Nuclear Power
How 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 MoreA disaster is looming at a huge Ukrainian nuclear power plant
Washington Post Editorial Board opinion.
Read MoreShelling at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Is Raising Fears of an Accident. Here’s a Look at the Risks.
Repeated shelling inside the plant’s complex over the past seven days has stirred new concerns of a nuclear accident. As reported by the New York Times.
Read More“War Proves Nuclear is always a Weapon”
Beyond Nuclear appeared on the Thom Hartmann Program on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Thom wrote “Does the Ukraine Nuclear Plant Under fire Show Off the Dangers of Nuclear Power? – Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist – Beyond Nuclear.” Thom interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, about the repeated military attacks on the Zaporizhzhia…
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…
Read MoreUN nuclear watchdog warns of ‘grave hour’ amid fresh shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant
Agency chief calls for immediate end to military activity around plant, saying further ‘deeply worrying’ incidents could lead to disaster. As reported by The Guardian.
Read MoreStatement of the G7 Foreign Ministers in support of the IAEA´s efforts to promote Nuclear Safety and Security at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
As communicated via the G7 press release.
Read MoreUpdate 89 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
As reported by a United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency press release dated August 9, 2022.
Read MoreAnti-aircraft defence around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant will be beefed up – RIA cites Russian-backed official
As reported by Reuters.
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