Many Americans, including me, had our views of nuclear power strongly shaped by the 1979 film The China Syndrome. This polemic’s alarming message was amplified when the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred just days after its release. Splitting uranium atoms to generate electricity had once been touted as a miraculous solution to the world’s …
The share of nuclear power generation in the global energy mix is set to decline through 2040 if there is no policy support to promote investment, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). “Nuclear energy plays a major role in both energy security and sustainability in today’s energy mix,” Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive …
South Korea’s Kepco Engineering & Construction Company has signed an agreement with Czech engineering firm UJV Rez to strengthen their cooperation in nuclear power plant projects. Kepco E&C said it had already carried out many activities with UJV Rez, including hosting a nuclear technology exchange workshop. It said it hoped to establish more concrete cooperation with the Czech …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), along with 16 countries, has developed a new tool to help build ‘roadmaps’ for nuclear power, identifying how countries can benefit from innovations in technology and infrastructure. Julian Turner assesses its role in influencing future energy decisions. Nuclear energy systems comprise complex physical and institutional infrastructure that span several …
There is increasing belief that businesses and organisations which are diverse in their makeup are likely to be successful. A report by consultancy firm McKinsey & Company indicated that diverse companies are 15 per cent likely to outperform competitors, which could add £150bn to the UK economy on an annual basis. Businesses that actively recruit, …
Seven out of 10 South Koreans voted in favor of using atomic power, a survey showed Wednesday, amid the Moon Jae-in government’s nuclear phase-out policy. The survey was conducted on 1,000 people aged over 19 to study public opinion on the government’s nuclear policy, the Korea Nuclear Society (KNS) said. The KNS said 35.5 percent …
India and Argentina Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding to boost cooperation in the sector of nuclear energy. Jorge Faurie, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Argentina said his country has expertise in building small-capacity reactors and was looking to work with India in some third country in tripartite projects. “They (Prime Minister Narendra and Argentine President …
Bill Gates is no stranger to Washington. His foundation has a big office here. And last March he met with President Trump and talked about preventing disease and spreading vaccines. Recently Gates visited some key members of Congress. This time he was talking about what he sees as a key part of the answer …
The focus on tackling the electricity supply deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa has been on renewable energy over the last decade. In particular, the potential of solar and wind energy has been most loudly heralded as the solutions for the hundreds of millions of Africans without access to any electricity. The ability to use innovative, off-grid …
Saudi Arabia’s plans to build a nuclear power plant will speed up the Kingdom’s economic development as it would diversify its over-reliance on crude oil, a Saudi energy expert told Sputnik in an interview on Tuesday. “The decision to build a nuclear power plant in the kingdom is the result of serious research that confirmed …
