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Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation U.S. nuclear plant,backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new projects willcome online by the end of the decade. Late last year, the U.S. energycompany NuScale announced it was pulling the plug on a small modularreactor (SMR) project in the western state of Idaho. The project —…

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC shares faced a blow as X-energy and CavendishNuclear were awarded £3.34 million from the government to buildmini-nuclear reactors in Hartlepool. These funds will aid X-energy andBabcock International PLC owned Cavendish's plans to build 12 mini nucleargenerators, known as small modular reactors, in the County Durham town bythe early 2030s. Proactive Investor 5th…

 Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s. A globalanalysis of heatwaves over a span of 40 years shows that they are gettingmore frequent, moving slower and lasting longer.  New Scientist 29th March 2024 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424847-heatwaves-now-last-much-longer-than-they-did-in-the-1980s

We must all do our bit in the fight against climate change to avoid a global catastrophe By Anthony Seaton 7th Apr 2024, Climate change is the greatest threat to our way of life since 1939. Thenwe responded when the Nazis threatened to invade. I recall the sirens,burning buildings, queues, rationing, shared privations. Few remember thistoday,…

Https://www.youtube.com/embed/TEP4EuEFS5o?si=I9CSJpzkrG6M5Lok The early uranium they mined was for atomic bombs dropped on other brown people far away. Later, the mined uranium was used to fuel nuclear power plants whose radioactive releases increase leukemia rates in children living nearby and whose waste is targeted at, yes, more Native communities.  By Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear 7…

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In the wake of recent contaminated water leakage at Japan's FukushimaDaiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the plant's operator Tokyo Electric PowerCompany (TEPCO) has announced its plan for new installations as apreventive measure, local media reported. TEPCO is expected to install newpiping and ventilation ports designed to guide any spewing liquid to fallwithin the building, thereby containing…

8 posts published by Christina Macpherson on April 7, 2024

Letter Tor Justad: Nuclear Power, neither green, clean nor safe and verycostly for the environment. Nuclear proponents fail to mention nuclearstations are often offline due to lengthy periods required for care andmaintenance; carbon is produced during construction and uranium mining;nuclear power costs three times as much to produce compared to renewables.(Not on the website) Press…