Nuclear Power

A story published on Nov 21, 2009, in the Baltimore Sun, reported a hitherto unreported accident in November 09 at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant where 150 workers were...

With the spectre of a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster looming ever larger at one of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant as a result of the 2011 tsunami, one has to ponder if this, finally, spells the end of the nuclear...

In recent years I have become aware of the issue of depleted uranium (DU) and its use by the US Military in Iraq in 1991 and again in the current Iraq war. The photos of birth deformities and stories of suffering resulting from DU shocked me,...

Like Lazarus, the nuclear power spectre keeps reappearing in the ‘conversation’ as the nuclear and the uranium mining industries seemingly test the resolve and resilience of the anti-nuclear lobby. Again and again in small mentions in media...

In all countries using nuclear energy there are well established procedures for storing, managing and transporting nuclear wastes. Storage is safe and secure, plans are well in hand for eventual disposal. Nuclear power is the only energy-producing...

Since the 1980s the US has spent some $15 billion on storage facilities deep within the supposedly geologically stable Yucca Mountains in Nevada, and still issues arise over the ability to maintain an air- and watertight environment for the minimum...

One of the great advantages of renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, is that once the initial investment has been made and structure been built, there is largely nothing more to do. Paradoxically this can actually work against governments...

It kind of crept up on me towards the end of 2005, as it was being slowly introduced into editorials, news items, and page three stories. All of a sudden, it was common knowledge: nuclear power was not only back on the agenda, but it was apparently...

Reality: If the entire production cycle is considered, then nuclear is not only no ‘greener’ than gas, it is actually far less green as the greenhouse gas (GHG) inputs into nuclear power are so massive. Roughly 32 years of a nuclear plant’s...