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- Residents vote against nuclear waste dump near Hawker in South Australia Thu, 12 Dec 19, 6:47pmGreen groups say 52% vote against federal government facility should rule out region as potential site
- Radiation hotspots 'found near Fukushima Olympic site' Wed, 4 Dec 19, 11:47pmGreenpeace calls for fresh monitoring of region where nuclear disaster occurred
- A lightbulb moment for nuclear fusion? Sun, 27 Oct 19, 7:00pmBoris Johnson’s gung-ho claims may be wide of the mark, but scientists pursuing the holy grail of energy generation are taking giant steps
- 'The most divisive thing': two small towns brace for a vote on nuclear waste Sun, 27 Oct 19, 6:00amWhatever the result, the communities on SA’s Eyre peninsula are split over the issue – and will be for some time
- Nuclear energy and alternatives old and new | Letters Thu, 15 Aug 19, 2:02amLet’s go for an expansive renewable energy system, backed up with energy efficiency and energy storage, says David Blackburn. Plus Mike Ellwood on the integral fast reactor, and John Barstow on the case for keeping coal...
- Strategies for nuclear weapons and waste | Letters Thu, 8 Aug 19, 2:59amIt is essential that Europe does not become the arena for a build-up of nuclear weapons, writes Catherine West MP. It is surely time to bury the Micawber principle, says Professor Neil HyattAs we mark the 74th anniversary...
- Nothing new in Coalition's nuclear awakening. No, wait, perhaps there is | Katharine Murphy Sat, 15 Jun 19, 6:00amCould this be the catalyst for the Coalition of 2019 to reconnect itself with the position it adopted in 2007 for sound reasons?
- Nothing new in Coalition's nuclear awakening. No wait, perhaps there is Sat, 15 Jun 19, 6:00amCould this be the catalyst for the Coalition of 2019 to reconnect itself with the position it adopted in 2007 for sound reasons?
- US to label nuclear waste as less dangerous to quicken cleanup Thu, 6 Jun 19, 7:33amEnergy department says labeling some waste as low-level at sites in Washington state, Idaho and South Carolina will save $40bn
- Fukushima grapples with toxic soil that no one wants Mon, 11 Mar 19, 7:25pmEight years after the disaster, not a single location will take the millions of cubic metres of radioactive soil that remain
- Vulnerable nuclear waste stockpiles are becoming a "global crisis" Wed, 6 Feb 19, 8:00amNuclear waste is quickly becoming one of the world's biggest problems. Earth's growing stockpile of radioactive waste is troublesome, because these chemicals remain in their radioactive state for several millennia — and...
- Vulnerable nuclear waste stockpiles are becoming a"global crisis" Tue, 5 Feb 19, 8:00amNuclear waste is quickly becoming one of the world's biggest problems. Earth's growing stockpile of radioactive waste is troublesome, because these chemicals remain in their radioactive state for several millennia — and...
- Toxic legacy: what to do with Britain's nuclear waste – Science Weekly podcast Fri, 25 Jan 19, 5:00pmThe UK has a problem and it isn’t going to go away anytime soon. But what to do about it? This week Geoff Marsh explores two options, including plans to bury the UK’s nuclear waste deep underground
- Scrapping of nuclear plant should see UK renewables filling the void | Letters Sat, 19 Jan 19, 3:13amReaders respond to news that Hitachi has pulled out of the proposed Wylva nuclear power plant in AngleseyThe pulling out of Hitachi from the proposed Wylva nuclear power plant is a good thing for energy policy – not a serious...
- Sellafield, former star of the nuclear age, scrubs up for a different future Sun, 16 Dec 18, 2:59amWhen uranium was scarce, reprocessing was all the rage. Two decades on, the Cumbrian plant, though still a major source of jobs, has outlived its missionDeep in the heart of Sellafield, Britain’s biggest nuclear waste site,...