Claims that nuclear power is a 'low carbon' energy source fall apart under scrutiny, writes Keith Barnham. Far from coming in at six grams of CO2 per unit of electricity for Hinkley C, as the Climate Change Committee believes, the true figure is probably well above 50 grams - breaching the CCC's recommended limit for new sources of power generation beyond 2030.
… estimates were below 13 gCO 2 /kWh. These two reviews of the published literature, often … concern with the Sovacool and Warner-Heath reviews is that among their selected LCAs there are, in both reviews, some analyses that do not include all …
Sir Nicholas Stern was asked to find out what way of averting climate change was economically feasible. A loaded question that has allowed him to find a perverse solution to a fatal problem.
The Stern Review: Editors Comment Jon Hughes | 1st December 2006 News Climate Change Stern Nicholas Stern Stern Report Global Warming US China Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Comments And Analysis …
Article 6 of the Euratom Treaty provides for nuclear industry practices to be rejustified in the light of new scientific evidence of harm to health, writes Chris Busby. We now have that evidence, in particular that radiation exposure even at very low levels causes severe and heritable genetic damage to people and entire families. Now, we must use the law to protect our health from radiation!
Stopping Europe's nuclear industry in its tracks: here's how Christopher Busby | 28th November 2016 Activism Nuclear Science Health Energy WMD Waste Regulation UK EU wylfa-cut.jpg Article 6 of the …
The EU's nature directives provide effective protection for endangered species and habitats, writes Leonardo Mazza. So why the Commission's decision to 'review' and 'modernise' the laws? With its commitment to business-friendly deregulation and uninterest in the environment, the aim is surely to gut them - something only EU-wide citizens' mobilisation can prevent.
European Commission's deregulation drive threatens EU nature laws Leonardo Mazza | 11th July 2015 News EU Natural World Biodiversity Law Poland augustow-forest-cut.jpg The EU's nature directives …
A new report finds that 28 nuclear reactors, 18 of them EDF plants in France and one at Sizewell in the UK, are at risk of failure 'including core meltdown' due to flaws in safety-critical components in reactor vessels and steam generators, writes Oliver Tickell. The news comes as EDF credit is downgraded due to a growing cash flow crisis and its decision to press on with Hinkley C.
Sizewell B and 27 other EDF nuclear plants 'at risk of catastrophic failure' Oliver Tickell | 29th September 2016 News Nuclear Energy Regulation UK France Corporations sizewell-b-cut.jpg A new report …
The government's surprise delay in signing the contract with EDF to build the Hinkley C nuclear power station has opened up a the space for a forward-looking UK energy policy, writes Jonathon Porritt - one that moves us into the world of low cost renewables, and smart new technologies vital to the global clean energy transition. But is Business & Energy Greg Clark for real? Don't rule it out!
… on which to draw out such a vision; when he reviews the policy carnage in this area (on …
Public opposition to nuclear power in Japan remains strong, writes Jim Green, but piece by piece, Shinzo Abe's right-wing government has been putting the country's infamous 'nuclear village' back in control - boosted by draconian press censorship laws, massive interest-free loans, and a determination to forget all the 'lessons' of Fukushima. Is another big accident inevitable?
… the Framework for Nuclear Energy Policy. Two reviews, very little change - and far from …
T.C. Boyle’s latest opus might be a bit of a bonkbuster but it makes a serious point about the threat posed by non-native species to the world’s ecosystems
… Killing’s Done Jeff Holman | 7th April 2011 Reviews Books Ecosystems Biodiversity Novels Reviews Natural World …
The Lifetime Study of Japanese A-bomb survivors is a monumental fraud which deliberately excludes controls for being 'too healthy', writes Chris Busby. Put them back in, and you find that low levels of radiation cause over 100 times more cancer than they are 'meant' to, creating a silent global massacre of the innocent. Under the Euratom treaty, the entire nuclear industry must now be 'rejustified'.
The 'Genetics' letter, the Euratom suicide clause, and the death of the nuclear industry Chris Busby | 15th December 2016 Activism Nuclear Health Regulation Science Energy WMD UK EU …
With a new coalition government the opportunities for fresh thinking about managing the UK countryside are vast, reports Dan Box. And the Stiperstones nature reserve is providing plenty of inspiration...
… the year end. It is expected to draw on two reviews launched in 2009; one a UK-wide … of government since the two environmental reviews mentioned above were announced. …
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 is too low Dr Paul Dorfman | 21st March 2011 Comment Nuclear Energy Renewables Radiation Pollution Comment nuclear.jpg Nuclear …
A decision by parties to an obscure Convention has huge implications for Europe's ageing nuclear reactors, writes Jan Haverkamp. Licence extensions must follow EIAs which compare the potential impacts to those of alternatives - including wind, solar and other renewables.
