Net Zero Without Nuclear News Today

Our latest Talking Points makes the case T he fourth in our series of Talking Points draws on the new report by Jonathon Porritt, New Zero Without Nuclear: The Case Against Nuclear Power. Given the far-off illusory promise of new reactor designs; the enormous costs; the limited capacity for carbon reductions compared to renewables; the unsolved waste problem; and the inflexibility and outdatedness of the “always on” baseload model, nuclear power is in the way of — rather than a ...

Nuclear energy - Nuclear weapons - the inseparable link, Jonathon Porritt, 4 June 21  whether we’re talking big reactors or small reactors, fission or fusion. The simple truth is this: we should see nuclear as another 20th century technology, with an ever-diminishing role through into the 21st century, incapable of overcoming its inherent problems of cost,…

However, times have changed, and the alternatives to nuclear power have performed better than almost anyone expected. Looking back on my first book, ‘Seeing Green’, from 1984, I was fiercely critical of nuclear power, but have to admit that my advocacy of renewables (as the principal alternative) was somewhat muted. Apart from a few visionaries in the early 1980s, no one really thought that renewables would be capable of substituting for the use of all fossil fuels and all nuclear at any po...

Jonathon Porritt April 28th, 2021, by Paul Brown,    The nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it rely on “dark arts”, ignoring much better ways to cut carbon emissions. Nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it survive,   https://climatenewsnetwork.net/nuclear-industrys-unfounded-claims-let-it-survive/ – It is the global nuclear industry’s unfounded claims – not least that it is part of the solution to climate change because it is a low-carbon source of electricity – t...

April 28th, 2021, by Paul Brown A low-pressure rotor under test before installation at the UK’s new Hinkley Point C power station. Image: By courtesy of EDF The nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it rely on “dark arts”, ignoring much better ways to cut carbon emissions. LONDON, 28 April, 2021 – It is the global nuclear industry’s unfounded claims – not least that it is part of the solution to climate change because it is a low-carbon source of electricity �...

Global COVIcooled.D-19 death toll passes three million as pandemic shows no sign of slowing down. ‘Relentless’ climate crisis intensified in 2020, says UN report.  Pandemic had no effect on emissions but made impacts of global heating even worse for millions of people, report says. NUCLEAR: The news, ( as usual, not covered much in the mainstream media) has been dominated by Japan’s decision to dump Fukushima waste-water into the Pacific Ocean.  That’s a process that will go on ...

Global COVIcooled.D-19 death toll passes three million as pandemic shows no sign of slowing down. ‘Relentless’ climate crisis intensified in 2020, says UN report.  Pandemic had no effect on emissions but made impacts of global heating even worse for millions of people, report says. NUCLEAR: The news, ( as usual, not covered much in the mainstream media) has been dominated by Japan’s decision to dump Fukushima waste-water into the Pacific Ocean.  That’s a process that will go on ...