology, 5th December 2019
nuClear News No.120
The December 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, 4th December 2019
Our children await a radioactive legacy
The lethal waste that current governments still cannot make safe.
By Paul Brown
Climate News Network, 26th November 2019