Europe's ageing nuclear reactors will have to undergo environmental assessments Jan Haverkamp Greenpeace | 9th June 2014 News Nuclear Energy rivne-ukraine-cut.jpg A decision by parties to an obscure …
Radiation can be carried long distances by marine currents, concentrated in sediments, and carried in sea spray 16km or more inland, writes Tim Deere-Jones. So Fukushima poses a hazard to coastal populations and any who eat produce from their farms. So what are the Japanese Government and IAEA doing? Ignoring the problem, and failing to gather data.
Fukushima: Japanese government and IAEA ignore radiation risks to coastal population Tim Deere-Jones | 28th September 2015 News Nuclear Energy Radiation Health Science Oceans Japan …
Just as climate change deniers leap from scientific uncertainty over the precise impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to certainty of little or no impact at all, so 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' conflate uncertainty of the mortality arising from Chernobyl and other nuclear disasters to certainty of few if any deaths, writes Jim Green. Their position is equally indefensible.
Radiation harm deniers? Pro-nuclear environmentalists and the Chernobyl death toll Dr Jim Green | 7th April 2016 News Nuclear Health Science Radiation WMD Ukraine Belarus doll.jpg Just as climate …
Britain's long-suffering nuclear bomb test veterans have once again had justice denied to them, writes Chris Busby, by a shocking piece of judicial chicanery in London's High Court in which the judge whimsically excluded all the scientific evidence that did not suit the Ministry of Defence. But the veterans' fight for justice and scientific truth continues, facing its next test in the Court of Appeal.
Atom bomb test veterans: Soviet justice in London's High Court Chris Busby | 8th March 2017 Comment Nuclear WMD Health Law UK kiritimati-cut.jpg Britain's long-suffering nuclear bomb test veterans …
Long-tailed macaques are the most heavily exploited mammals on Earth among species protected in global trade.
The UK is failing macaques Tracy Keeling | 17th November 2023 | News Macaques Wildlife Trade Biodiversity Long-tailed macaque Long-tailed macaques are the most heavily exploited mammals on Earth …
Greenpeace have won a landmark high court battle against government support for nuclear power.
UK government's support for nuclear power is illegal 15th February 2007 News Nuclear Power Greenpeace Energy Climate Change Global Warming Global Warming Climate Change Nuclear US Climate Change …
As George Osborne hails a renaissance for nuclear power in Britain, Alex Macbeth reviews Pandora's Promise, a new documentary film that asks whether we've got nuclear energy all wrong.......
… an option? Alex Macbeth | 24th October 2013 Reviews Nuclear Energy Society pandoras … for nuclear power in Britain, Alex Macbeth reviews Pandora's Promise, a new documentary …
Theresa May's first big decision as PM was to duck out of a signing ceremony and review the Hinkley C nuclear project. But she will soon have to reach her decision. In this open letter Scientists for Global Responsibility set out six compelling reasons for her to let the whole monstrous white elephant go.
Dear Theresa: Let it go! Six powerful reasons to dump Hinkley C Scientists for Global Responsibility | 7th September 2016 Comment Nuclear Energy Finance UK France Politics hpc-cut.jpg Theresa May's …
Evolutionary biologist Timothy Mousseau and his colleagues have published 90 studies that prove beyond all doubt the deleterious genetic and developmental effects on wildlife of exposure to radiation from both the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. But all that peer-reviewed science has done little to dampen the 'official' perception of Chernobyl's silent forests as a thriving nature reserve.
Blind mice and bird brains: the silent spring of Chernobyl and Fukushima Linda Pentz Gunter | 25th April 2016 News Nuclear Radiation Energy Health Natural World Ukraine Japan red_forest_hill-cut.jpg …
Parliamentarians within NATO support nuclear No-First-Use policies.
Support for nuclear no first use policies Ruby Harbour | 1st December 2021 | News Nuclear Government Government Policy no_first_use.jpg Parliamentarians within NATO support nuclear No-First-Use …
This intimate relationship between West Cumbria Mining and the quango tasked with delivering a controversial Geological Disposal Facility demands that questions are asked.
Coal and nuclear in Cumbria Staff Reporter | 4th August 2020 News Coal Nuclear Waste Waste Disposal Cumbria Radiation Free Lakeland Keep Cumbrian Coal In The Hole keep_cumbrian_coal_in_the_hole.jpg …
Last week the consortium holding a £22bn contract to clean up the Sellafield nuclear site was sacked, writes David Lowry. But this is just the end of a long and scandalous tale of corporate profit at taxpayers' expense, and the active collusion of ministers and senior officials in fighting off Parliamentary scrutiny.
Sellafield - how the nuclear industry fleeced taxpayers David Lowry | 19th January 2015 News Nuclear Waste Politics UK Corporations sellafieldpond-a-cut.jpg Last week the consortium holding a £22bn …