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25 March 2015 Tokyo Weekender (Japan): Despite Popular Resistance, Nuclear Reactors to Reopen in June Despite Popular Resistance, Nuclear Reactors to Reopen in June Tokyo Weekender, News & Views - March 25^th, 2015 Although it has been four years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, many Japanese citizens are still steadfastly opposed to reactors being reopened in the region. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, however, is turning a deaf ear to those concerns. Deutsche Welle reports that the government has announced plans to reinstate several nuclear reactors by June. Those officials insist (…)
12 March 2015 Deutsche Welle (Germany): ’Nuclear power is risky and unprofitable’ ’Nuclear power is risky and unprofitable’ Deutsche Welle - Date 09.03.2015 Author Gero Rueter / rk Nuclear safety expert Mycle Schneider says pushing atomic energy represents a “financial time bomb with serious risks for nuclear safety.” DW: Mycle Schneider, every year you publish the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. What are the global trends? The production costs for nuclear energy have increased over the past few years. It’s a dramatic development as the costs of all the (…)
12 March 2015 Neue Energie (Germany): Portrait—Anerkannter Atom‑Autodidakt Anerkannter Atom-Autodidakt Update: Das komplette Interview ist unter dem Titel “Kernkraft-Kritiker aus Leidenschaft” in der April-Ausgabe der Neue Energie erschienen und am 9. April 2015 hochgeladen worden. Neue Energie, 27.02.15 Bernward Janzing Mycle Schneider ist einer der gefragtesten Kernenergie-Kenner weltweit, seine jährlichen Berichte zur internationalen Nuklearwirtschaft gelten in Expertenkreisen als Standardwerke. Dabei hat der Atomkraftkritiker nie einen (…)
12 March 2015 ABC‑Radio (Australia): Going nuclear? Going nuclear? ABC-Radio, Monday 23 February 2015 10:40PM Listen now The South Australian government has announced a Royal Commission to investigate an increased role for nuclear energy in their uranium rich state. Nuclear power advocates are overjoyed, but traditional opponents think the nuclear option for clean energy is a waste of money. Guests Mycle Schneider Independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy and publisher of World Nuclear Industry Status (…)
4 February 2015 Ecologist (UK): Energy market madness is the death spasm of the oil age ‑ renewables now! Energy market madness is the death spasm of the oil age - renewables now! Nafeez Ahmed The Ecologist, 4^th February 2015 Current oil price volatility is a symptom of the end of cheap oil, writes Nafeez Ahmed, and it’s destablising the entire global economy. The answer is a major shift to renewables - but the the International Energy Agency, which should be leading the transition, is in the grip of nuclear and fossil fuel interests. Instead the leadership must come from us, the people! (…)
2 February 2015 Bloomberg (US): EU Said to Bow to U.S. Resistance on Nuclear Safety Fixes EU Said to Bow to U.S. Resistance on Nuclear Safety Fixes Bloomberg, 1:01 AM CET, February 2, 2015 By Jonathan Tirone (Bloomberg) — European countries are retreating from a Swiss-led proposal to strengthen international nuclear safety rules in the face of opposition from the U.S. and Russia. Less than two weeks before the Convention on Nuclear Safety convenes in Vienna to decide whether to amend international regulations, European countries are scrambling to draft a compromise (…)
31 January 2015 Financial Chronicle (India): PolicyBuff: Too many grey areas PolicyBuff: Too many grey areas Financial Chronicle - mydigitalfc.com By KA Badarinath Jan 30 2015 The brouhaha over Indo-US civil nuclear power deal needs to be toned down THE reported breakthrough in the Indo-US civil nuclear power deal, hitherto known as ‘123 agreement’, has generated a huge amount of hype. But has anything really moved forward? An objective analysis is certainly in order. The brouhaha over the joint communiqué by President Obama and prime minister Narendra Modi (…)
28 January 2015 Business Spectator (Australia): U‑turn to nowhere: Nuclear’s dire outlook U-turn to nowhere: Nuclear’s dire outlook Business Spectator, 27 January 2015 Jim Green Global nuclear power capacity increased slightly in 2014 according to the World Nuclear Association: – Five new reactors (4.76 gigawatts) began supplying electricity and three were permanently shut down. – There are now 437 ’operable’ reactors (377.7 GW) compared with 435 reactors (375.3 GW) a year ago. Thus the number of reactors increased by two (0.5%) and nuclear generating capacity increased (…)
25 January 2015 Counterpunch (US): The Nuclear “Renaissance” is Over Meet the Renewable Energy Revolution The Nuclear “Renaissance” is Over Counterpunch, January 22, 2015 by LINDA PENTZ GUNTER The nuclear renaissance-that-never-was is over. As a brazen propaganda campaign — “if we say there is a nuclear renaissance then there is one” was pretty much all there was to it — it has belly-flopped into an empty swimming pool. Even the mainstream media is dismissing the notion now as a never-was-and-never-will-be mirage (although it meekly bought in for a long (…)
21 January 2015 Cape Business News (South Africa): SA’s long‑term nuclear plan no solution to country’s short‑term energy needs SA’s long-term nuclear plan no solution to country’s short-term energy needs Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:30 Written by Kristy Jooste South Africa’s national power grid will once again come under tremendous pressure this month as businesses and schools reopen after the holiday season, and will see electricity demands increase significantly. This follows the rolling blackouts experienced last year as a result of Eskom experiencing problems at its power plants and an ageing power (…)

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