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Joint Project Nuclear Waste Report v3_1
Gabriele Mraz, December 2019 In the Joint Project, European NGOs and research institutions cooperate since 2003 on safe and sustainable energy issues with a focus on nuclear policies in Central and Eastern Europe. One … [Read More]
New report for the European Parliament demands action on transboundary nuclear safety and nuclear liability
by Jan Haverkamp, 13 February 2019 The petition committee of the European Parliament (PETI) received over the last years several large petitions expressing concern about transboundary nuclear issues in countries like Belgium, the Czech … [Read More]
New report by Greenpeace: The global Crisis of Nuclear Waste
Authors: Pete Roche, Bertrand Thuillier, Bernard Laponche, Miles Goldstick, Hideyuki Ban and Robert Alvarez Greenpeace commissioned some of the world’s leading experts on nuclear waste to produce an overview of the current status of … [Read More]
David Lowry received key UK information on SMRs heavily censored
After he presented his critical analysis of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) on invitation of the organisers in the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF 2018) in Bratislava, Slovakia, last June, David Lowry asked under the … [Read More]
“Security of nuclear reactors and spent fuel pools in France and Belgium and related reinforcement measures” Report by Greenpeace
Fuel pools: the Achilles heel of French and Belgian nuclear plants Spent fuel pools are used to temporarily store the fuel from nuclear reactors. After irradiation in a reactor core, the fuel is still … [Read More]
28 recommendations to limit the consequences of a nuclear crisis for the population
The road map established at the conclusion of the European research project Shamisen underlines the importance of involving the population in the management of an accident and taking into account the social, economic and … [Read More]
“The legacy of Nuclear Power” by Prof.Andrew Bowers, book review and interview by Jan Haverkamp
In september 2016, Andrew Blowers, Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at the Open University published « The Legacy of Nuclear Power ». Nuclear energy leaves behind a dangerous legacy of radioactive wastes in places that are … [Read More]
New study: Health effects of ionising radiation and their consideration in radiation protection
By Gabriele Mraz from the Austrian Institute of Ecology and Oda Becker, Independent Expert for the Risks of Nuclear Facilities based in Hannover. It is supported by the Vienna Ombuds-Office for Environmental Protection. While the … [Read More]
English summary of the Report of the German Commission on the Storage of High- Level Radioactive Waste
After more than two years of work the German commission on nuclear waste disposal (“Endlagerkommission”) in July 2016 released its final report. In February 2017 a translation of the summary of the report has been made available. The … [Read More]
EU nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes are over-budget and behind schedule
A September 2016 report from the European Court of Auditors hilglights that Eight reactors across sites in three countries – Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia –are years behind schedule in decommissioning and still require billions in … [Read More]
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