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Tag Archives: nuclear power
US continues to favour nuclear power
An Oregon based company, which has developed a mini-nuclear reactor the size of a semi-trailer, has just been awarded 226 million US-dollars from the US Department of Energy. Link found via Jay Lake. Seen from a German POV, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Renewable Energy
Tagged English, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear power, USA
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Site temporarily down and Fukushima vegetables
First of all, the ABC Buhlert site was temporarily down for a few days. Apologies for any inconveniences, however, the problem has been resolved now. Meanwhile, MSN has a photo gallery of misshapen Japanese vegetables and plants, which have likely … Continue reading
Posted in General, Links, Renewable Energy
Tagged Chernobyl, English, Fukushima, housekeeping, Japan, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear disasters, nuclear power, Ukraine
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US continues to favour nuclear power
One thing that always strikes me when conversing with Americans – smart, educated Americans who consider themselves somewhere on the left side of the political spectrum – is how non-controversial nuclear power still is in the US, even among demographics … Continue reading
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Tagged English, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear power, USA
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Fukushima’s Pripjat
We’ve all seen the haunting photos of Pripjat, the Ukrainian town that used to house the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and was abandoned shortly after the Chernobyl reactor suffered a fatal meltdown. Now Ars Technica offers photos … Continue reading
Nuclear divers in the US and a new solar battery
Popular Science has an article about nuclear divers in the US, people who dive in the radiation contaminated cooling water of nuclear reactors to service nuclear power stations. Found via Jay Lake. The naivité of those divers is troubling, particularly … Continue reading
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Tagged English, nuclear power, nuclear risks, solar power, USA
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Fukushima One Year Later
March 11 is the one year anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami which killed between approx. 20000 people and also caused a meltdown in the Fukushima Daiishi nuclear power station. The nuclear meltdown at a plant deemed safe due … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Renewable Energy
Tagged anti-nuclear protests, English, Germany, India, Japan, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear disasters, nuclear power, nuclear risks, solar power, USA
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Oil spill combating news and the nuclear dinosaurs of France and the US
Nuclear power is on its way out in Germany, but unfortunately other countries are still seeing nuclear as a viable energy source. For example, in the US the regulatory body has just approved the first nuclear reactors to be built … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Oil response, Renewable Energy
Tagged France, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear power, oil spill combating, USA
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The Global Switch to Renewable Energy
In spite of the Fukushima disaster, the Japanese government is planning to restart those of the country’s nuclear power plants that are currently down for maintenance and stress tests as well as to extend the maximum lifetime of Japanese nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Renewable Energy
Tagged English, Germany, Japan, nuclear power, solar power, tidal power, UK, wind power
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January Energy Links
I will compile a recap of 2011 energy yields as well as our other activities in the next few days, but for now here are some energy links from around the world: First of all, a recent report revealed that … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, English, France, geothermal energy, Japan, news, nuclear power, nuclear risks, Oman, solar power
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The US still back nuclear power – Die USA setzt nach wie vor auf Atomkraft
The Fukushima disaster has given Germany the last push to finally decommission its aging nuclear power stations, a move backed by the overwhelming majority of the population. However, the US is not only still adhering to its old nuclear reactors, … Continue reading