Tag: Nuclear Power - Page 6
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Far Lower Cancer Risk In US Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown Than Previously Assumed, Regulators Say
A new assessment by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the potential consequences of a nuclear power plant meltdown (the details of which have come to light pre-publication via the Union of Concerned Scientists and the New York Times) finds far lower
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Monbiot is "Part of the Problem": Jonathan Porritt on the Folly of Nuclear Power
When feed-in tariffs for renewables were introduced in the UK, George Monbiot denounced them as a rip-off subsidy for the better off. Despite tumbling solar prices and rising
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Japanese Cattle Fed Radioactive Hay From Fukushima Double Initial Estimates
Take this as another indicator that the Fukushima nuclear disaster will continue to have greater impacts than is readily admitted: As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, the amount of cattle fed with hay contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima
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Army of Tiny Robots to Monitor Underground Pipes for Radioactive Leaks
According to a recent study released in June,
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Jellyfish Invasion Keeps UK Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down
Doing an even better job than activist environmentalists might have done, a bloom of jellies has caused a UK nuclear plant to stay offline, since the jellies would clog up the intake of water for cooling. Reuters reports that
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German Parliament Accepts 2022 Nuke Shutdown Proposal
Photo: Flickr, CC 513 Yays, 79 Nays Here's a quick update on the situation regarding nuclear power in Germany. About a month ago, Brian wrote about a proposal by Chancellor Angela Merkel to phase out nuclear power by 2022. We also covered the resulting
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Most US Nuclear Plant Neighbors Pleased With Safety
The US nuclear industry recently commissioned a nationwide survey of adults living within 10 miles of 64 U.S. nuclear power plants. A total of 1,152 full-time residents were
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Tennessee Valley Authority Expecting Nuctuplets
TVA and reactor-maker Babcock and Wilcox have agreed to work together to see if they can build up to 6 "small reactors." Nuctuplets, then? They can knock these
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Nuclear Power Oversight Poor In Both Japan & United States, AP & IAEA Reports Show
Two reports out today on the lapses in oversight of the nuclear power industry in both Japan and the United States, and the resultant risks: The Guardian's Damian Carrington sums up the first quasi-independent
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Giant Bass-O-Matic Power Plants Killing Millions Of Great Lakes Fish
Power plants on rivers and lakes have usually been built with "once-through" cooling, where water is sucked in and dumped back into the lakes as much as 30 degrees hotter.
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Radiation At Fukushima Twice As High As Reported Immediately After Disaster
You probably could've guessed this: New York Times reports that immediately after the Fukushima nuclear power plant was stricken by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, radiation levels at the plant may have
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Germany to be 100% Nuclear Power-Free by 2022
The disaster at Fukushima looks to have sounded the death knell for nuclear power in Germany. Public opinion turned vehemently against the industry in the wake of that crisis, and Chancellor Angela Merkel
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Germans Mount Massive Protest Against Nuclear Power
Germans saved plenty of fossils fuels on Saturday the 28th of May, as no cars could pass through the crowds marching through the centers of over 20 German cities. Over 160,000 people joined a coordinated demonstration under the
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Japan's New Energy Policy Goes Cold on Nuclear
Two on nuclear power: Japan's PM says its energy plan must be started again from scratch due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster; and, closer to home for most TreeHugger readers, the biggest threat to US nuclear power
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Nuclear power: If Japan and Germany don't need it, why does anyone?
"If the third and fourth biggest
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Solar & Energy Efficiency are "Cute" But Not the Answer, Bill Gates Says. Nuclear Power Is.
Bill Gates is keen on the notion that we can invent our way out of climate change. This isn't such a terrible thing, and there are many others who more or less push for this approach -- that is,
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How to Tear Down a Nuclear Power Plant (Pics)
Curious about how a nuclear power plant is taken apart? Scientific American has a slideshow showing just what happens when a plant has a meltdown or reaches the end of its useful life.
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Nobel Laureates Tell World Leaders: No Nukes
On the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster, nine Nobel Peace laureates have written world leaders to tell them that nuclear energy is not the answer to our energy problems. Betty
