After staunch opposition from the likes of Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Bankwatch, Urgewald and BeleNE!, it looks like the long and ignominious history of … Victory in Bulgaria: RWE abandons the Belene nuclear power plantRead more
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Nuclear energy is not clean
Nuclear energy is not clean energy. One need only look at the environmental destruction caused by uranium mining. In his book ‘Wollaston: People Resisting Genocide’, … Nuclear energy is not cleanRead more
Do you want Nuclear energy bill?
There were long faces in Italy this week when the bill for Italy’s proposed nuclear ‘renaissance’ arrived. The bills, which look suspiciously like they were … Do you want Nuclear energy bill?Read more
Dead Iraqi and Afghani Babies Are No Joke
’The horrors of the US Agent Orange defoliation campaign in Vietnam, about which I wrote on Oct. 15, could ultimately be dwarfed by the horrors … Dead Iraqi and Afghani Babies Are No JokeRead more
New nuclear reactor designs
The design for Westinghouse’s AP-1000 has recently been rejected by the US’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission because ‘a key component might not withstand events like earthquakes … New nuclear reactor designsRead more
Olkiluoto nuclear power plant issues
Jouni Silvennoinen, head of OL3 project for Finnish utility TVO, announcing that the reactor might not now be working until 2013, four years later than … Olkiluoto nuclear power plant issuesRead more
London Stock Exchange dropping .Net and going for Gnu/Linux
The London Stock Exchange has entered into exclusive talks to buy Turquoise, the year old pan-European share trading platform that was developed using Agile methodology. … London Stock Exchange dropping .Net and going for Gnu/LinuxRead more
French nuclear waste goes to Russia
Some news that French energy giant EDF might have preferred to keep quiet has emerged in French newspaper, Liberation… The paper said 13 percent of … French nuclear waste goes to RussiaRead more
How French solves nuclear waste
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation — At 18.00h, eleven Greenpeace activists on board three inflatables blocked the Russian cargo vessel ‘Kapitan Kuroptev’. The ship is carrying … How French solves nuclear wasteRead more
Homeless nuclear waste
Standing on the end of Bailey Point, looking out on a cold, blue inlet of the Atlantic, you’d never know a nuclear power plant once … Homeless nuclear wasteRead more