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Is Canada betting big on small nuclear reactors? Here’s what you need to know
The Narwhal discusses Is Canada betting big on small nuclear reactors? Here’s what you need to know. Small modular reactors are variously described as a clean energy solution, a waste of time and a new danger. So, what’s the deal?
The federal government could be preparing to bet big on […]
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Report: Is nuclear fusion the answer to the climate crisis?
The Guardian discusses Is nuclear fusion the answer to the climate crisis? Promising new studies suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade.
If all goes as planned, the US will eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions from […]
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Report: The Green Fantasy and Messy Reality of Nuclear Power
New Republic discusses The Green Fantasy and Messy Reality of Nuclear Power. Biden is flirting with the idea of rejuvenating the industry to help decarbonize the economy—and there are skeptics in spades.
Joe Biden will have to do more about climate change than any president before him. He has no choice. Already, […]
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Japan faces another Fukushima disaster crisis
Climate News Network discusses why Japan faces another Fukushima disaster crisis. A plan to dump a million tonnes of radioactive water from the Fukushima disaster off Japan is alarming local people.
The Japanese government has an unsolvable problem: what to do with more than a million tonnes of water contaminated with […]
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Report: Alternative Energy
Lazard issues 2020 report on the cost of wind and solar compared to new and existing fossil and nuclear. The report is titled: Levelized Cost of Energy and Levelized Cost of Storage – 2020.
Rethinkx discusses the cheapest way to transition to clean energy – build 4x as much generation as […]
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Small Nuclear Reactors Would Provide Carbon-Free Energy, but Would They Be Safe?
Inside Climate News discusses Small Nuclear Reactors Would Provide Carbon-Free Energy, but Would They Be Safe? Regulators have approved designs for 12 small reactors to be built in Idaho, but opponents say the project is dangerous and too late to fight climate change.
Many of the remaining coal-fired power […]
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US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor
ABC News discusses how the US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor. The U.S. for the first time has approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor.
U.S. officials have for the first time approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor, and a Utah energy cooperative […]
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Report: ‘Total decarbonization’ would create 25M jobs
E&E News discusses a report showing that : ‘Total decarbonization’ would create 25M jobs.
“Rapid and total decarbonization” of the U.S. economy, by tripling the size of the electric grid and replacing nearly every fuel-burning machine with an electric one, would create 25 million U.S. jobs, according to a new […]
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Nine years on, Fukushima’s mental health fallout lingers
Wired discusses how, nine years on, Fukushima’s mental health fallout lingers. As radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident subsides, a damaging social and psychological legacy continues.
If it were not illegal, Ayumi Iida would love to test a dead body. Recently, she tested a wild boar’s heart. She’s also tested […]
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