I have been blogging recently about the Hinkley Point C reactor project in the U.K. This contract to build two reactors at an existing power station has generated a lot of controversy.
The nuclear industry in the U.S. has been stagnant as far as new power plants are concerned for decades. Only one license for a new nuclear power plant has been issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the last 35 years. On the other hand, there are almost fifty companies in the U.S. and Canada working on research and development of advanced nuclear power technologies.
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
One of the big problems with dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear disaster is the fact that it can be hard to know exactly what happened and is happening. After an accident at a nuclear power plant, the building may be heavily irradiated by a breached reactor core. This makes it impossible for human beings to enter the building to investigate.
The insane plan to expand the world’s biggest nuclear plant. greenpeace.org
After the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Germany decided to shut down all of its nuclear power plants by 2020. Eight out of sixteen nuclear power reactors have been shut down and eight reactors are still operating.
