Top Ten Most Distortionary Energy Subsidies. Highly readable and useful report from Earthtrack.
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"The NRC has failed the American people." NRC denies petition from NIRS, 37 co-petitioners for modest improvements in emergency planning regulations. Press release. Link to NRC decision.
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Phase out of Nuclear Power in Europe--From Vision to Reality. Major new report from Global 2000 and others finds a nuclear phase-out in Europe by 2030 is feasible with appropriate renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.
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Democracy Now video interview with former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the Fukushima accident and why he now opposes nuclear power.
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A federal judge seems to understand the fundamentals of uranium enrichment economics better than USEC, which filed for bankruptcy last week (Nuclear Newsreel, March 5). According to this article from Bloomberg, “U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi said today that USEC has no financial projections and falling sales because of an oversupply of enriched uranium, raising…
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A major report from Greenpeace International: Lifetime extension of aging nuclear power plants: Entering a new era of risk. It focuses on European reactors, but applies everywhere. (pdf)
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Important new post on GreenWorld. Japanese scientists/diplomat respond to Dr. Hansen et al: Nuclear power is not the answer to climate change mitigation.
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Civil Society Institute (CSI): The Renewable Energy Transition Has Begun. Reply in Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to an article in support of nuclear as a climate change strategy, which itself was a response to Hansen et al letter and NIRS/CSI grassroots statement in opposition to nuclear.
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Major new study commissioned by Washington/Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility finds that closing Washington's Columbia reactor would save ratepayers nearly $2 billion dollars.
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SimplyInfo.org, one of the best sites providing ongoing coverage of Fukushima issues, today published an explanation, including numerous photos, of holes leaking highly-radioactive water found in Unit-1 containment building.
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