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24 December 2020
The New Republic (
US
)
The Green Fantasy and Messy Reality of Nuclear Power
Biden is flirting with the idea of rejuvenating the industry to help decarbonize the economy—and there are skeptics in spades. Mike Pearl/December 23, 2020 Joe Biden will have to do more about climate change than any president before him. He has no choice. Already, close
U.S.
allies are openly expressing their relief about the end of the ecologically disastrous Trump era while a coalition of left-wing politicians and organizations are demanding sweeping emissions reductions. Biden’s (...)
19 December 2020
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Ottawa holds back on new funding for small nuclear reactors
19 December 2020 by Matthew McClearn The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, in Pickering, Ont., on Jan. 12, 2020 — Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan has unveiled a new plan to advance the development of new nuclear reactors that was notably short on dollars and specifics. The announcement capped a week showcasing the federal government’s bid to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century. But unlike the federal hydrogen (...)
9 October 2020
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (
US
)
Three takeaways from the 2020 World Nuclear Industry Status Report
The size of the global nuclear fleet has been stagnant for 30 years, and last year was no different. According to the 2020 World Nuclear Industry Status Report, released Thursday, there were 408 nuclear reactors online across the world as of July 1, 2020—a decline of nine units since the middle of last year and roughly on par with the number of reactors in operation in 1988. The size of the global nuclear fleet has been stagnant for 30 years, and last year was no different. According to (...)
9 October 2020
South China Morning Post (China)
China says it has completed development of
CAP
1400 third‑generation nuclear technology
• Design could help cut carbon emissions and help meet pledge to become carbon neutral by 2060 • Announcement also means that the reactors, based on a
US
design, can now be sold abroad • Design could help cut carbon emissions and help meet pledge to become carbon neutral by 2060 • Announcement also means that the reactors, based on a
US
design, can now be sold abroad China has completed the development of a third-generation nuclear technology that could help cut greenhouse gas (...)
29 September 2020 [de]
Tageszeitung (Germany)
Erneuerbare überflügeln Atomkraft
Wind- und Solarenergie boomen weltweit. Sie werden immer billiger, während Atomstrom teurer wird. Das liegt an den langen Bauzeiten der AKWs. by Bernward Janzing Published 24 September 2020 Positives Zeichen: Sonnenblumen vor dem abgeschlteten Atomkraftwerk Fessenheim in Frankreich Foto: Joachim Hahne/Eibner/imago
FREIBURG
taz | Es ist ein Ereignis mit viel Symbolkraft: Im Jahr 2019 haben die erneuerbaren Energien – ohne die traditionsreiche Wasserkraft gerechnet – weltweit (...)
29 September 2020
Bloomberg (
US
)
Nuclear Power Wants to Hitch Fortune to the Hottest New Fuel
The nuclear industry should tap into rising investor interest in hydrogen-fuel to revive the flagging prospects of reactor operators in an increasingly crowded marketplace for clean power. The nuclear industry should tap into rising investor interest in hydrogen-fuel to revive the flagging prospects of reactor operators in an increasingly crowded marketplace for clean power. That was the message delivered by executives and scientists who convened this week at the International Atomic (...)
24 September 2020 [fr]
AFP
via Ouest France
L’énergie renouvelable a «
mieux résisté
» à la pandémie que le nucléaire
La production d’énergies renouvelables a progressé en pleine pandémie de Covid-19, résistant mieux que celle liée au nucléaire, qui a reculé face à une baisse de la demande, souligne un rapport diffusé jeudi. Au 1
er
trimestre 2020, «
le déploiement et la production d’énergies renouvelables ont mieux résisté aux effets de la pandémie (...) que le secteur de l’énergie nucléaire
», a relevé l’édition 2020 du World Nuclear Industry Status Report, un rapport annuel consacré au sujet. La (...)
24 September 2020
Reuters
World’s operating nuclear fleet at 30 year low as new plants stall: report
Some 408 nuclear reactors were in operation in 31 countries as of July 2020, a decline of 9 units from mid-2019 and 30 fewer than the 2002 peak of 438, the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
) showed.
LONDON
(Reuters) - The number of nuclear reactor units operating globally is at a 30 year low, while new plants struggle for investment, an industry report said on Thursday. Proponents of nuclear say as a low-carbon power source it could be vital in helping countries meet (...)
16 September 2020
South China Morning Post (China)
China Ditches
US
Nuclear Technology in Favour of Home‑Grown Alternative
• The
US
-developed
AP1000
technology was once the basis of China’s third-generation nuclear power • But China’s Hualong One is now the preferred option Echo Xie Published: 6:00am, 14 Sep, 2020 / Updated: 9:21am, 15 Sep, 2020 China’s nuclear power plants, like this one in Fujian, are increasingly relying on home-grown technologies. Photo: Xinhua The
AP1000
technology, designed by America’s Westinghouse Electric Company, was once the basis of China’s third-generation nuclear power, (...)
11 September 2020 [fr]
Les Echos (France)
Nucléaire : la Chine s’émancipe de l’industrie occidentale
La Chine met en service son premier réacteur nucléaire de conception 100
% chinoise. Promise à l’export, cette technologie doit être homologuée d’ici à 2022 pour tenter d’entrer au Royaume-Uni.
SHARON
WAJSBROT
, 8 septembre 2020 La Chine met en service son premier réacteur nucléaire de conception 100
% chinoise. Promise à l’export, cette technologie doit être homologuée d’ici à 2022 pour tenter d’entrer au Royaume-Uni. C’est une étape hautement symbolique pour (...)
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