Removal of 1,300 spent fuel rods deemed "humankind's most dangerous moment since Cuban Missile Crisis" Regulators with Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the final OK Wednesday for the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to begin to remove the 1300 spent fuel rods from the badly damaged Unit 4 pool, thus initiating a decommissioning process … [Read more...]
Saudis still planning more nukes. Do they know something we don’t?
Despite the plans of major electricity users around the world to pull away from nuclear power after Fukushima, Saudi Arabia has announced that it's planning to start building power reactors at a breakneck pace. Why? "To reduce its reliance on polluting fossil fuels," according to Al Arabiya (via my friend Steve Knox). Peak oil is a state secret As the people who pump many … [Read more...]
Nukes are forever
For all the tragic and mind-boggling downsides to the recent Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, one silver lining emerges from that dark cloud: At least we're talking with some degree of seriousness about the substantial dangers in so-called "clean" nuclear energy. Waste not, want not A recent film out of Finland, Into Eternity by Danish director Michael Madsen (not to be … [Read more...]