Archive for 'Renewable Energy'
INTERVIEW: Former U.S. nuke watchdog chair says regulators must stay independent
As it is poised to impose strict regulatory measures on the operation of nuclear power plants, the Nuclear Regulation Authority is increasingly met by opposition that it is making the resumption of plants that are currently offline virtually impossible. Full Story
Posted: March 18th, 2013 under Conservation, Energy Efficiency, New Nukes, Renewable Energy.
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The next big thing in energy: Decentralization
The smart energy analysts over at Pike Research — which puts out weekly reports I’d love to see but can never afford — recently published an interesting brief, and for once it’s free! It’s a high-level overview of “Five Metatrends to Watch in 2013 and Beyond” in the energy sector. Metatrends! (I really wanted to [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2013 under Conservation, Energy Efficiency, New Nukes, Renewable Energy.
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Taxpayers Steaming Over Florida Nuclear Plant’s Shuttering
The operator of Florida’s Crystal River nuclear plant sent shockwaves through the state when it announced recently that it was shutting down the facility for good. When nuclear plants have closed elsewhere, locals have cheered. But in Citrus County, it’s been more like a death in the family. Full Story
Posted: February 18th, 2013 under Conservation, New Nukes, Renewable Energy.
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Our Atomic Dominoes Are Falling
By Harvey Wasserman Two more atomic dominoes have hit the deck. At least a half-dozen more teeter on the brink, which would take the US reactor count under 100. But can we bury them before the next Fukushima erupts?
Posted: February 18th, 2013 under Conservation, New Nukes, Renewable Energy.
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TAURO: Retrofit vents at Oyster Creek
Picture yourself as a control room operator at a nuclear plant like Oyster Creek in Lacey during a severe accident and being faced with a decision as difficult as that in “Sophie’s Choice,” when the mother had to choose which of her two children to save from the concentration camps.
Posted: February 13th, 2013 under Renewable Energy.
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Power exports peak, despite nuclear phase-out
Renewable energy sources are booming in Germany, and electric utilities exported more power in 2012 than ever before. But energy experts warn that what sounds like progress has its downsides. Germany began turning off its nuclear power plants 18 months ago, following the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Since then, many in the business and industrial [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2012 under Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy.
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ALEC Says It Plans To Craft Legislation To Take Down State Renewable Energy Targets
Two leading conservative political organizations say they are stepping up coordinated efforts to repeal state-level renewable energy targets. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — a “stealth business lobbyist” that works with corporate interests to help them write and implement “model” legislation — says it may soon start crafting laws designed to kill or weaken [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2012 under Renewable Energy.
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Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US
While traveling in Japan several weeks ago, Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen took soil samples in Tokyo public parks, playgrounds, and rooftop gardens. All the samples would be considered nuclear waste if found here in the US. This level of contamination is currently being discovered throughout Japan. At the US NRC Regulatory Information Conference in Washington, DC [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2012 under Conservation, New Nukes, Renewable Energy.
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HARVEY WASSERMAN: NUCLEAR POWER’S GREEN MOUNTAIN GRASSROOTS DEMISE
Harvey Wasserman Nuclear power’s green mountain grassroots demise March 16, 2012 In the wake of Fukushima, grassroots citizen action is shutting the worldwide nuclear power industry. A Solartopian tipping point is upon us in the US, Europe and Japan which will re-define how the human race gets its energy.
Posted: March 19th, 2012 under Conservation, New Nukes, Renewable Energy.
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Nuke crisis far from under control as TEPCO’s ‘inadequate predictions’ continue
The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is far from over. I became certain of this when the power plant was opened to the media on Feb. 20, and witnessed the reality of what was going on inside. This, despite the government’s declaration just two months prior, that the reactors had achieved a [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2012 under Conservation, New Nukes, Renewable Energy.
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