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Good news for large, small and advanced nuclear reactors.
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Don’t count nuclear energy out – it may be our best hope of reaching net-zero emissions within the time we have left.
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Low-carbon energy sources aren’t all equally well-suited to getting us to net-zero emissions.
A visitor to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum views a photo of the aftermath of the 1945 bombing.
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What if there was another nuclear incident in the US? A disaster management scholar looks back at the history of nuclear events to assess the risk.
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Anthony Albanese has proposed negotiations for a bipartisan agreement on an energy policy framework to create greater certainty for investment.
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In my ten years working with and researching it, I’ve encountered lots of myths.
Construction underway at Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE.
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A new nuclear plant called Barakah is nearing completion in the UAE. But it risks further stabilising the volatile Gulf region.
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Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power in Australia
Keith Pitt, minister for resources, water, and Northern Australia, discusses the NAIF, climate policy, nuclear energy, and the Murray-Darling Basin scheme with Michelle Grattan.
Ontario needs to reconsider its current electricity demand problems and focus on conservation efforts.
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Energy-efficiency initiatives are consistently identified as the lowest impact and most cost-effective means of meeting energy needs. Why isn’t Ontario focusing on them?
The nuclear power plant in Pickering, Ont., was the subject of a false alarm.
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A nuclear alarm was issued on Jan. 12, 2020. The alarm had been mistakenly sent during a training exercise and was retracted, but the impact will erode trust in public safety efforts.
The costs of renewable energy, including solar photovoltaics, is declining rapidly.
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Investing billions in refurbishing nuclear generating stations doesn’t make economic sense as the cost of renewables fall dramatically.
Few people would have predicted in 2010 that by the end of the decade, electricity generation from renewables would outpace nuclear.
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Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.
New research shows Ontario doesn’t really need nuclear energy, and its absence would not have an impact on emissions in the province’s energy sector.
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Nuclear power isn’t needed to meet Ontario’s electricity needs. And the absence of nuclear power won’t have any impact on emissions in Ontario’s energy sector.
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The presence of an active and dynamic Green Party would be vital in helping to keep Labour on track.
Nuclear power will likely remain part of the global energy mix.
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Recent debates about the future of nuclear power in Australia make much of the potential of the next generation of reactors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (waving) with some of the heads of state who attended the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.
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At the Sochi summit, African states embraced Russia’s newly established relations.
In Saint-Laurent-Nouan, in the Loir-et-Cher region, one of 19 French power plants.
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Nuclear energy generates 75% of France’s electricity, and ongoing troubles at the new Flamanville EPR reactor have raised crucial questions about its future in the country’s electricity mix.
Iran’s nuclear deal is hanging in the balance.
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How policy has shifted back and forth since 1945 over the fine line between nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, is one example of doctors’ involvement on the political stage.
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Doctors have long taken up global issues, from nuclear war to ozone depletion and climate change, and helped shift the course of history.
Australia’s stable geography is suitable for below-ground nuclear storage.
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There’s precious little business case for nuclear power in Australia, but we could start with the end product: storing radioactive waste.