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• BP: We’re Not Going Nuclear

  Andy Rowell

  Feb06

  Things may be bad for BP, but at least the company is not going to go nuclear. The oil major has confirmed it will not enter the nuclear power business, despite a dearth of opportunities in conventional oil and gas pushing rivals into alternative energy sources including nuclear.

• UK Goes Nuclear

  Andy Rowell

  Jan10

  After years of dithering by the government and a slick PR campaign by the industry, the UK government is set to approve a new generation of nuclear power stations today. The business secretary, John Hutton, will tell MPs that new stations must be built to ensure future security of supply and help produce a balanced…
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• US Urged to Act on Energy

  Andy Rowell

  Jul18

  The US should adopt the toughest possible fuel economy standards for motor vehicles and join a global framework for managing carbon dioxide emissions. These are the findings of a Bush administration-commissioned study of the energy industry, led by Lee Raymond, the former chairman of Exxon.

• Brown Goes Nuclear

  Andy Rowell

  May21

  He has not even become Prime Minister, but already Gordon Brown is following in the familiar footsteps of his predecessor. Later this week, Britain’s Prime Minister-elect will give the green light to plans for a dramatic renewal of the nuclear power programme that will see the building of up to eight new stations, possibly within…
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• Five Minutes to Midnight

  Andy Rowell

  Jan18

  The clock is ticking. Yesterday the “Doomsday Clock”, devised by the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947 at the dawn of the nuclear age, was moved forward from its present seven minutes to midnight, where it has stood since 2002, to five minutes to the Domesday hour. The scientists have decided to move…
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• Indian PM Asks for Alternative Energy

  Andy Rowell

  Jan03

  Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for his country’s scientists and engineers to develop alternative energy sources. Addressing the Indian Science Congress he said “India must find alternative sources of energy supply. We will need bio-fuel, solar energy, photo voltaic, nuclear and almost all sources, which do not burden the conventional sources of energy…
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• Oz Goes Nuclear

  Andy Rowell

  Nov21

  A report to Autralian Prime Minister John Howard has concluded that twenty-five nuclear reactors, mainly on the east coast, could be producing a third of Australia’s electricity needs by the year 2050. The cost of nuclear power would be substantially higher than fossil fuels, but the attachment of a price on carbon emissions could make…
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• Bush: Actually, it IS about oil

  Steve Kretzmann

  Nov05

  While talking to Rush Limbaugh last week, and in his last minute campaign barnstorming for Republican candidates, George Bush confirmed his fear of Islamic extremists who “control oil resources” – and then immediately talked about “a country that doesn’t like us with a nuclear weapon”. You think maybe he’s thinking about Iran? “Give me a…
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• Blair Goes Nuclear

  Andy Rowell

  Jul10

  Tony Blair will tomorrow announce the results of Britain’s long awaited energy review, which will call for a five-fold increase in energy generation from wind, solar, tidal and agricultural sources. However the boost in renewables will be seen as trying to offset the huge criticism over Blair giving the green light to a resumption in…
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