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Is the push for nuclear power a covert push for nuclear weapons?
Building nuclear power stations used to be an effective cover for nuclear weapons programs. So what is it now, with the credibility of nuclear power so very low?
Mark Diesendorf & Richard Broinowski

Aug 26, 2019

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Victoria parliament decides to hold its own nuclear power inquiry
Liberal Democrats motion to hold a 12-month inquiry into nuclear power for Victoria has passed the state Parliament’s upper house.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 15, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Taylor presses nuclear button, as energy wars enter dangerous new phase
Angus Taylor and the Coalition government have taken their war against wind and solar to its next inevitable phase: They’ve pressed the nuclear button.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 5, 2019

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Policy & Planning

“Nuclear energy is never profitable”, new study slams nuclear power business case
Study by leading German economic think-tank finds every 1,000MW of nuclear power plant built since 1951 resulted in an average economic loss of $A7.7 billion.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 29, 2019

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Coal

Nuclear lobby identifies preferred sites for 20 nukes in Australia
Nuclear proponents identify most likely sites in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia for up to 20 nukes they think should be built in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 15, 2019

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Japan energy policy targets “urgent” low-carbon push
Japan energy White Paper details “urgent challenge” of switching to low-carbon electricity supply, sets low-ball renewables target of 22-24% by 2030.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 11, 2019

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Renewables

Japan’s Tepco plans 7GW renewables roll-out, in pivot away from nuclear
Japan’s biggest utility reveals plans to develop up to 7GW of new renewable energy capacity, in effort to “gain the competitive advantage.”
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 26, 2018

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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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Commentary

Nuclear cannot keep up with wind, and solar is coming next
Even countries with long-standing nuclear aims are adding wind power much faster, as Brazil, China, and India show. Those interested in the fastest way to mitigate climate change can forget nuclear.
Craig Morris

Sep 28, 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

Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa
South African power utility Eskom recently repeated that it will not conclude supply contracts with developers of new renewable energy power stations.
Hartmut Winkler

Aug 22, 2017

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