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PUBLIC OPINION RECOVERS: POLITICIANS REMAIN DEAF
First, the good news. Nuclear power has virtually recovered from the knock it took over Fukushima. Indeed, according to an Ipsos MORI poll between December 2 and 8 exactly half the population is now in favour of replacing existing nuclear power stations and only 20% against. That compares with a favourable 36/28% rating in June last year – three months after the Japanese disaster. Read more...
France will launch a security review at all its nuclear sites following a recent break-in at two EDF nuclear facilities by Greenpeace protesters, prime minister Francois Fillon said yesterday.
Three reactor units damaged by the earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan have reached a stable state of cold shutdown, prime minister Yoshihiko Noda said today.
Clean energy is as important to mankind as clean air and water.
However, one might well ask:
How did ancient man survive without coal, oil, gas and electricity? The answer is that he had manpower (including slaves), horsepower (and even elephants) to satisfy his unsophisticated needs in a world of small population.
Three reactor units damaged by the earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan have reached a stable state of cold shutdown, prime minister Yoshihiko Noda said today.
Nuclear energy contributes to lower system costs and electricity prices, and as a large scale low-carbon energy option will remain in the EU power generation mix, the European Commission says in an energy policy roadmap published today.
Areva has put eight major investment projects on hold and will cut operating expenses by 1 billion euro (EUR) (1.3 billion US dollars) by 2015 under a plan intended to reverse losses and allow it to fund capital expenditure with in-house cash by 2014, the company said today.
Nuclear energy cooperation agreements between Japan and four other countries have been approved by both houses of the Japanese Diet (parliament), the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has said.
Delegates at United Nations talks in South Africa agreed a roadmap yesterday towards an agreement that for the first time would force major carbon emitters such as the US, India and China to take action to slow the pace of global climate change.
