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24 September 2019 Reuters Nuclear energy too slow, too expensive to save climate: report BUDAPEST/PARIS (Reuters) - Nuclear power is losing ground to renewables in terms of both cost and capacity as its reactors are increasingly seen as less economical and slower to reverse carbon emissions, an industry report said. In mid-2019, new wind and solar generators competed efficiently against even existing nuclear power plants in cost terms, and grew generating capacity faster than any other power type, the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) showed. “Stabilizing the (...)
12 September 2019 Reuters (UK/France) French regulator puts EDF Flamanville nuclear plant on safety watch PARIS (Reuters) - French nuclear regulator ASN said it has put EDF’s Flamanville 1 and 2 reactors under increased surveillance following a series of shortcomings in maintenance and contractor oversight. SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 / 10:54 AM By Geert De Clercq The ASN’s action is the latest in a long series of technical and operational issues that have bedevilled EDF in recent months and raised new concerns about the state-controlled utility’s safety culture. The regulator said in a statement there (...)
19 August 2019 Power Technology (UK) Too expensive, too dangerous: the accusations tightening the noose around nuclear power Despite nuclear power offering a clean, reliable source of energy, sub-optimal finances and devastating accidents have made many sceptical of the benefits of the energy source. JP Casey speaks to Shaun Burnie, senior nuclear specialist at Greenpeace Germany to learn about the organisation’s long-standing opposition to nuclear power, and whether the power source could play a role in the world’s future energy mix. 12 AUGUST 2019 By JP Casey Nuclear power has long been touted as a solution to (...)
10 August 2019 Canberra Times (Australia) We’re wasting too much energy on nuclear talk published AUGUST 10 2019 - 12:30AM by Richie Merzian Late last Friday - a timeslot where ministers are known to announce policies they are most proud of - the Minister for Energy, Angus Taylor, ordered a parliamentary inquiry into nuclear energy. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen In a country currently engulfed in a gas price crisis, caused by the voracious appetite of the gas industry to export cheap (...)
28 July 2019 Columbus Free Press (US) Dark Dawning: The Age of Nuclear Waste Begins by James Heddle JULY 27, 2019 “I feel that we got the final wake-up call at Fukushima and that we need to phase out and shut down the 104 reactors in America. I will put it very bluntly: We need to kill them before they kill us.” – S. David Freeman, ninety-something former TVA head who holds the record for shutting down utility reactors than any other administrator “The Age of Nuclear Energy is winding down. The Age of Nuclear Waste is just beginning.” – Gordon Edwards, Co-Founder, (...)
27 July 2019 SameFacts (US) Nuclear zombies SameFacts or Reality-Based Community by James Wimberley Posted on July 26, 2019 Categories Energy & The Environment Kevin Drum goes off the rails. (Uncharacteristically; here is his nice tribute to Mark .) “I’d like to point out just how easy a non-carbon form of capitalism would be—and not just to imagine, but to accomplish. Here it is: Over the next ten years, build about 5,000 standardized 5 TWh nuclear reactors worldwide and retire all fossil-fuel plants. Mandate a 20-year switch (...)
4 June 2019 [fr] PV-Magazine (Germany) IEA urges advanced economies to support nuclear as renewables cost continues to fall An International Energy Agency report estimates the share of nuclear power in advanced economies could fall by two-thirds by 2040, as aging plants retire. The report claims without support for nuclear, the transition to a low carbon energy system would be far more complex and threaten global emissions targets. PV-Magazine, MAY 30, 2019 By MARK HUTCHINS A report published this week by the International Energy Agency, Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System, found the expansion of clean (...)
26 April 2019 PV-Magazine (Germany) “There is no such thing as a zero or near‑zero‑emission nuclear power plant” Stanford professor Mark Z Jacobson has said new nuclear plants may cost up to 7.4 times more than wind and solar facilities, with construction times longer by up to 15 years. Such a delay, he said, may see an huge amount of extra carbon emissions from fossil fuel power sources. His verdict comes as China this month set new guaranteed tariffs for nuclear power. PV Magazine, 18 April 2019 EMILIANO BELLINI Claiming nuclear power plants emit zero or near-zero CO² is a false assumption refuted (...)
15 March 2019 [fr] Capital (France) Nucléaire : Les centrales de poche vont‑elles sauver la filière ? Le réchauffement climatique redonne des arguments à la filière. Les pros de l’atome travaillent désormais sur des petits formats, plus faciles à maîtriser que les gros réacteurs. Capital, publié le 14/03/2019 à 16H06 Mis à jour le 15/03/2019 à 9H56 Eric Wattez L’« Akademik Lomonosov », du nom de l’éminent scientifique qui a fondé l’université de Moscou au XVIII^e siècle, n’est pas un navire comme les autres : il s’agit de la première centrale nucléaire flottante jamais mise en service. Cette énorme barge a (...)
15 March 2019 Japan Times (Japan) In aftermath of Fukushima triple meltdown, Japan’s nuclear industry faces fierce headwind This is the last in a five-part series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Japan Times, 11 March 2019 BY SATOSHI SUGIYAMA Even after the Fukushima No. 1 crisis in March 2011 forced Japan to rethink its use of nuclear energy, the resource-scarce nation had hoped nuclear power would still serve it well. Although only nine of Japan’s 38 commercial reactors are currently operating amid (...)

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