Decades of deceit have been thrown overboard with the new nuclear sales pitch, argues JIM GREEN. The new sales pitch openly links nuclear power to weapons and argues that weapons programs will be jeopardised unless greater subsidies are provided for the civil nuclear industry
… Nuclear power lobbyist Michael Shellenberger … Dr Jim Green | 20th September 2018 Comment Nuclear Power Nuclear Weapons Uranium WMD … have been thrown overboard with the new nuclear sales pitch, argues JIM GREEN. The new …
Opponents of nuclear power rightly focus on issues of cost, operational danger and waste disposal, writes David Lowry. But they should not forget the towering 'elephant in the room' - nuclear security and the risk of proliferation and terrorist attacks.
… Nuclear power undermines nuclear security Dr David Lowry | 2nd May 2014 News Nuclear Power WMD UK nagasaki-mushroom.jpg …
Don't believe the spurious claims of nuclear shills constantly doing down renewables, writes Mark Diesendorf. Clean, safe renewable energy technologies have the potential to supply 100% of the world's electricity needs - but the first hurdle is to refute the deliberately misleading myths designed to promote the politically powerful but ultimately doomed nuclear industry.
… Renewable energy versus nuclear: dispelling the myths Mark Diesendorf | 19th April 2016 News Nuclear Renewables Energy Technology … Don't believe the spurious claims of nuclear shills constantly doing down …
The global rebirth of nuclear power was meant to be well under way by now, writes Jim Green. But in fact, nuclear's share of world power generation is on a steady long term decline, and new reactors are getting ever harder to build, and finance. The only real growth area is decommissioning, but that too has a problem: where's the money to pay for it?
… Running in reverse: the world's 'nuclear power renaissance' Dr Jim Green | 29th January 2015 News Nuclear Energy UK Japan EU USA France Germany … Japan Saudi Arabia Africa vermont_yankee_nuclear_power_plant-cut.jpg The global rebirth …
The European Commission is assessing how it should augment its nuclear disaster insurance. Ingmar Schumacher calls for full transparency of insurance costs in the cost-benefit evaluation of the nuclear industry.
… The true cost of disaster insurance makes nuclear power uncompetitive Ingmar Schumacher | 6th February 2014 Comment Energy Nuclear Power EU Climate Change … is assessing how it should augment its nuclear disaster insurance. Ingmar Schumacher …
With the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster falling tomorrow, nuclear lobbyists are arguing over solutions to the existential crisis facing nuclear power, writes Jim Green. Some favour a multinational consolidation of large conventional reactor designs, while others back technological innovation and 'small modular reactors'. But in truth, both approaches are doomed to failure.
… Terminal decline? Fukushima anniversary marks nuclear industry's deepening crisis Jim Green Nuclear Monitor | 10th March 2017 News Nuclear Energy Technology Finance Health …
Once united in opposition, the environmental movement is now divided on nuclear power. Matilda Lee reports on why some greens say that anti-nuclear is just sentimentalism
… ideology holding back greens from embracing nuclear power? Matilda Lee | 20th July 2011 News Energy Nuclear Power Thorium Friends Of The Earth … Greenpeace Energy Policy Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament nuclearpower.jpg The UK is …
The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies.
… Dr Jim Green | 25th February 2022 | Comment Nuclear Power Nuclear Weapons Chernobyl Global Warming … The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as …
The UK's inability to import radio-isotopes for cancer therapy is just the latest outcome of the UK's decision to leave EURATOM to hit the headlines, writes Pete Roche. It may also put a brake on the UK's plans to build new nuclear plants, and import and export nuclear fuel and wastes. The UK's exit from the treaty, as a strongly pro-nuclear state, could also mark an EU-wide anti-nuclear swing.
… The nuclear fallout from 'Brexatom': threat, … bonkers? Pete Roche | 24th February 2017 News Nuclear EU UK Energy Health Radiation Un … put a brake on the UK's plans to build new nuclear plants, and import and export nuclear …
The UK's political mainstream has performed a complete U-Turn in policy on nuclear power, culminating yesterday in the European Commission's approval of a £15-20 billion subsidy package for the Hinckley C project. Donnachadh McCarthy delves into the nuclear industry's deep and far-reaching political links.
… Nuclear power trumps democracy Donnachadh … McCarthy | 9th October 2014 Comment Politics Nuclear Energy prostitute-state.png Donnachadh … has performed a complete U-Turn in policy on nuclear power, culminating yesterday in the …
Global nuclear power capacity grew slightly in 2016, writes Jim Green, but it was more a dead cat bounce than the promised 'nuclear renaissance'. The collapse of Toshiba, the direct result of its failing nuclear ventures, is indicative of the crisis faced by nuclear contractors and utilities worldwide. Another sign of the industry's poor outlook: no major commodity had a worse 2016 than uranium.
… Not just Toshiba - the global nuclear industry is in crisis everywhere Jim Green | 3rd February 2017 News Nuclear Energy Corporations … Global nuclear power capacity grew slightly in 2016, … was more a dead cat bounce than the promised 'nuclear renaissance'. The collapse of Toshiba, …
The UK's nuclear power programme is driven by military demands, write Andy Stirling & Phil Johnstone - but not in the way you might think. The most essential need is not for plutonium or tritium, but for a nuclear industrial sector to design, build and maintain the reactors that power nuclear submarines. Without them, the Trident missile system would have no military credibility.
