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Germany’s Nuclear Energy Phaseout: The Timetable
By the end of 2022 Germany will have no nuclear power plants remaining. To put the numbers in perspective I will estimate how much solar power will need to be added to replace the lost production due to each reactor being closed early.[read more]
The Roots of German Nuclear Energy Skepticism
The German anti-nuclear movement is intimately linked to the peace movement, and managed to link the public’s fear of nuclear annihilation with questions about the civil use of nuclear energy.[read more]
A Few Insights on the State of Nuclear
The issue of nuclear electricity is a complex one. In this post, I offer a few insights into the nuclear electric situation based on recent reports and statistical data. According to BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy, the highest year of nuclear electric production was 2006. Now, however, two trends have emerged.[read more]
Worldwide Nuclear Energy Expansion Continues
Photo credit: Gregor WolfGlobal production of nuclear energy is expected to grow significantly in future years, despite setbacks in Japan and Germany, as China and the United States eyes next-generation reactors. Worldwide nuclear electricity generating capacity is expected to increase between 44 percent and 99 percent by 2035, the...[read more]
Japan Nuclear Concerns Update & Energy Ethics from Germany
TEPCO has detected radiation of up to 4,000 millisieverts per hour in the air at the building housing reactor unit 1 at the Fukushima nuclear facility. Readings were collected from a robot sent into reactor unit 1 on June 3rd. Heavy steam has also been observed rising from the floor of reactor unit 1.Record Radiation Levels at...[read more]
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“This reflects some of the Vehement/viceral/ One track minded attitude that I think I've noticed with some Renewables/GW enthusisats. I will use some humour to exaggeratingly illustrate the point. In a Top Secrete, High level SPANISH Government debate.."The Economy is bad, what tough choices do / MUST we, COURAGEOUSLY make to recover?"Fund Solar Power, or Starve the ...”
“Since CCS has not yet been demonstrated on a very large scale, it is dangerous to speculate about how quickly it can be rolled out, but given that the technology is quite a lot simpler and less capital intensive than nuclear, it could potentially be rolled out significantly faster. We will also have to see how the public reacts to CO2 storage when it becomes a large scale reality. It should ...”