Nuclear power, a cornerstone of Pakistan's energy strategy, holds the promise of addressing the country's chronic energy shortages while offering a...
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AS THE CONSEQUENCES of burning dirty, climate-altering fossil fuels hit harder by the day, many are seizing on nuclear power as a “clean” energy alternative. But how clean is it? Although it may not produce the emissions that burning fossil fuels does, nuclear power presents many other problems. Mining, processing and transporting uranium to fuel reactors creates toxic pollution and destroys ecosystems, and reactors increase risks of nuclear weapons proliferation and radioactive contamination. Disposing of the highly radioactive waste is also challenging. The people living in Ignace and South Bruce, Ontario, are learning about the potential dangers firsthand. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a not-for-profit corporation representing nuclear power companies, has identified those communities as potential sites for disposing of six million bundles of highly radioactive waste in a “deep geological repository.” The federal government has agreed to the organization’s plans. It’s an all-too-common story: environmentally damaging projects foisted on communities that need the money such projects promise. In this case, the NWMO has already paid Indigenous and municipal governments large sums to accept its plans — ignoring communities that will also be affected along transportation routes or downstream of burial sites. According to Canadian Dimension, industry expects to ship [...]
Nuclear power, a cornerstone of Pakistan's energy strategy, holds the promise of addressing the country's chronic energy shortages while offering a...
Eskom is pushing ahead with its plan to extend the life of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station despite concerns about costs and a lack of data on the...
Eskom is pushing ahead with its plan to extend the life of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station despite concerns about costs and a lack of data on the...
The Beijing Summit and Ninth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), held from September 4 to 6, 2024, marked a new...
A scintillating aerogel enabling real-time measurements with excellent sensitivity to certain radioactive gases, essential to monitoring the proper...
A scintillating aerogel enabling real-time measurements with excellent sensitivity to certain radioactive gases, essential to monitoring the proper...
The net zero approach of the Paris agreement has become detached from reality as it increasingly relies on science fiction levels of speculative...
Data reveals that in the first six months of 2024, renewables overtook fossil fuels in EU electricity production. The European Commission announced...
The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity to shift our path away from fossil fuels.
The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity to shift our path away from fossil fuels.