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The UN atomic watchdog chief is expected on Wednesday to visit Ukraine'sZaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is currently held by Russianforces. There are persistent fears about the safety of the nuclear plant --Europe's largest -- which is located in the southern Zaporizhzhia regionwhere there has been frequent shelling since Russian troops invaded. RafaelGrossi, head of…
Some 13 European Union countries including Italy on Tuesday signed a jointdeclaration urging more research and innovation in the sector of mininuclear power reactors as part of a new alliance. The 13 EU countries,including Italy, are calling for "a favourable industrial and financialframework for nuclear projects", promoting "research and innovation inparticular for small modular reactors…
Canadians have been told repeatedly by spokespersons from Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, the Canadian Nuclear Association and the Government of Canada that the Canadian nuclear program has nothing to do with atomic bombs, that plutonium produced in Canadian reactors is unfit for military use, and that Canada has a strict policy that all nuclear…
Last year, the U.S. electric power sector produced 4,090 million megawatthours (MWh) of electric power. In 2022, generation from renewable sources—wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal—surpassed coal-fired generation in the electric power sector for the first time. Renewable generation surpassed nuclear generation for the first time in 2021 and continued to provide more electricity than nuclear generation…
Https://www.youtube.com/embed/5az_t0YxgmQ The Global Network monthly space video this time reviews how space satellites are used by the US-NATO to target Russian-ethnic regions of the Donbass in eastern Ukraine and Russian military forces. Elon Musk's Space X company is deploying tens of thousands of Starlink satellites in Lower Earth Orbit (LEO). The parking lots in LEO…