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Kazakhstan became the
leading supplier of uranium for the 100 operating U.S. nuclear power
reactors in 2014, supplying 12 million pounds, or 23%, of the 53.3
million pounds of uranium purchased by owners and operators of U.S.
reactors. …
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The Clean Power Plan and Its Impact on NuclearBy ansnuclearcafe on Oct 08, 2015 02:13 pmRepublished with permission from ANS News, September/October 2015, p. 5. By Craig Piercy, ANS Washington Representative It’s official. The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its Clean Power Plan rule, which—if Continue Reading → Read in browser »   |
Top Energy Companies Join Forces to Launch Utility-Scale Energy Storage System | |
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Power Engineering Editors
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Executives with Boston-based Vionx Energy have
announced an ecosystem of companies to launch and commercialize a
storage technology poised to transform how modern grids are managed and
optimized.
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Published: October 8th, 2015 at 4:07 pm ET
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breast cancer and (remainder of article only available to subscribers)… Photo Caption: 104 cases of thyroid cancer have been identified, a far higher rate than the national average
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The
first of a series of videos outlining this promise and the unique
safety challenges of research reactors went live today on the NRC’s YouTube channel.Welcome to a New Planet
Climate Change “Tipping Points” and the Fate of the Earth
By Michael T. Klare
Not so long ago, it was science fiction. Now, it’s hard science -- and that should frighten us all. The latest reports from the prestigious and sober Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) make increasingly hair-raising reading, suggesting that the planet is approaching possible moments of irreversible damage in a fashion and at a speed that had not been anticipated.
Scientists have long worried that climate change will not continue to advance in a “linear” fashion, with the planet getting a little bit hotter most years. Instead, they fear, humanity could someday experience “non-linear” climate shifts (also known as “singularities” or “tipping points”) after which there would be sudden and irreversible change of a catastrophic nature. This was the premise of the 2004 climate-disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. In that movie -- most notable for its vivid scenes of a frozen-over New York City -- melting polar ice causes a disruption in the North Atlantic Current, which in turn triggers a series of catastrophic storms and disasters. At the time of its release, many knowledgeable scientists derided the film’s premise, insisting that the confluence of events it portrayed was unlikely or simply impossible.
Fast forward 11 years and the prospect of such calamitous tipping points in the North Atlantic or elsewhere no longer looks improbable. In fact, climate scientists have begun to note early indicators of possible catastrophes.
Click here to read more of this dispatch.http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176054/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_tipping_points_and_the_question_of_civilizational_survival/#more
