Archive for August 18th, 2008

EU Referendum: Changing the equation

One of the “killer points” against reliance on nuclear energy is the enormous cost of decommissioning power the power stations at the end of their working life. Currently, to deal with first generation of power plants,

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

France Reaffirms Its Faith in Future of Nuclear Power

Here on the Normandy coast, France is building its newest nuclear reactor, the first in 10 years, costing $5.1 billion. But already, President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that France will build another like it.

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

WW 4? and Ouch!

The photographic evidence of the existence of a nuclear reactor under construction at the site was overwhelming: pictures of the reactor under construction, with great similarities to a North Korean plutonium production reactor,

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

Syria hid illegal nuclear reactor under concrete.

Talk about sweeping something under the (Persian) rug. Jerusalem Post reports that Syria avoided Non-Proliferation Treaty violations by hiding a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor under tons of cement.

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Monday, August 18th, 2008