News & Articles on Nuclear Power

Nuclear is not renewable, but it’s listed here for organizational reasons. I wasn’t really interested in nuclear, didn’t think it had any future, and that it was effectively dead. I wasn’t writing about it. However, like a vampire, nuclear kept rising from the grave and stalking the land. Talk continued of reviving it one more time. This talk had a real effect on public policy in North America, especially in Ontario, Canada. Thus, I felt it necessary to include nuclear topics and this was the place on my web site where it was easiest to insert

EDF – the strategic questions and to-do list

By

Jérôme Guillet

Following my previous post on EDF’s woes and their impact on the European market, here’s a list of topics, both practical and political, that the company needs to deal, and their domestic impact in France.

EDF cuts output at nuclear power plants as French rivers get too warm

By

Julia Kollewe

Company says it is reducing production for few hours where possible as ability to cool plants is restricted

EDF’s woes are a bigger long term problem for EU energy than the war in Ukraine

By

Jérôme Guillet

France is looking at many dark years. All the criticism one can hear about Germany’s decision to close down its nuclear plants misses the fact that gas supply is not the problem for the power sector: the real problem is French nuclear, which allows high gas prices to cause power price increases across the board.

Diablo Canyon’s New Lease on Life

By

Nick Welsh

PG&E’s Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach Gets Stay of Execution Ahead of 2025 Shutdown

There will be no new nuclear power plants in the West

By

Jérôme Guillet

The call for more nuclear power – already loud when the debate was “only” about whether NordStream 2 made sense or not – has grown significantly since the war against Ukraine has started and underlined (yet again) Europe’s dependency on Russian gas. Macron’s announcement in early February to build new nuclear power plants has been followed recently by a strong push to do the same in the UK and by the decision in Belgium to expand the life of its existing plants.

Why the retirement of a California nuclear plant should proceed as planned

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Ralph Cavanagh, Nrdc

The letter to Newsom is premised on the false notion that Diablo Canyon is being “prematurely shut down;” in fact, the Diablo plant is expected to operate through August of 2025, which marks the end of its 40-year federal license.

A massive expansion of domestic Renewable energy stops wars, not just climate change

By

Hans-josef Fell

Firstly, 70% of Russia’s state revenues come from oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear energy deals. State revenues fund its military. Secondly, an EU dependent on imports from any geopolitical adversary will always struggle to impose sanctions on it.

Breaking News: Germany aims to get 100% of energy from renewable sources by 2035

By

Matthias

Economy Minister Robert Habeck has described the accelerated capacity expansion for renewable energy as a key element in making the country less dependent on Russian fossil fuel supplies.

Breaking News: Germany aims for 100% renewables by 2035

By

Carrie Hampel

“This not only benefits climate protection but also makes us independent of Putin’s gas, oil and coal,” tweeted Oliver Krischer, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.

Heat Pumps for Peace and Freedom

By

Bill Mckibben

President Biden should immediately invoke the Defense Production Act to get American manufacturers to start producing electric heat pumps in quantity, so we can ship them to Europe where they can be installed in time to dramatically lessen Putin’s power.