Jim Green exposes Barry Brook’s pro nuclear spin
Australia’s nuclear spin doctors, Green Left, March 20, 2011, By Jim Green . Pro-nuclear commentators in Australian have downplayed the crisis even as radiation monitors detected alarming jumps in radioactivity near the reactors and low levels of radiation as far away as Tokyo. Continue reading
Britain now rethinking its nuclear power plans
“Globally, this undoubtedly casts a shadow over the renaissance of the nuclear industry. That is blindingly obvious.” – UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne
Chris Huhne: Britain may scale back nuclear plans after Japan disaster, Telegraph UK, 20 march 11, Britain may scale back its plans to build a new generation of nuclear plants in the wake of the Japanese disaster, the Energy Secretary indicated on Sunday. Continue reading
USA Nuclear Regulators now worried about safety of spent nuclear fuel ponds
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said the crisis called into question the viability of nuclear power in the United States.
“We should understand that it’s very difficult for us to guarantee that a catastrophic meltdown cannot happen in our country,”
Nuclear crisis may affect placement of US reactors, Google News 21 march 11, “………The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said his agency will again review how U.S. nuclear plants store spent-fuel from nuclear reactors.
Ziggy says nuclear power is the only way for Australia
Nuclear energy ‘the only answer’ World News Australia, 20 March 11, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation chief Dr Ziggy Switkowski told the the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.symposium, which kicked off on Monday, that Australia should build 50 nuclear power stations by 2050……. “We should plan to have our first reactor up and running by 2020 and then go for a fleet as large as 50 reactors by 2050 producing 75 gigawatts of electricity,” Dr Switkowski said… Nuclear energy ‘the only answer’ : World News Australia on SBS
5 good reasons why Australia will not go for nuclear energy
In fact, despite some uninformed commentary, there has been no renaissance of nuclear energy, only a resurgence of pro-nuclear talk. In 2008 and 2009, the world retired 3000 megawatts of old nuclear capacity and only 1000 megawatts was brought on line. In the same two years, about 60,000 megawatts of new wind power was commissioned
Shares in nuclear, uranium mining, plunge down
Nuclear sell-off sweeps to uranium mining, Financial Times, By William MacNamara March 20 2011 The sell-off slamming the nuclear power industry has swept to uranium mining, the source of nuclear fuel, with a range of miners’ shares opening this morning at least 15 per cent lower than levels preceding the earthquake in Japan.
Shares in Cameco, the major Canadian uranium producer, have fallen 20 per cent since March 10 despite Jerry Grandey, chief executive, saying that the impact of the Japanese nuclear crisis on the company’s sales would be “minimal”.
Australia’s politicians ignore opportunity for renewable energy
Beyond Zero Emissions has shown that a rapid transition to renewables is possible and made its reports available to major party politicians, with no result.
Parramatta hosts Beyond Zero Emissions, Green Left Weekly, March 20, 2011 By Kerry Smith, Sydney Parramatta Climate Action Network hosted a presentation by Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) at Parramatta Town Hall on March 14.The presentation summarised the “Zero Carbon Australia 2020” stationary energy report, which details how Australia can transition to 100% renewable energy by 2020.
How nuclear power could be phased out in Japan
Some of Japans nuclear capacity has, in effect, phased itself out- very painfully.
Phasing out nuclear in Japan, environmentalresearchweb, 21 march 11, All Japans wind farms evidently survived the recent disastrous quake and tsunami – even a semi-offshore one. With nuclear power’s reputation besmirched, following the spectacular failures at Fukushima, is that the way ahead for Japan? Continue reading
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