In early December, the nations of the world are poised to take an historic step on nuclear weapons. Yet Australia sticks out like a sore thumb among Asia-Pacific nations in arguing against change.
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Back in the early 1900s, if you felt a bit sluggish you could reach for a beverage enhanced with radioactive elements to really add some pep to your step. It wouldn’t be a healthy choice, though.
The argument put forward by Eskom that it can handle South Africa’s controversial nuclear build programme is fundamentally flawed.
There are fears that that the nuclear build in South Africa is being driven for the benefit of the politically connected rather than the national good.
The anti-nuclear movement in the U.S. is at a critical juncture as worries over climate change grow.
South Africa’s nuclear plans have been put on hold. In light of recent events in the country, pressure is being put on the government to halt the process.
South Australia’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission has recommended a nuclear waste site for the state.
Engineers have devised an innovative way to dismantle Chernobyl’s reactor while preventing further radiation escaping.
Longannet, the last coal-fired power plant in Scotland, has closed. It might be good news for climate change, but it also signals major problems ahead.
The nuclear operator was nowhere near adequately covered for the disaster. And it’s not just a Japanese problem.
President Zuma indicated a welcome slowdown in the South African government’s stated intention to invest in nuclear power plants.
North Korea has been signalling an uptick in its nuclear programme for a while – and its strategy is as clear as ever.
Big data is about processing large amounts of data. It is often associated with multiplicities of data. But the ability to generate data outpaces the ability to store it.
South Africa has plans to build new power stations despite many calling for no nuclear energy in the country.
Anti-nuclear advocates may cheer the closing of nuclear power plants in the US, but thanks to cheap natural gas, less nuclear power means higher emissions.
Is George Osborne deploying the ‘Deep State’ to secure a long-term nuclear arsenal for Britain?
The UK government looks set to allow EDF to build a new kind of nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point. But are there better nuclear technologies we could use?
The UK’s first new nuclear power station since the 1990s is coming at the expense of renewable energy and leaving us unnervingly in hock to the Chinese.
As President Obama writes his thank you notes to Democrats in Congress who helped him pass the accord, he better not forget about his European partners.
The nuclear deal South Africa signed with Russia is set to be massively expensive and comes with a fair amount of risks.
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Energy Policy, Robert Gordon University
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Head of Department of Management and Professor of Petroleum Accounting at Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Energy Engineering, University of Glasgow
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Carole Sargent is a Friend of The Conversation.
Literary Historian, Georgetown University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
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Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of Nuclear Physics, Director of Birmingham Centre of Nuclear Education and Research, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Stirling
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
