Nuclear Reactors 208 - Nuclear Power Is No Longer Competitive in the United States

         I have mentioned in past blogs that nuclear power is being challenged from several directions. Cheap and abundant natural gas has made existing nuclear power less competitive and reduced demand for new nuclear power.. Renewables are getting cheaper and better every day. The nuclear industry has resorted to asking for price guarantees and claiming that they are a low-carbon source of electricity.

Nuclear Reactors 207 - Difficulties In Assessing Carbon Emissions From Nuclear Power Plants

         Having failed to demonstrate that nuclear power is cheap or safe, the nuclear industry and its supporters have turned to climate change for a selling point. They say that nuclear power is a "low carbon" source of electricity. They have been working to get states and nations to classify nuclear power as low carbon in order to get special consideration. The government of the U.K. is pushing for massive investment in nuclear power on the low carbon argument.

Nuclear Weapons 120 - NATO Concerned About Russian Belligerence in Eastern Europe

         I have posted many articles on nuclear weapons. Since the end of the Cold War around 1990, there has been a steady decline in the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Russia, which inherited the Soviet Union's arsenal. There have been several disarmament treaties between the two nations guiding this reduction of weapons.

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