Nuclear News Roundup Aug 26, 2017 A nuclear power facility located 10 miles off the Texas Gulf Coast will not shut down as Hurricane Harvey prepares to make landfall near Corpus Christi. Chou.com The scientist in charge of Europe’s drive to harness a revolutionary new form of energy has accused Theresa May of risking its development by putting up a “new political wall” between researchers. Independent.co.uk On Dec. 17, 1959, a military band played “The River Kwai” as 91 Alameda County inmates and eight deputies, doctors and scientists, many with prickly beards, walked out of a hole in the ground at the mysterious Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory. Mercurynews.com As the government’s search for reliable, safe and affordable power continues, the Department of Energy (DOE) has taken a technology-neutral stand on possible solutions to the country’s growing demand for energy and 100 percent electrification in line with the Duterte administration’s “Ambisyon 2040” vision of a fully-developed Philippines. Manilatimes.net
