Kyodo After reviewing the business outlook for atomic power amid the Fukushima plant disaster, Hitachi Ltd. has decided to keep its nuclear business development plan and aims to land orders for more than 38 reactors from around the world by 2030, a top company executive said. “Nuclear plants are globally important electricity sources,” Tatsuro Ishizuka, [...]
September 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Nuclear Power | Read More »
BRACEVILLE, Ill. — Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more and more reactors across the nation. Tritium, which is [...]
September 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Nuclear Power | Read More »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Anthony Watts Guest post by Michael Dickey (cross posted from his website matus1976.com) The decline of nuclear power has had a significant effect on global carbon emissions and subsequently any anthropogenic global warming effect. To see the extent of this influence, let us first take a look at total [...]
April 8th, 2011 | Posted in Nuclear Power | Read More »
China has suspended approval for new nuclear power stations following the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. It will also carry out checks at existing reactors and those under construction. China is currently building 27 new reactors – about 40% of the total number being built around the world. The news comes as China grows [...]
March 27th, 2011 | Posted in Nuclear Power | Read More »