Nuclear Power

Opposing Labour’s climate vandalism is difficult – and vital.

Labour government's first year in power "like a dance pattern with impressive forward strides and sudden backwards steps."

Sellafield - the most hazardous building in Britain - is still leaking radioactive water.

A new report skewers claim ‘the world is going nuclear’ and nuclear ‘newcomers’ will save the industry from its decades-long decline.

Conservative political parties in Australia actually believe that nuclear power is popular - based on biased push-polling.

The latest nuclear power ‘renaissance’ is going in reverse.

There is no clear future for nuclear.

Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military over the past fortnight.

The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies.

'As the expensive and hazardous job of cleaning up the radioactive legacy Hunterston leaves in its wake now begins, Scotland must press on with plans to harness more clean, renewable energy.'

A new report from Friends of the Earth Australia details the catastrophic cost overruns with nuclear power projects.

Nuclear energy is no solution to climate breakdown say 300 organisations internationally ahead of COP26.

Fraud, counterfeiting, bribery, corruption, sabotage, theft, and other criminal activities are rife in global nuclear industry.

The Fukushima disaster was fuelled by Australian uranium but lessons were not learned and the industry continues to fuel global nuclear insecurity with irresponsible uranium export policies.

Bradwell B, a proposed nuclear power plant, appears to be moving forward to its construction phase during the Covid-19 pandemic without proper public consultation.

Irresponsible tactics are being used to bury social and environmental problems associated with the Fukushima nuclear disaster as Olympics approach in Japan.

The Gulf faces unique challenges when it comes to nuclear power - yet four reactors are under construction at Barakah.

The 'advanced' nuclear power sector is dystopian because of its connections to fossil fuel mining and nuclear weapons proliferation.

Major energy procurement projects need independent oversight at all stages, argues multi-faith climate justice group in South Africa.

Operator EDF Energy given the go-ahead to return Reactor 4 at Hunterston B power station in North Ayrshire to service.

Small modular reactors are being heavily promoted but the economics don't stack up.

A decline in the number of power reactors and escalating battles over reactor lifespan extensions and decommissioning approaches.

Nuclear accounts for a small fraction of energy in the IPCC's low-carbon scenarios. Renewables do the heavy lifting.

Decades of deceit have been thrown overboard with the new nuclear sales pitch, argues JIM GREEN. The new sales pitch openly links nuclear power to weapons and argues that weapons programs will be jeopardised unless greater subsidies are provided for the civil nuclear industry