… Trident, nuclear submarines and the UK's nuclear power imperative Andy Stirling Phil Johnstone | 15th January 2016 News Nuclear WMD UK Energy Politics …
The nuclear industry has had a disappointing COP21, writes Jim Green. Lobbyists were there en masse desperately trying to get pro-nuclear wording into the Paris Agreement, and they failed. The word does not occur even once in the entire document. But we must prepare for the next battle: keeping nuclear power out of the $100 billion a year Green Climate Fund.
… Nuclear lobbyists' epic COP21 fail. Our next … Green | 16th December 2015 News COP21 Unfccc Nuclear Energy Climate Change Renewables Finance no-nukes-cut.jpg The nuclear industry has had a disappointing …
NASA scientist James Hansen is heading to COP21 in Paris to berate climate campaigners for failing to support 'safe and environmentally-friendly nuclear power', writes Jim Green. But they would gladly support nuclear power if only it really was safe and environment friendly. In fact, it's a very dangerous and hugely expensive distraction from the real climate solutions.
… Don't nuke the climate! James Hansen's nuclear fantasies exposed Dr Jim Green | 20th November 2015 News Climate Change Energy Nuclear Technology ohi-japan-cut.jpg NASA … to support 'safe and environmentally-friendly nuclear power', writes Jim Green. But they …
After years of pro-nuclear bombast from the Conservative Party, its 2017 manifesto hasn't got a single word to say about nuclear power, write Oliver Tickell & Ian Fairlie. Instead it announces a renewed focus on cutting energy costs, and a big boost for increasingly low-cost wind power; while both Labour and Libdems offer only weak, highly qualified support for new nuclear build. And so the great British 'nuclear renaissance' reaches its timely end.
… election manifesto signals the end of new nuclear power Oliver Tickell Ian Fairlie | 18th May 2017 News Nuclear Energy Politics UK sizewell-nuclear-cut.jpg After years of pro-nuclear …
With Japan's nuclear catastrophe still far from resolved, Dr Paul Dorfman argues why nuclear remains 'economically unreliable' and why it will be the taxpayer who ends up being liable as well as facing all the risks
… Fukushima fall-out: why the nuclear industry's liability for an accident … low Dr Paul Dorfman | 21st March 2011 Comment Nuclear Energy Renewables Radiation Pollution Comment nuclear.jpg Nuclear companies in the UK are …
Austria's pledge to strive for the elimination of nuclear WMD kindled fresh energy and hope at this month's Vienna Conference on Nuclear Weapons, writes Rebecca Johnson. Now we must maintain the momentum towards global nuclear disarmament at the May 2015 meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
… to 'stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate' nuclear weapons Rebecca Johnson | 27th December 2014 Activism Nuclear WMD Austria USA UK India Pakistan … pledge to strive for the elimination of nuclear WMD kindled fresh energy and hope at …
There are two rules about the end costs of nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie. It's far more than you ever knew. And whatever sum of money was ever set aside, it's nowhere near enough. Germany understands this. That's why it refused to let E.ON spin off its nuclear liabilities into a hands-off company. But the UK, it seems, has lost the ability to learn from its nuclear mistakes.
… over ... the financial spectre at the end of nuclear power Dr Ian Fairlie | 1st October 2015 News Energy Nuclear Waste Radiation Finance … There are two rules about the end costs of nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie. It's far …
The nuclear industry and its media cheerleaders have raised a chorus of misinformation over Fukushima, writes Karl Grossman. But their attempts to suppress the truth are ultimately doomed to failure.
… Karl Grossman | 8th March 2014 News Fukushima Nuclear Power Health Radiation Law Politics fuku-graffitti.png The nuclear industry and its media cheerleaders … third anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe coming next week, the …
On the face of it, the UK government's obsession with nuclear power defies reason. It's very expensive, inflexible, creates 'existential' threats and imposes enormous 'long tail' liabilities tens of thousands of years into the future. But there is a simple explanation: it's all to maintain the UK's status as a nuclear WMD state.
… Bombs Ahoy! Why the UK is desperate for nuclear power Oliver Tickell | 26th August 2014 Comment Nuclear Power WMD UK sellafield-cut.jpg The … 'atom factory' in Cumbria, UK, where spent nuclear fuel is re-processed into plutonium? …
As the UK prepares to build a fleet of new nuclear power stations with Chinese capital and expertise, a former state nuclear expert warns: China itself is heading for nuclear catastrophe.
… Chinese nuclear disaster 'highly probable' by 2030 He Zuoxiu | 25th October 2013 News Energy Nuclear China candu_at_qinshan.png As the UK prepares to build a fleet of new nuclear power stations with Chinese capital …
Robert 'Bo' Jacobs was brought up under the shadow of nuclear war. A world expert on the cultural and social impacts of radiation, he lives and works in Hiroshima. Julio Godoy caught the chance of an interview ... and discovered that nuclear war is still going on today - in slow motion.
… We are still fighting a slow nuclear war Julio Godoy in Berlin | 1st April 2014 Comment War Nuclear Power Nuclear Weapons hiroshima-1945.png Robert 'Bo' …