Nuclear Archives - resilience

Wishful thinking? Sweden building nuclear waste site to last 100,000 years

Kurt Cobb — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:54:15 +0000

Can you think of anything built by humans that you would expect to last 100,000 years? I can't.

Doubling down on fusion

Kurt Cobb — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 14:13:19 +0000

There's a reason the U.S. is asking the world to double down on fusion energy at the UN climate summit known as COP 28. The rest of the energy transition isn't going as planned. It's part of the fantasy of a painless energy transition.

Japan’s Nuclear Shutdown

Alex Wise — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:38:45 +0000

Alex and Kaz Makabe explore the dismantling of Japan’s nuclear power facilities, and talk about the energy future in the land of the rising sun.

The Legacy of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Analysis

Sophie Yeo — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:36:00 +0000

The disaster took place just as some nations were considering the idea of a “nuclear renaissance”. The impact of Fukushima on the nuclear industry was severe, in Japan and beyond.

Radio Interview: Nuclear and other alternative energy sources

Kurt Cobb — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 08:14:00 +0000

Kurt Cobb, author, journalist, and expert on energy and the environment, returns to Goldstein on Gelt to discuss the energy crisis. Are natural sources of energy, such as thorium and molten salt, effective alternatives to oil?

Nuclear decline in Europe?

Paul Brown — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:00:00 +0000

The European nuclear industry, led by France, seems to be in terminal decline as a result of the cancellation of a new Finnish reactor, technical faults in stations already under construction, and severe financial problems.

Will New Mexico Double Down On Dirty Energy?

Julie Dermansky — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:18:51 +0000

The future of energy development in New Mexico’s Four Corners region is at a crossroads.

Energy Crunch: Nuclear Future?

Energy Crunch staff — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 03:07:36 +0000

The UK’s nuclear plans looked even shakier this week as Areva, shareholder and designer of the planned new Hinkley C reactors, saw its shares plunge following financial problems caused by its long delayed nuclear reactor in Finland.

Peak Oil Notes – Nov 20

Tom Whipple — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:15:00 +0000

A mid week update.

Update on US natural gas, coal, nuclear, renewables

Gail Tverberg — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 03:53:00 +0000

On August 6, I wrote a post called Making Sense of the US Oil Story, in which I looked at US oil. In this post, I would like to look at other sources of US energy.

Saudi America and a Nuclear Future?

Justin Ritchie — Thu, 15 May 2014 04:16:00 +0000

We spoke with Chris Nelder in Extraenvironmentalist episde #76. This is the first part of a transcript prepared by EE listener Scott.