Nuclear Archives - resilience https://www.resilience.org/tag/nuclear/ Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:51:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-9sq-Blue-Box-only-32x32-2-32x32.png Nuclear Archives - resilience https://www.resilience.org/tag/nuclear/ 32 32 Wishful thinking? Sweden building nuclear waste site to last 100,000 years https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-01-19/wishful-thinking-sweden-building-nuclear-waste-site-to-last-100000-years/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-01-19/wishful-thinking-sweden-building-nuclear-waste-site-to-last-100000-years/#respond Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:54:15 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3507500 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-01-19/wishful-thinking-sweden-building-nuclear-waste-site-to-last-100000-years/feed/ 0 Doubling down on fusion https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-12-10/doubling-down-on-fusion/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-12-10/doubling-down-on-fusion/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 14:13:19 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3499268 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-12-10/doubling-down-on-fusion/feed/ 0 Japan’s Nuclear Shutdown https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-04-14/japans-nuclear-shutdown/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-04-14/japans-nuclear-shutdown/#respond Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:38:45 +0000 http://www.resilience.org/?p=3465999 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-04-14/japans-nuclear-shutdown/feed/ 0 The Legacy of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Analysis https://www.resilience.org/stories/2016-03-11/the-legacy-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-analysis/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2016-03-11/the-legacy-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-analysis/#respond 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.

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2016-03-11/the-legacy-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-analysis/feed/ 0 Radio Interview: Nuclear and other alternative energy sources https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-06-21/radio-interview-nuclear-and-other-alternative-energy-sources/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-06-21/radio-interview-nuclear-and-other-alternative-energy-sources/#respond 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?

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-06-21/radio-interview-nuclear-and-other-alternative-energy-sources/feed/ 0 Nuclear decline in Europe? https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-06-02/nuclear-decline-in-europe/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-06-02/nuclear-decline-in-europe/#respond 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.

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-06-02/nuclear-decline-in-europe/feed/ 0 Will New Mexico Double Down On Dirty Energy? https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-03-12/will-new-mexico-double-down-on-dirty-energy/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-03-12/will-new-mexico-double-down-on-dirty-energy/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:18:51 +0000 The future of energy development in New Mexico’s Four Corners region is at a crossroads.

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-03-12/will-new-mexico-double-down-on-dirty-energy/feed/ 0 Energy Crunch: Nuclear Future? https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-11-29/energy-crunch-nuclear-future/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-11-29/energy-crunch-nuclear-future/#respond 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.

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-11-29/energy-crunch-nuclear-future/feed/ 0 Peak Oil Notes – Nov 20 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-11-20/peak-oil-notes-nov-20-2/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-11-20/peak-oil-notes-nov-20-2/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:15:00 +0000  A mid week update.

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-11-20/peak-oil-notes-nov-20-2/feed/ 0 Update on US natural gas, coal, nuclear, renewables https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-08-27/update-on-us-natural-gas-coal-nuclear-renewables/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-08-27/update-on-us-natural-gas-coal-nuclear-renewables/#respond 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.

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-08-27/update-on-us-natural-gas-coal-nuclear-renewables/feed/ 0 Saudi America and a Nuclear Future? https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-05-15/saudi-america-and-a-nuclear-future/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-05-15/saudi-america-and-a-nuclear-future/#comments 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.

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