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An independent assessment of Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, finds it safe and reasonable.
The promise of abundant, clean energy powered by nuclear fusion is one big step closer thanks to a new experiment. The results are a historic scientific milestone, but energy production remains a ways off.
The current energy crisis is an opportunity to accelerate the transition towards clean energy – but some countries are better than others at pursuing major energy reform.
As the world’s energy crisis intensifies, there’s renewed interest in uranium and nuclear power.
Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.
Scientists have been working on a solution for decades.
New relationships between energy, geopolitical security and climate change policy flowing from the invasion of Ukraine are beginning to emerge, and the implications could be enormous.
Experts in nuclear power and nuclear medicine worry that fears of radiation will keep us relying on fossil fuels for longer.
The UK government sees a reliable and low-carbon solution to future energy crises in nuclear power.
Molten salt reactors are being touted as an advanced technology for the production of nuclear energy, but their implementation is fraught with challenges.
The world’s nuclear power plants are on the frontline of climate change – and not in a good way.
The rush to evacuate communities and abandon nuclear energy was understandable, but an error.
South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity reflects a global trend away from nuclear energy. But the government’s actions suggest otherwise.
Investing billions in refurbishing nuclear generating stations doesn’t make economic sense as the cost of renewables fall dramatically.
Unpacking what South Africa’s new energy plan says about nuclear energy.
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.
Nuclear fusion may power post-carbon societies – but it won’t save us from climate change.
Nuclear waste is dangerous, will outlast our civilisation and needs to be dealt with as safely as possible.
The state of Australia’s energy and climate change policy is reason to despair. But there may be a nuclear solution that keeps both sides happy.
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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ARC Australian Laureate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Doctoral student, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Energy, The Open University
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Professor, Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University
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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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Associate Professor of Physics, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior lecturer & Deputy Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders 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 of Geology, The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Physics, Curtin University
