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- ‘Ignored for 70 years’: human rights group to investigate uranium contamination on Navajo Nation Wed, 27 Oct 21, 9:20pmBoost for advocates’ group is step further in decades-long fight against mining pollution
- Should Australia build nuclear power plants to combat the climate crisis? Wed, 13 Oct 21, 3:30amThough renewable energy could meet 100% of demand by 2025, the nuclear option still looms over discussions on how to rapidly lower emissions. Is it worth it?
- Explainer: should Australia build nuclear power plants to combat the climate crisis? Wed, 13 Oct 21, 3:30amThough renewable energy could meet 100% of demand by 2025, the nuclear option still looms over discussions on how to rapidly lower emissions. Is it worth it?
- Nuclear energy is key in fight for climate | Letter Wed, 1 Sep 21, 2:30amIgnore the myths about nuclear power, writes Rob Loveday of Generation Atomic – it is an essential source of clean energy
- Nuclear energy is anything but clean | Letter Thu, 26 Aug 21, 3:06amThe nuclear power industry has successfully rebranded an appallingly toxic energy industry by never mentioning the terrible legacy of nuclear waste, writes Ann Denise Lanes
- ‘A combination of failures:’ why 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste is buried on a popular California beach Tue, 24 Aug 21, 8:00pmThe San Onofre nuclear power plant shut down years ago – but residents and experts worry what will happen with the waste left behind
- ‘A combination of failures:’ why 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste is buried under a popular California beach Tue, 24 Aug 21, 8:00pmThe San Onofre nuclear power plant shut down years ago – but residents and experts worry what will happen with the waste left behind
- If we want to fight the climate crisis, we must embrace nuclear power | Bhaskar Sunkara Mon, 21 Jun 21, 8:18pmA powerful form of clean energy already exists – and it is far more reliable than wind and solar
- Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station review – so boring it’s a masterpiece! Thu, 3 Jun 21, 7:00amThere’s a scene more dull than watching paint dry ... and yet somehow, this BBC documentary on a new nuclear reactor is a staggering, bravura-filled feat
- Chinese nuclear firm told it must resolve Bradwell safety issues Tue, 12 Jan 21, 5:43amDisposal of radioactive waste is one of six issues to be addressed before plant in Essex can go ahead
- UK’s nuclear sites costing taxpayers ‘astronomical sums’, say MPs Fri, 27 Nov 20, 6:00pmPublic accounts committee says ignorance, incompetence and weak oversight to blame
- Terrawatch: could granite solve the hard problem of nuclear waste storage? Wed, 3 Jun 20, 6:30amResearchers have found the rock has a self-sealing mechanism that keeps fluids locked away
- A nuclear waste site where the biggest fear isn’t radiation, but coronavirus Mon, 4 May 20, 8:00pmWorkers at ‘most toxic place in America’ are terrified to return to a site where there has been very little protection from the outbreak
- Sellafield nuclear waste site to close due to coronavirus Thu, 19 Mar 20, 4:33amMagnox reprocessing plant will begin controlled shutdown after 8% of staff self-isolate
- Matt Canavan announces nuclear waste dump location in South Australia Sat, 1 Feb 20, 8:54amFarm on Eyre Peninsula volunteered by owner to house low and medium risk waste