The troubled project to develop GMO 'golden rice' cultivars has just hit a serious obstacle. An attempt to breed the 'event' responsible for carotenoid production into a commercial rice variety has produced widespread genomic instability, causing weak plants and poor grain production. Has the golden rice hype bubble finally burst?
… of research work and millions of dollars wasted' London-based molecular geneticist Dr … of research work and millions of dollars wasted." The authors of the study conclude: " …
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.
… to cover reactor decommissioning and waste management costs in France - less than … and that decommissioning and waste management will likely take longer, be … more battles over proposals to impose nuclear waste repositories on unwilling or divided …
Nuclear power was originally sold on a lie, writes Dave Elliott. While we were being told it would make electricity 'too cheap to meter', insiders knew it cost at least 50% more than conventional generation. Since then nuclear costs have only risen, while renewable energy prices are on a steep decline. And now the nuclear behemoths are crumbling ... not a moment too soon.
… finance. It might also be possible to use the waste heat from them to supply heat to urban … ever run out, or leave long-term hazardous wastes. That looks like our best future. … ever run out, or leave long-term hazardous wastes. …