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Hansen paper emphasizes importance of retention and expansion of nuclear power for health and climate reasons
2013-04-04 21:30:23| Green Car Congress
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It's too early to herald a US nuclear renaissance
2013-04-04 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: THE phrase "nuclear renaissance" is greatly overused, but the US decision to resume building nuclear power plants after a 30-year hiatus might yet prove worthy of it (see "US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years"). That's not because it will alter the energy landscape in the short term. The US government expects that nuclear power will continue to provide about 20 per cent of the US electricity supply between now and 2035. The new plants will simply replace the output of ageing reactors...
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US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years
2013-04-03 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: YOU could be forgiven for thinking a new era of nuclear energy is under way in the US. On 11 March, crews at the Virgil C Summer power plant in South Carolina completed a 51-hour marathon of pouring concrete. Three days later, in Burke County, Georgia, another concrete base was completed. The two reactors that will sit on these bases will be Westinghouse AP1000s. Like older models, they will use uranium fission to heat water and drive a turbine, but these reactors will be smaller, simpler to build,...
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Three recovering after an incident at a nuclear plant in Missouri
2013-04-03 20:24:33| Energy - Topix.net
Ameren Missouri said in a written statement Tuesday night that the accident occurred in the switch yard area of its Callaway Energy Center shortly after 5:00 p.m. The company didn't elaborate about what happened.
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Over time, nuclear power would kill fewer people than petroleum
2013-04-03 15:35:09| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PopSci: Using nuclear power for energy instead of coal has prevented almost 2 million pollution-related deaths around the world, and could save millions more lives in the future, according to a new paper. Its the latest publication from James Hansen, NASAs fiery climate change scientist, who is retiring on Wednesday after 46 years with the space agency. The paper argues that policymakers should increase nuclear power, rather than continuing dependence on fossil fuels. The 2011 disaster at Japans Fukushima...
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