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29 March 2021 [de]
Salzburger Nachrichten (Austria)
Zehn Jahre nach Fukushima: Wo steht die Atomkraft heute?
Vor zehn Jahren war der Schock über die Katastrophe von Fukushima groß. Heute wird in 17 Ländern an neuen Atomkraftwerken gebaut. von Stefanie Pack-Homolka Veröffentlich am 10. März 2021 Vor zehn Jahren war der Schock über die Katastrophe von Fukushima groß. Heute wird in 17 Ländern an neuen Atomkraftwerken gebaut. Stephanie Pack-Homolka Wien. Angela Merkel war schnell entschlossen – aber eine Ausnahme. „Wir können nicht einfach zur Tagesordnung übergehen“, sagte die deutsche (...)
27 March 2021
Energy Monitor (U.K.)
Opinion: What is the future of nuclear power?
This is the question Energy Monitor has tried to answer over the past week, with a series of in-depth articles to mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan. Here is our conclusion. By Sonja van Renssen Published 22 March 2021 Over the past week, Energy Monitor has run a series of in-depth articles to mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan. The climate crisis has injected fresh impetus into the debate over the role of nuclear (...)
Mycle Schneider,
25 March 2021
Kyodo News (Japan)
OPINION
: Nuclear power has become irrelevant — like it or not
File photo taken on Feb. 14, 2021, shows tanks storing treated water containing radioactive tritium on the premises of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant about 10 years after the nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) By Mycle Schneider Published 16 March 2020
PARIS
– Ten years went by since the Fukushima Daiichi accident began. What happened in the United States, historically leading the world’s nuclear power programs and still operating the largest reactor fleet in the world? What are (...)
25 March 2021 [de]
taz (Germany)
Keine strahlende Zukunft
Zum Fukushima-Jubiläum heißt es wieder: Kann die Atomenergie das Klima retten? Die Zahlen sprechen dagegen. Die Politik scheut das Thema. Von Bernhard Pötter Veröffentlicht am 13.03.2021 Für Bundesumweltministerin Svenja Schulze (
SPD
) sind es schlicht „Märchen“: Derzeit würden „kleine Reaktoren propagiert, die Atommüll fressen und ungefährlich sein sollen“, erklärte sie zum 10 Jahrestag der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima am 11. März der Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung. Aber auch diese (...)
23 March 2021
Taipei Times (Taïwan)
Nuclear power not an option: Su
CHANGING
TRENDS
: A world report showed that in 2019, non-hydro renewables surpassed nuclear power in global electricity generation, environmentalists said By Lee I-chia / Taipei Times Staff reporter Additional reporting by
CNA
Published 21 March 2021 Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday said that reviving the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant project would be impossible, adding that the government has always believed that the power plant should not be started. Su made the remarks in (...)
23 March 2021
Wall Street Journal (U.S.)
Nuclear Power’s Prospects Cool a Decade After Fukushima Meltdowns
Disaster at the Japanese reactors marked a turning point for an industry that once promised to give the world a nearly unlimited source of energy By Peter Landers Published 3 March 2021
OMAEZAKI
, Japan—At a seaside nuclear-power plant here, a concrete wall stretching a mile along the coast and towering 73 feet above sea level offers protection against almost any conceivable tsunami. Two reactors are ready to start splitting atoms again to heat water into steam and generate power, the (...)
21 March 2021 [fr]
Capital (France)
La France va‑t‑elle manquer un jour d’électricité
?
A peine croyable dans la patrie du nucléaire
! De l’aveu même des responsables d’
EDF
, l’Hexagone n’est plus à l’abri des coupures de courant les jours de grand froid. Voici pourquoi. Par Thierry Gadault Publié le 01.03.2021 Dans le langage très feutré et très diplomatique des responsables d’
EDF
, on appelle cela des «
délestages
». Mais en bon français, il s’agit tout simplement de coupures de courant. Auparavant, ce genre de pénurie n’affectait que les pays du tiers-monde, aux (...)
21 March 2021 [fr]
Ouest France (France)
Chine, États‑Unis… Le monde mise sur les énergies renouvelables
De plus en plus de pays se branchent aux énergies renouvelables. Chine, États-Unis sont aux avant-postes. L’Union Européenne est aussi dans la course. La France, elle, semble déjà à bout de souffle. Par Christelle
GUIBERT
publié le 25.02.2021 En 2019, le monde a encore battu un record, en raccordant aux réseaux une capacité d’énergies renouvelables de 184 gigawatts (
GW
) : 60
GW
d’éolien, 98
GW
de solaire. Pour cette filière du photovoltaïque, deux grands pays, la Chine et les (...)
11 February 2021
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
A global nuclear phaseout or renaissance?
Germany’s nuclear phaseout will be completed by the end of 2022. Safe final repositories for nuclear waste still haven’t been found, but some countries are still building new reactors. Does nuclear power have a future? China is the world leader in the construction of new nuclear power plants, such as here in Fujian Province Date 04.02.2021 Author Gero Rueter There are currently 413 nuclear reactors in operation in 32 countries around the globe. According to the annual World Nuclear (...)
24 December 2020
Reuters (
UK
)
Climate could pay the price as Europe’s nuclear plants age
LONDON
(Reuters) - Nuclear power capacity able to supply roughly 60 million homes is scheduled to close this decade as utilities struggle to replace northwest Europe’s ageing reactors, raising the risk of higher carbon emissions as fossil fuels plug the gap. Energy & Environment December 21, 20205:16
PM
Updated a day ago By Nina Chestney, Susanna Twidale Nuclear power provides around a quarter of the European Union’s electricity generation, with 15 of the 27 nations hosting (...)
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