Opinion: Gov. Cox is wrong about nuclear power
Nuclear power was born as an afterthought of manufacturing nuclear weapons. It should remain an afterthought.
Time for a course correction?
Ever since the world learnt of nuclear weapons in 1945 following the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the necessity of abolishing them has been widely recognized, starting with the very first resolution of the United Nations. People around the world have worked to eliminate the nuclear threat since then.
Why a national cancer study near US reactors must be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power
The last and only national study of the health risks posed by existing US nuclear reactors was conducted in the late 1980s. But by then, many of the 62 nuclear plants had only been operating for a relatively small number of years, not enough time for the effects of radiogenic exposure to appear in workers and the nearby population. An attempt to launch a new study in 2009 was ultimately cancelled despite many reported cases of cancer and other diseases.
Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants
The researchers estimated that about 20,600 cancer cases in the state—roughly 3.3% of all the cases included in the study—were attributable to living near an NPP, with risk declining sharply beyond roughly 30 kilometers from a facility. The risk of developing cancer attributable to living near an NPP generally increased with age.
The hidden military pressures behind the new push for small nuclear reactors
Donald Trump’s recent visit to the UK saw a so-called “landmark partnership” on nuclear energy. London and Washington announced plans to build 20 small modular reactors and also develop microreactor technology – despite the fact no such plants have yet been built commercially anywhere in the world.
Worker treated, minorly hurt after falling into nuclear reactor cavity at Palisades plant
While reloading fuel to a reactor Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, a previously decommissioned plant that moved to operations status in August, a plant worker fell into the reactor cavity and ingested some of the water inside of it, resulting in radiation protection personnel transferring them offsite for medical attention at 4:32 p.m., according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials. (WWMT)
The Next Nuclear Renaissance?
Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in building new nuclear power stations, particularly among policymakers. This comes some two decades after a previously forecast “nuclear renaissance” petered out, having produced few orders, all of which went badly wrong.
Nuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it
Nuclear generation is expensive and slow to develop. Claims that past failures won’t recur have convinced politicians to socialize investments rejected by private capital markets.