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The Future of Nuclear Energy, Fact and Fiction

Posted Sun, 10/11/2009 - 21:17 by admin

A Three-Part Article by Dr. Michael Dittmar. Dr. Dittmar is a researcher with the Institute of Particle Physics of ETH Zurich, and he also works at CERN in Geneva.
(retrieved from the Oil Drum Europe)

http://www.theoildrum.com/user/Francois%20Cellier/stories

Part I: Nuclear Fission Energy Today
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/5631

Nuclear reactor design has safety flaw

Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 13:40 by admin

Federal regulators say a nuclear reactor design chosen by FPL and another Florida utility has structural flaws that might not stand up to natural disasters such as hurricanes.

BY CURTIS MORGAN
cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com

The nuclear reactor design that Florida Power & Light has chosen for its expansion at Turkey Point has safety flaws, federal regulators said Thursday.

Apocalypse Now and Next: From Gulf Spill to Nuke Disaster

Posted Thu, 06/17/2010 - 11:57 by admin

We just ignited a disaster beyond our technical control. Why are we on the brink of doing it again?

AlterNet / By Harvey Wasserman

June 10, 2010

As BP's ghastly gusher assaults the Gulf of Mexico and so much more, a tornado has forced shut the Fermi2 atomic reactor at the site of a 1966 melt-down that nearly irradiated the entire Great Lakes region.

Nuclear Renaissance Takes Three Hits to the Head

Posted Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:15 by admin

November 12, 2009

The much-hyped "Renaissance" of atomic power has taken three devastating hits with potentially fatal consequences.

The usually supine Nuclear Regulatory Commission has told Toshiba's Westinghouse Corporation that its "standardized" AP-1000 design might not withstand hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes.