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How the United States Government Failed to Prepare for the Global Pandemic - CounterPunch.org
How the United States Government Failed to Prepare for the Global Pandemic - CounterPunch.org: There were two immediate reasons for the U.S. to blame China for the novel coronavirus global pandemic. First, it was a convenient way to divert attention from the fact that the U.S. government had done nothing—despite months of notice—to effectively prepare for the arrival of the virus. Second, it was a necessary way to undermine the remarkable way China had been able to tackle the epidemic, with massive infusions of personnel and equipment as well as relief into Wuhan and Hubei province. U.S. President Donald Trump’s attack on China is explained not as the rant of an unstable individual, but as part and parcel of the agenda of the U.S. government to displace its own incompetence onto China, and to ensure that China does not receive credit or associated benefits on the world stage from its own swift public health response. More
Why simply waiting for herd immunity to covid-19 isn’t an option | MIT Technology Review
Why simply waiting for herd immunity to covid-19 isn’t an option | MIT Technology Review: The widespread perception that it was once official British policy to let the novel coronavirus spread until the population reached herd immunity is false; the government was just overly optimistic about how easy flattening the curve would be. (Update, Apr 29: actually, no—herd immunity was indeed the plan, according to a new investigation by the…
No Fueling Around – DOE Says It is Serious About Saving the U.S. Uranium Industry | Neutron Bytes
No Fueling Around – DOE Says It is Serious About Saving the U.S. Uranium Industry | Neutron Bytes: Department of Energy Secretary Brouillette Announces The Nuclear Fuel Working Group Strategy HALEU / ARC And Centrus Set Plans to Produce Fuel for Advanced Reactors Holtec SMR to Use Commercially-A…
Preparatory construction for Brest-300 reactor begins in Russia - Nuclear Engineering International
Preparatory construction for Brest-300 reactor begins in Russia - Nuclear Engineering International: Preparatory work has begun at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in Seversk of the world's first fast neutron lead-cooled reactor, the Brest OD-300.The Brest reactor is being developed within the framework of Russia's Proryv...
IEA looks at the impact of Covid-19 on global energy - Nuclear Engineering International
IEA looks at the impact of Covid-19 on global energy - Nuclear Engineering International: The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said.The drop in energy demand this year set to dwarf the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and...
NRC Tells Pence Nuclear Plants Remain Safe During Pandemic - ExchangeMonitor | Page 1
NRC Tells Pence Nuclear Plants Remain Safe During Pandemic - ExchangeMonitor | Page 1: ExchangeMonitor covers nuclear weapons, waste management, nuclear cleanup, international intelligence as well as carbon capture and storage.
Final Module Placed for Vogtle Unit 3
Final Module Placed for Vogtle Unit 3: /PRNewswire/ -- The final module for Georgia Power's Vogtle Unit 3, a massive water tank, has been placed atop the containment vessel and shield building roof...
COVID-19 Highlights the Need to Ensure Reliable Electricity | RealClearEnergy
COVID-19 Highlights the Need to Ensure Reliable Electricity | RealClearEnergy: Insufficient intensive care unit (ICU) beds and ventilators at American hospitals combating the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the importance of capacity planning for critical systems. The desire to m
Trump Administration Must Empower Markets as Path to Grid Security | RealClearEnergy
Trump Administration Must Empower Markets as Path to Grid Security | RealClearEnergy: The infusion of national security policy into civilian energy policy is a precarious business. On May 1, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at securing the U.S. electricity system. It cal
How The Uranium Market Will Evolve For The Post-Pandemic Energy World
How The Uranium Market Will Evolve For The Post-Pandemic Energy World: Uranium has outperformed major commodities this year, even as the energy sector has suffered from the coronavirus pandemic. Uranium prices have risen significant since the pandemic began, up to $34 from $24/lb. Uranium supply and nuclear power should not be much affected in the post-pandemic world.
Energy bars: New York forecloses smart energy options as government funding to transition to renewables dries up - New York Daily News
Energy bars: New York forecloses smart energy options as government funding to transition to renewables dries up - New York Daily News: If New York, which recently passed costly greenhouse gas reduction goals as strict as any in America, weren’t already grappling with a cataclysmic recession and multi-billion-dollar government deficits, maybe it could laugh off the shuttering of one of the state’s remaining nuclear reactors, taking offline half of what’s left of a plant that delivers loads of reliable, inexpensive, zero-emissions energy to the nation’s biggest metro area.
GE, Tokyo Power Company Win Appeal Over Fukushima Meltdown
GE, Tokyo Power Company Win Appeal Over Fukushima Meltdown: General Electric Co. and Tokyo Electric Power Co. don’t have to face claims filed by U.S. service members over the Fukushima nuclear meltdown because Japanese law applies, and the case should be dismissed on international-comity grounds, the Ninth Circuit said Friday, affirming dismissal.
Reduced Demand for Electricity Leads to Power Giveaways - The New York Times
Reduced Demand for Electricity Leads to Power Giveaways - The New York Times: The pandemic is turning energy markets upside-down. Some consumers will get paid for using electricity.
Legislation directs $46M to Prairie Island band for first-in-Minnesota energy project - StarTribune.com
Legislation directs $46M to Prairie Island band for first-in-Minnesota energy project - StarTribune.com: The money would help the Indian community with a 'net zero' project including solar panels and a microgrid.
Shanghai Electric Celebrates 27 Years of commitment in Pakistan
Shanghai Electric Celebrates 27 Years of commitment in Pakistan: /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric is now celebrating the 27th anniversary of its entering Pakistan markets since 1993. Yesterday was itself a related...
Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone's throw from Manhattan | WCTI
Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone's throw from Manhattan | WCTI: ALBANY, N. Y. (AP) — With the push of a red button, one of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant serving millions of people in the New York City area will shut down Thursday night as federal regulators consider the owner's proposal to sell it to a company that plans to demolish it.
What is the History of Nuclear Energy?
What is the History of Nuclear Energy?: Nuclear energy has a storied history throughout the 20th century as it progressed from a completely new technology into a foundational one.
Bulgaria's Kozloduy plant reconnects nuclear reactor after maintenance - Agricultural Commodities - Reuters
Bulgaria's Kozloduy plant reconnects nuclear reactor after maintenance - Agricultural Commodities - Reuters: Bulgaria's state nuclear power plant Kozloduy reconnected on Saturday its 1,000 megawatt nuclear reactor Unit 5 after a planned maintenance and refuelling, the plant said.
Russia commissioned world’s first floating nuclear power plant - Business & Economy - TASS
Russia commissioned world’s first floating nuclear power plant - Business & Economy - TASS: The world’s first floating NPP consists of onshore infrastructure and the Academician Lomonosov floating power unit equipped with two reactors
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