Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Chernobyl 30th Anniversary

Chernobyl 30th Anniversary
Thirty years after Chernobyl’s No. 4 reactor exploded near Pripya, Ukraine, nuclear energy remains a hot topic. Some climate scientists argue nuclear power is essential to combating climate change, while others point to accidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima as evidence that nuclear is unsafe. There is also a fierce debate over the right level of regulation versus rising costs, including the rising cost of decommissioning plants that are no longer active.

Read the Bulletin to stay up to date on the most recent research and commentary on this controversial energy source. Here’s a sample of our most recent work on the subject:

Chernobyl, Fukushima, and preparedness for a "next one": Authors assess improvements over the last 30 years in preparedness for a nuclear power disaster—and debate how preparedness should be further improved.
Sonja Schmid, Augustin Simo, and Manpreet Sethi

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Cost Calculator: Our interactive cost calculator designed by Science and Security Board member Robert Rosner, Jeremey Klavins, and Sam Olofin

Use failing power plants to improve the safety and efficiency of clean energy, by Jeff Terry

The US 2016 budget is a gift to the energy industry, by Dawn Stover

The experts on nuclear power and climate change, edited by John Mecklin

The checkered operational history of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, by M.V. Ramana (Subscription journal)

The Rokkasho test: Has Japan learned the lessons of Fukushima? by Tadahiro Katsuta (Subscription journal)

How safe is nuclear power? A statistical study suggests less than expected, by Thomas Rose and Treavor Sweeting (Subscription journal)

Fukushima studies: Five years later, what have we learned? by Dan Drollette (Subscription journal)
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