As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports
… EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear … in Ukraine - despite serious concerns over safety - with the ultimate ambition of … after the Chernobyl disaster a number of safety risks surrounding the nuclear industry …
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
… at all, will be far later than expected; Safety approval in France, UK and USA is … will be operating within a much tighter safety envelope. Sinking Sizewell And of … the recent Defence White Paper, the nuclear safety case for the French AREVA EPR design …
Jaitapur's French-built nuclear plant is a disaster in waiting, jeopardising biodiversity and local livelihoods, says activist Praful Bidwai
… biggest demonstration against him. The EPR safety design hasn't been approved by nuclear … and French regulators have raised 3,000 safety issues including control, … were ordered to teach pupils about the safety of nuclear reactors, parents withdrew …
The French government is championing energy giants EDF and Areva as they try to build their nuclear businesses around the world
… European pressurised reactor (EPR) design for safety approval in Britain and has recently … remain unanswered NEWS ANALYSIS EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear …
Thorium – the theory is sound and potentially game changing – we need to see it put into practice, argues Labour peer and former Friends of the Earth campaigner Bryony Worthington
… operating at high-pressures leading to safety concerns. We are right to be concerned … remain unanswered NEWS ANALYSIS EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear …
The Fukushima nuclear plant crisis appears less dangerous than the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – but the risk of radiation spreading wide remains
… according to Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. That is a dangerous level, but … READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear …
You won't hear the UK government admit it but after decades of research there is now evidence of real excesses of childhood cancer and leukaemia near some nuclear facilities, argues Dr Paul Dorfman
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It produces less radioactive waste and more power than uranium but the UK would be making a mistake in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports
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The UK should suspend its plans to build new nuclear power stations after the leak of radioactive material from the Fukushima plant in Japan, says Kate Hudson from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
… in the interests of public health and safety. Above all, Britain must develop a …
Plans for undersea nuclear power reactors around the coast of France could see a boom in uptake of the technology - but serious questions about costs and waste disposal remain unanswered
… means of passive cooling and permit inherent safety and security. In addition, each plant …
In producing nuclear power we are taking the benefits today but leaving the burden of cleaning up waste and accident risks to future generations, argues a study on nuclear ethics
… has a moral duty not to jeopardise the safety and security of future generations or …