U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline J. Matthew Roney http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2013/update116 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update September 10, 2013 Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. After increasing rapidly since the 1970s, electricity generation at U.S. nuclear plants began to grow more slowly in the early 2000s. It …
Machismo And Energy Policy
While the importance of “feminine” values is today acknowledged in most domains, why is it that these values are not recognised in the energy sector? Moreover there is an increasing push to develop mega-projects that are risky and senseless in every mea- ning of the word: the oil sands pipeline …
Peak Uranium – And Other Threats To Nuclear Power
Background: This article discusses the fact that the world will “run out of uranium” about the same time it “runs out of oil”. It is a limitation that was recognized from the very earliest days of nuclear research. Before the first commercial reactors were ever built, nuclear scientists were well …
Can U.S. Nuclear Plants Handle a Major Natural Disaster?
Can U.S. Nuclear Plants Handle a Major Natural Disaster? by John Sullivan, Special to ProPublica March 13, 2011, 5:12 p.m. Personal message Print Share255 Futaba Kosei Hospital patients who might have been exposed to radiation are carried into the compound of Fukushima Gender Equality Centre in Nihonmatsu on March 13, …
Can U.S. Nuclear Plants Handle a Major Natural Disaster?
As engineers in Japan struggle to bring quake-damaged reactors under control, attention is turning to U.S. nuclear plants and their ability to withstand natural disasters. Read more…