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Big claims and corporate spin about small nuclear reactor costs
The nuclear inquiry has seen some bold claims and corporate spin about future costs of small modular reactors. But they’re undermined by the authors of the reports they cite.
Jim Green

Sep 19, 2019

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Policy & Planning

The ‘advanced’ nuclear power sector is fuelling climate change, and WMDs
The premise of Australian inquiry is that “new technologies in the field are leading to cleaner, safer and more efficient energy production.” They are not.
Jim Green

Sep 11, 2019

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Other Good Stuff

Small modular reactors and the nuclear culture wars
As another Australian journalist wades into the nuclear culture wars – this time spruiking small modular reactors – it’s a good time for a fact-check on this fabled technology.
Jim Green

Aug 28, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Nuclear war erupts between Australian super funds
Industry Super research on nuclear is diminished by its use of the self-interested wishful thinking of the nuclear industry.
Jim Green

Jul 12, 2019

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Renewables

Nuclear power exits Australia’s energy debate, enters culture wars
In Australia, support for nuclear power is increasingly marginalised to the far-right – support for nuclear power has become a sign of tribal loyalty.
Jim Green

Jun 13, 2019

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The era of nuclear decommissioning
After a growth spurt from the 1960s to the ’90s, then 20 years of stagnation, the Era of Nuclear Decommissioning is upon us.
Jim Green

Feb 1, 2018

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Is there a future for ‘pro-nuclear environmentalism’?
Nuclear lobbyists – especially the self-styled ‘pro-nuclear environmentalists’ – are few in number. So how much longer can they keep flogging a dead horse?
Jim Green

Oct 30, 2017

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Policy & Planning

James Hansen’s Generation IV nuclear fallacies and fantasies
Climate scientist James Hansen’s claims about Generation IV nuclear concepts simply don’t stack up, argues Jim Green.
Jim Green

Aug 28, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

How South Australians dumped a nuclear dump
Last November, a Citizens’ Jury rejected “under any circumstances” plans to import nuclear waste as a money-making venture. So is the dump dead?
Jim Green

Jun 15, 2017

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New nuclear push digs deep into vault of alternative facts
In a visit to Australia this week, US nuclear power advocate Jessica Lovering brings a suitcase full of alternative facts. Let’s unpack them.
Jim Green

May 31, 2017

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Nuclear power lobbyists ‘freaked out’ as crisis deepens
The most important impact of the crisis facing Toshiba and Westinghouse is the chilling effect it will have ‒ and is already having ‒ on the nuclear power industry.
Jim Green

Apr 13, 2017

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Nuclear power’s rapidly accelerating crisis
A fire-sale is underway as the punch-drunk nuclear power industry tries to stop the rot.
Jim Green

Feb 22, 2017

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