U.S. Nuclear Cleanup Carries Major Risks
New Scientist reports in this pretty alarming article that there is a 50-50 chance of a major radiation or chemical accident during the cleanup of the dirtiest nuclear site in the U.S.
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9/11 Report Reveals Al Qaeda Ringleader Contemplated a NY-area Nuclear Power Plant as Potential Target
The report explains that Mohamed Atta, who piloted one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center, “considered targeting a nuclear facility he had seen during familiarization flights near New York.”
Australia: Nuclear dump move's Sydney fallout
Abandoning plans for a national radioactive waste dump could prevent a new nuclear reactor from being built at Lucas Heights in Sydney, federal Labor said today.
Australia looks for Pacific solution to nuclear waste problem
Prime Minister John Howard proposed Wednesday sending Australia’s low-level nuclear waste to an offshore island after being forced to abandon plans for a radioactive waste dump on a remote mainland site.
Basic Choices and Constraints on Long-term Energy Supplies
Population growth and energy demand are exhausting the world’s fossil energy supplies,
some on the timescale of a single human lifespan. Increasingly, sharing natural resources
will require close international cooperation, peace, and security.
How safe will nuclear waste really be?
Thee radioactive material to be placed in Yukka Mountain is something that the National Academy of Sciences has told us can be dangerous for up to 300,000 years.
UK: Nobel prize-winner’s reactor offers safer, cleaner nuclear power
Claims that a “revolutionary nuclear reactor that can recycle its own waste is being studied by the Government as a future source of energy for Britain.”
Powell on Iran Nuclear Program
The Iranians “have been put on notice,” says Secretary of State Powell, “that the international community is expecting them to answer its questions and to respond fully.”
Court Deals Blow to Effort to Bury Nuclear Waste in Nevada
The government’s 17-year effort to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada suffered a significant setback today when a federal appeals court said that the rules on radiation leaks could not be limited to the site’s first 10,000 years, as the Environmental Protection Agency had decided
Nuclear reactors will supply Ontario’s power, province says
The government of Ontario Wednesday announced plans to rebuild one nuclear power plant in Pickering and possibly rebuild two others.
Blair reignites nuclear debate
American lobbying adds to pressure as PM battles to keep controversial energy option on climate change agenda.
Ten steps to a sustainable energy future
This essay was in large parts presented at the
“Renewables 2004” in Bonn (June 3 2004) and at
“Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum” (June 29 2004).
The roles of hydrogen, oil, gas, coal and nuclear are reconsidered as well as the perspective of a energy system mainly based on renewable energy.