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Hansen paper emphasizes importance of retention and expansion of nuclear power for health and climate reasons
2013-04-04 21:30:23| Green Car Congress
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Over time, nuclear power would kill fewer people than petroleum
2013-04-03 15:35:09| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PopSci: Using nuclear power for energy instead of coal has prevented almost 2 million pollution-related deaths around the world, and could save millions more lives in the future, according to a new paper. Its the latest publication from James Hansen, NASAs fiery climate change scientist, who is retiring on Wednesday after 46 years with the space agency. The paper argues that policymakers should increase nuclear power, rather than continuing dependence on fossil fuels. The 2011 disaster at Japans Fukushima...
Taishan Nuclear Power Plant
2013-04-03 11:00:00| Power Technology
Taishan Nuclear Power Station is expected to be the worlds largest nuclear power plant when it starts commercial operations in December 2013. With an installed capacity of 1,750MW per unit, the nuclear power plant (NPP) is being built in a Chinese t
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Volcano Power Tapped by Marubeni as Nuclear Alternative: Energy
2013-03-31 20:56:07| Food - Topix.net
Marubeni Corp., the biggest investor in electricity generation among Japan's trading houses, is working on how to revive the geothermal industry and tap heat that powers volcanos as an alternative to nuclear reactors.
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Japan: Power Blackout Halts Cooling at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
2013-03-18 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A power blackout occurred today at Japan`s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, knocking out the system that cools four pools of water holding spent fuel rods. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, said the blackout took place just before 7 pm Monday. The affected system is used to cool three pools containing about 2,100 spent fuel rods from the plant`s number 1, 3, and 4 reactors, which suffered core meltdowns in the week following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that...
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