Nuclear power’s role in green goals grows
China is expected to further expand its installed nuclear power capacity during the 2022-25 period as the country goes full speed ahead with its green energy transition, eyeing carbon neutrality…
Pakistan: Role Of Nuclear Power In Economic And Sustainable Development – OpEd
‘Pakistan’s Atomic Energy Commission’ (PAEC) announced that the 1,100 MW reactor of (KANUPP-2), the second unit of the ‘Karachi Nuclear Power Plant’ was connected to the national grid By Sher…
Weather Watch: Does Nuclear Power Really Keep The Lights On?
Significantly, 2020 nuclear power generation was 13TWh less than in 1989, when nuclear provided 20% of the nation’s electricity, and wind and solar contributions were hardly measurable. By Paul Brown…
Nuclear Power: How Might Radioactive Waste Water Affect The Environment?
Water is a vital tool for all nuclear power stations: it’s used to cool their heat-generating radioactive cores. During the cooling process, the water becomes contaminated with radionuclides – unstable…
Nuclear Power Losing Out In The U.K. – Implications For Nuclear Industry
In 2017 I suggested that offshore wind would dominate the UK’s power system as nuclear power was unlikely to be fully replaced as its existing fleet became obsolete. Recently I…
China Gives Nuclear Power A Fresh Push In The Drive To Go Green
The nation will promote the construction of coastal nuclear power plants and aims to have 70 gigawatts of generation capacity by 2025 from just below 50 gigawatts at the end…
Nuclear Power Hinders Fight Against Climate Change
Countries wishing to reduce carbon emissions should invest in renewables, abandoning any plans for nuclear power stations because they can no longer be considered a low-carbon option. That is the…