SCMP Submitted by admin on Nov 1st 2012, 12:00am News›Hong Kong Cheung Chi-fai chifai.cheung@scmp.com Environment officials hint they might reduce reliance on nuclear power The city’s quest for a suitable combination of energy sources looks set to go back to the drawing board, as a previous proposal and emission reduction targets may no longer work, green activists say. [...]
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UAE nuclear plant gets environmental OK
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/15/us-uae-nuclear-environment-idUKBRE86E08F20120715 2:23pm BST DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s environment agency has approved plans for the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear power plant, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said on Sunday, adding that it is still awaiting a construction license. The no objection certificate from the environmental regulator is one of several approvals needed for [...]
Bangladesh introduces nuclear bill, plans to start plant construction by 2013
Bangladesh introduced its nuclear energy bill for discussion in the national parliament Sunday, as the country prepares to build its first nuclear power plant in 2013, the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Chairman ASMFiroz said Monday. Read the full story…
Reaching for the stars
20 December 2011 http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=17518 ITER Organization’s Krista Dulon gives an overview of how the organisation is paving the way for fusion as a viable and virtually limitless energy source In a global context of rising oil and gas prices, decreased accessibility to low-cost fossil fuel sources, and an estimated three-fold increase in world energy demand [...]
Kirk Sorensen – Why didn’t molten salt thorium reactors succeed the first time?
CTA says Thorium, abundant and safe nuclear power does not produce plutonium for bombs so the yanks do not want it http://atomicinsights.com/2011/12/kirk-sorensen-why-didnt-molten-salt-thorium-reactors-succeed-the-first-time.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AtomicInsights+%28Atomic+Insights%29 by Rod Adams on December 23, 2011 in New Nuclear, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Technical History Stories, Thorium Share4 Kirk Sorensen is the founder of Flibe Energy. He has been prospecting in libraries for years to learn more about a path not [...]
Gates teams up with China to build nuclear reactor
Microsoft co-founder in talks with state-owned firm to develop ‘cleaner’ technology, reports say Dec. 5, 2011 – South China Morning Post Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (pictured) is holding talks with the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to jointly develop a new type of nuclear reactor. “A company he [Bill Gates] founded is working with [...]
Introduction to the LFTR
The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor http://www.thoriumsingapore.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=37
Nuclear Power Is Extremely Safe — That’s the Truth About What We Learned From Japan
http://thorium.klimabedrag.dk/ In the midst of a still struggling and fragile global economy, Germany has announced that it will shut down seven nuclear plants by the end of the year – which means that Germans will be left to run their factories, heat their homes, and power their economy with 10% less electrical generating capacity. Nine [...]
New age nuclear
Nuclear energy produces no greenhouse gases, but it has many drawbacks. Now a radical new technology based on thorium promises what uranium never delivered: abundant, safe and clean energy – and a way to burn up old radioactive waste. Download PDF : Thorium
THORIUM Reactor
Download PDF : THORIUM Reactor