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Anxiety surrounds Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid unrelieved fears of an attack
As reported by the Washington Post.
Read MoreUkraine and Russia Accuse Each Other of Plotting Attack on Nuclear Plant
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, has already been hit by shelling, and the United Nations chief, warning of disaster, called for a demilitarized zone around it. As reported by the New York Times.
Read MoreThe Diablo Canyon nuclear plant: assessing the seismic risks of extended operation
By Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists, published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Read MoreKeeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open is a dangerous waste of effort and money
A business column by Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times.
Read MoreThe danger scenarios at Zaporizhizhia
Writing in Down To Earth, Dr. M.V. Ramana explains the various meltdown risks at the besieged Zaporizhizhia six-reactor nuclear power plant in Ukraine, currently caught up in war fighting: “Broadly speaking, there are three scenarios that might result in the expulsion of radioactive materials from some facility at the Zaporizhzhia complex. “The first is the…
Read MoreEU et al.: Joint Statement dated 12 August 2022 on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
The European Union and others, including the United States of America, have issued a joint statement urging the Russian military to withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
Read MoreZelensky vows Ukraine will seek out Russian troops who target nuclear plant
Updates on the dire situation at and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, as reported by the Washington Post.
Read MoreHow Safe Are Nuclear Power Plants?
A new history reveals that federal regulators consistently assured Americans that the risks of a massive accident were “vanishingly small”—even when they knew they had insufficient evidence to prove it. By Daniel Ford, former executive director of Union of Concerned Scientists, published in The New Yorker. (The photo above shows the corrosion hole in the…
Read MoreNo need for nukes in Germany
Germany has plenty of sustainable ways to meet the energy emergency caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the emphasis firmly on renewables Even Germany’s nuclear companies, such as RWE, are looking forward to a renewable energy future, rather than backwards at the nuclear past. From Climate Energy Weekly (CLEW): German energy company RWE will…
Read MorePhysicians call for ban on attacks on nuclear sites
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) asks governments to call for ban on military attacks on nuclear installations IPPNW PRESS RELEASE, August 11, 2022: The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) are urging governments attending the Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York to call for…
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