‘Sustainability’ Archives
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Rohani Pledges to Make Iran's Nuclear Program More Transparent - Bloomberg Rohani Pledges to Make Iran's Nuclear Program More TransparentBloombergIranian President-elect Hassan Rohani said he will make the country's nuclear program more transparent as he seeks to ease tension with the U.S. and reduce “brutal” sanctions that have [...]
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Nuclear Decommissioning Surge Is Investor Guessing Game - Bloomberg Nuclear Decommissioning Surge Is Investor Guessing GameBloombergNuclear utilities thrust into the spotlight after the Fukushima meltdowns have ordered 20 reactors shut, the most in a three-year span since Chernobyl's aftermath, saddling the industry with a possible $26 [...]
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India's nuclear expansion not targeted at Pakistan but at China - Times of India India's nuclear expansion not targeted at Pakistan but at ChinaTimes of IndiaEarlier this month, SIPRI, the respected Sweden-based arms control and non-proliferation think tank, reported that China, India, and Pakistan had increased their nuclear arsenals by [...]
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Creating a low-carbon, non-nuclear economy: The case of Taiwan - MIT News Creating a low-carbon, non-nuclear economy: The case of TaiwanMIT NewsAfter the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, energy experts and policymakers around the world began to reassess the future of nuclear power. Countries, including Japan and Germany, have since scaled back or [...]
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A New Way to Do Nuclear - New Yorker (blog) New Yorker (blog)A New Way to Do NuclearNew Yorker (blog)In February of 2010, Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie, two M.I.T. students, were sitting on a bench in a soaring marble lobby under the university's iconic dome. They had just passed their Ph.D. qualifying exams in nuclear engineering, and were [...]
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Pandora's Promise: When Greens Embrace Nuclear - Popular Mechanics Popular MechanicsPandora's Promise: When Greens Embrace NuclearPopular MechanicsRobert Stone's new documentary, out today in New York and this weekend around the country, follows environmentalists who have reached the same difficult conclusion he has: When it comes [...]
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'Pandora's Promise' Advocates Nuclear Energy - New York Times (blog) Medill Reports: Chicago'Pandora's Promise' Advocates Nuclear EnergyNew York Times (blog)Early in “Pandora's Promise,” Mark Lynas, a British environmental activist, walks around the ghostly environs of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power [...]
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Bruce Power inks nuclear plant inspection technology deal with MDA - Globe and Mail Bruce Power inks nuclear plant inspection technology deal with MDAGlobe and MailMacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has inked a $2.2-million deal with Ontario-based Bruce Power to help develop nuclear plant inspection and maintenance technologies. The nuclear [...]
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Federal government poised to roll out plan to raise nuclear liability cap - CTV News Federal government poised to roll out plan to raise nuclear liability capCTV NewsOTTAWA -- Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is set to roll out his plan to raise the amount in damages that Canadian nuclear operators would have to pay in case of an [...]
