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
Hitachi may freeze British nuclear project due to swelling costs
By
Kyodo
If the Japanese conglomerate freezes the ¥3 trillion Wylfa Newydd plant construction, all of the overseas nuclear projects promoted by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as part of his growth strategy would have faltered.
Japan dropping nuclear plant export to Turkey over rising costs
By
Asahi Shimbun
Japan has all but abandoned plans to export nuclear plant technology to Turkey, dealing another blow to a pillar of the Abe administration’s economic growth strategy.
Backstory: Macron To Close Multiple Nuclear Reactors, But Why Now?
By
Michael Bernard
President Emmanuel Macron of France depressed nuclear executives globally in late November 2018, announcing the planned retirement of 14 of 58 reactors by 2035. This was still less than was promised in his election campaign, but represents a major internal political battle, as well as a major change of France’s circumstances.
Will 2018 be the year of new nuclear design success?
By
Craig Morris
The new third generation (EPR) nuclear reactor is being built in France and Finland and is also proposed in the UK. A similar design went into operation in South Korea in December 2016 – but it remains the only one running commercially worldwide. That could change soon, however, as Craig Morris explains.
SLO County could be a ‘renewable energy hub’ after Diablo closes. Here’s how, Congressman Carbajal says
By
Kaytlyn Leslie
Congressman Salud Carbajal announced a new bill Monday to encourage investment in renewable energy businesses in San Luis Obispo County. The bill, called the Energy Opportunity Zone Act, is targeted to help the region stay competitive in the energy sector once one of its main energy producers, Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, closes in 2025.
The disaster of the European nuclear industry
By
Hans – Josef Fell and Eva Stegen
The “European Pressurized Reactor (EPR)”, once proclaimed to be a new impetus for the nuclear renaissance, turned out to be a disaster, characterized by safety deficiencies and cost explosions.
Can nuclear and renewables coexist?
By
Craig Morris
Ramping – when power plants adjust their output according to market needs – is crucial in an energy system that includes renewables. So can nuclear reactors ramp enough to accommodate significant shares of wind and solar?
France to close five nuclear reactors?
By
Craig Morris
Without any official announcement having been made, French nuclear reactor operator EDF seems poised to close up to five reactors next year. What will this mean for the French energy market?
Hinkley Point: the ‘dreadful deal’ behind the world’s most expensive power plant
By
Holly Watt
Building Britain’s first new nuclear reactor since 1995 will cost twice as much as the 2012 Olympics – and by the time it is finished, nuclear power could be a thing of the past. How could the government strike such a bad deal?
Power Failure: How utilities across the U.S. changed the rules to make big bets with your money
By
Tony Bartelme
Over the past decade, state legislatures across the country rewrote rule books for how power companies pay for new power plants, shifting financial risks away from electric companies to you and everyone else. This rule change ignited a bonfire of risky spending — $40 billion so far on new power plants and upgrades, a Post and Courier investigation found.
