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The Air-Conditioning Debate Isn’t Really About Air-Conditioning
The Air-Conditioning Debate Isn’t Really About Air-Conditioning Less of What We Don’t Need Jacobin recently published an article calling for a national and worldwide expansion of air-conditioning usage. In it the writer, Leigh Phillips, used the suffering of economically and ecologically stressed people and communities during heat waves as a rationale for doubling down on […]
The National Infrastructure Commission’s plan for a renewable UK
The National Infrastructure Commission’s plan for a renewable UK The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) was launched by then-chancellor George Osborne in October 2015 to “think dispassionately and independently about Britain’s long-term infrastructure needs in areas like transport, energy, communication, flood defence and the like.” Well, the NIC has now thought dispassionately and independently about energy […]
US “Asleep At The Wheel” – As Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse
US “Asleep At The Wheel” – As Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse A new, shocking report by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP), Harvard University, and the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy discovered that the US nuclear power industry could be on the verge of a […]
Another Nuclear Bailout?
Another Nuclear Bailout? As pulp fiction aficionados, we love a good hostage situation. Last week, New Jersey joined the list of states seemingly eager to bail out politically well-connected nuclear power plant operators. Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill that would grant subsidies of up to $300 million per yearto the owners of the Salem […]
Russia Launches “Floating Chernobyl” Bound For The Arctic
Russia Launches “Floating Chernobyl” Bound For The Arctic On Saturday, the world’s first floating nuclear power unit (FPU) dubbed ‘Academik Lomonosov’ departed from the region of Baltiyskiy Zavod in St. Petersburg, towed by two deep-sea tugboats. The ‘Academik Lomonosov,’ a massive barge containing floating nuclear reactors, leaves St. Petersburg over the weekend. (Source: Anton Vaganov/TASS) A-News captures video of […]
Move Over Chernobyl, Fukushima is Now Officially the Worst Nuclear Power Disaster in History
Move Over Chernobyl, Fukushima is Now Officially the Worst Nuclear Power Disaster in History Photo by thierry ehrmann | CC BY 2.0 The radiation dispersed into the environment by the three reactor meltdowns at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan has exceeded that of the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, so we may stop calling it the “second […]
Fukushima Jitters
Fukushima Jitters Fukushima is full of nasty surprises, similar to John Carpenter’s classic film The Thing (1982), which held audiences to the edge of their seats in anticipation of creepy monsters leaping out from “somebody, anybody, nobody knows for sure,” but unlike Hollywood films, Fukushima’s consequences are real and dire and deathly. It’s an on-going […]
Energy Externalities Day 4: Nuclear Power
Energy Externalities Day 4: Nuclear Power It’s now day 4 of the Energy Externality Game. Diesel generators were next on the list, but I decided to skip over that for the time being and to move on to the more exciting topic of nuclear power. Nuclear power has a long supply chain and needs to […]
Nuclear Reactors, Bankrupting Their Owners, Closing Early
Nuclear Reactors, Bankrupting Their Owners, Closing Early On January 22, FirstEnergy Corporation announced that its faulty and nearly-self-destructed Davis-Besse power reactor east of Toledo, Ohio, will be closed well before its license expires. But the shutdown is not because the reactor represents reckless endangerment of public health and safety. FirseEnergy was fine with that. No, […]
Here is what’s holding back China’s plans for world domination
Here is what’s holding back China’s plans for world domination Australia may be the worlds largest exporter of coal, sending out 388 million tons in 2015, but China’s production of coal the same year was 3,747 million tons — nearly ten times as much, and nearly half of global coal production. But the Chinese coal […]
China’s “Hualong 1” passes the first stage of the UK GDA process
China’s “Hualong 1” passes the first stage of the UK GDA process With little fanfare last week, the Chinese designed HPR1000 (previously Hualong-1), pressurised water reactor, cleared the first of four stages in the General Design Assessment (GDA) administered by the UK Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR). China General Nuclear (CGN) proposes to build 2 […]
Get Ready for a New Chernobyl in Ukraine
Get Ready for a New Chernobyl in Ukraine With the onset of winter and the increasing strain on Ukraine’s energy system, the threat of a new nuclear disaster in Central Europe is becoming more than just a theoretical danger. According to analysts from Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS), there is an 80% probability of […]
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Radiation Levels Reach Record Highs As Hole In Reactor Discovered
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Radiation Levels Reach Record Highs As Hole In Reactor Discovered With just 3 years left until the 2020 Olympics, Japan is likely desperate to reassure the world’s athletes that all is well, but an admission from TEPCO – the Fukushima nuclear plant operator – that they discovered a hole at least one square meter in […]
In Fukushima, A Bitter Legacy Of Radiation, Trauma and Fear
In Fukushima, A Bitter Legacy Of Radiation, Trauma and Fear Five years after the nuclear power plant meltdown, a journey through the Fukushima evacuation zone reveals some high levels of radiation and an overriding sense of fear. For many, the psychological damage is far more profound than the health effects. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images A radiation monitoring […]
