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Nuclear waste issue could be solved, if…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nuclear energy offers several advantages: It’s clean, powerful and relatively cheap. But it also yields hazardous waste, a fact that terrifies a public haunted by memories of accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear reactors.
Future is nuclear – Daily Mirror (London, UK)
ENERGY Secretary Chris Huhne has been battered for his dramatic U- turn over nuclear energy. Three years ago he described it as a failed technology which would risk an environmental catastrophe. Now he finds himself hailing a new generation of nuclear plants which could be supplying electricity
US and Europe gradually replacing conventional power with renewable energy. Wind power the big winner, with average annual growth rate of 27%, followed closely by solar hot water and ethanol production – The Jerusalem Post
New renewable energy capacity and investment are gradually surpassing that of conventional (coal, gas and nuclear) energy, according to the Renewables 2010 Global Status Report, which was released late last week. Ren21: Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century published its fifth
Little risk, many benefits to nuclear – Hamilton Spectator
Re: ‘Wind-turbine power is far healthier than coal or nuclear’ (Opinion, July 2) Some misleading claims about nuclear energy must be clarified. First, radioactive releases from nuclear power plants are very small and do not pose a health risk. There is no evidence that people living near nuclear
No room for trial and error – The New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur)
I REFER to the debate on whether Malaysia should opt for nuclear
energy in a big way. At a time when some developed countries are reversing their policy from
nuclear to solar energy, we are talking about going nuclear. There is no room for trial and error. We do not have laws and regulations
Nuke power plants should hold no fear for us – The New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur)
SINCE the idea of nuclear energy was mooted by the prime minister,
many have voiced their concern about the safety aspects of a nuclear power
plant in Malaysia. The Selangor government was the first to object to having such a facility in
the state. Many more have suggested safer avenues to
Wind turbines are not out of place; – The Kingston Whig-Standard
In his column ( “Wind revolt isn’t going to blow over,” May
14) Michael Den Tandt attacks the decision to install wind turbines
“proximate to the (Niagara) Escarpment.” But he supports increased
investment in nuclear energy and indeed the use of “small farm-sized
wind turbines at a reasonable
Saudis, worried by Iran, inch toward nuclear power. New energy complex, charged by royal decree, will research all aspects of the industry – The Jerusalem Post
Saudi Arabia last week announced the establishment of a renewable
energy complex, confirming the country’s interest in nuclear energy. The King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy, set to be
established in Riyadh, will, according to a royal decree, be tasked with the
research and
Forecast charges up AMSC’s shares; MASS. MOVERS – The Boston Globe
American Superconductor Corp., which makes wind turbine components
and transmission lines, rose after the Electric Power Research Institute
promoted the use of superconducting lines to prepare the US grid for an
increase in renewable and nuclear energy. The industry group said
Earthquake prone Japan sees green in new nuclear power plants – The Christian Science Monitor
Japan is pressing ahead with an expansion of nuclear power, despite public unease and vocal opposition from activists. Poor in natural resources, the country has long dreamed of reducing its fossil
fuel dependency through domestic nuclear power. Now it’s casting nuclear energy as a key to the fight
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