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Russia woos Namibia to mine uranium, sparking water safety fears
4 weeks ago

Russia woos Namibia to mine uranium, sparking water safety fears

Al Jazeera  

Russian company Rosatom is trying to drill for uranium in Namibia. “Should uranium mining be allowed, it could render the water in the southeastern region of Namibia unfit for human and animal consumption, effectively bringing agriculture to a total and permanent standstill in the area,” said former Namibia Agricultural Union president, Piet Gouws, speaking to the Namibian Sun in 2022. …

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Chris Bowen says the average time to construct a nuclear plant in the United States has been 19 years. Is that correct?
9 months ago

Chris Bowen says the average time to construct a nuclear plant in the United States has been 19 years. Is that correct?

ABC  

The claim Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Ted O'Brien has floated a 10-year timeline for having a nuclear power plant up and running in Australia. The average build time of a nuclear power plant in the United States has been 19 years," he said. "A survey of nuclear projects built in the US since 1970 shows an average …

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Portugal’s Political Chaos Could Be Big For Nuclear Energy
1 year, 1 month ago

Portugal’s Political Chaos Could Be Big For Nuclear Energy

Huff Post  

A couple look out at the skyline of Lisbon, Portugal, from a public garden. “Nuclear is something that we don’t discuss in Portugal, but the energy transition could turn into one of the central points of the next election,” he said after the event. “Renewable energy, namely wind power plants and photovoltaic power plants, don’t solve the problem.” Portugal, he …

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Nuclear Plants Are 'well Protected' from All Types of Intrusions: Govt
2 years ago

Nuclear Plants Are 'well Protected' from All Types of Intrusions: Govt

News 18  

The government on Thursday asserted that nuclear plants in the country are “well protected” from intrusions including cyber attacks. Minister of State, Department of Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh also said the government has entered into Inter-Government Agreements with the Russian Federation for setting up Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. “I can assure this House that the nuclear plants are well protected …

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The Nuclear Industry Argues Regulators Don’t Understand New Small Reactors (Correct)
2 years, 10 months ago

The Nuclear Industry Argues Regulators Don’t Understand New Small Reactors (Correct)

Bloomberg  

The nuclear power industry is betting its future on a new generation of reactors small enough to fit on a truck—an emerging technology that mostly uses alternatives to water for cooling, runs at lower pressure than traditional units, and costs far less than the behemoth power plants and cooling towers that define the nuclear landscape today. The new guidelines aren’t …

Are We At The Dawn Of A Nuclear Energy Renaissance?
3 years ago

Are We At The Dawn Of A Nuclear Energy Renaissance?

Huff Post  

The worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster is a recent and painful memory in Japan. And reactors offer what the Energy Department described as “by far the highest capacity factor of any energy source,” meaning “nuclear power plants are producing maximum power more than 93% of the time during the year.” That makes nuclear 1.5 to 2 times …

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Could Ukraine’s nuclear industry face another Chernobyl?
3 years, 7 months ago

Could Ukraine’s nuclear industry face another Chernobyl?

Al Jazeera  

Thirty-five years after the disaster, the nuclear industry is Ukraine’s most reliable economic lifeline. Thirty-five years after a botched security test caused the worst nuclear disaster in history, he is at the helm of Energoatom, a state-run consortium in charge of Ukraine’s four nuclear stations and their 15 reactors. “The switch to Westinghouse fuel is potentially dangerous,” Oskar Njaa, the …

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