Nuclear – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Wed, 10 May 2023 14:11:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Russian Assault on Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Stations: “An Hour Away from Nuclear Meltdown” https://energytransition.org/2023/05/russian-assault-on-ukraines-nuclear-power-stations-an-hour-away-from-nuclear-meltdown/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/russian-assault-on-ukraines-nuclear-power-stations-an-hour-away-from-nuclear-meltdown/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 08:00:22 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28155 At the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Berlin, several international experts including two from Ukraine, underscored the precarious events unfolding at Ukraine’s nuclear power stations, among them the Zaporizhzhia complex, the largest nuclear power facility in Europe. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Credits: Ralf1969 | Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. During the 15-month Russian attack on Ukraine...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/russian-assault-on-ukraines-nuclear-power-stations-an-hour-away-from-nuclear-meltdown/feed/ 0 Critical juncture: Poland’s government greenlights the country’s first nuclear power plant https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:00:39 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27679 The Polish government has taken a first step towards realizing its nuclear energy aspirations – building a reactor with a total capacity of 9 GW by the year 2043. At the beginning of November, an agreement was signed with the American, Pittsburg-based company Westinghouse to build its first nuclear project on the Baltic coast. It marks a significant pivot in the Polish energy transition.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/feed/ 0 Refuting the case for nuclear in the Middle East https://energytransition.org/2021/04/refuting-the-case-for-nuclear-in-the-middle-east/ https://energytransition.org/2021/04/refuting-the-case-for-nuclear-in-the-middle-east/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:00:31 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24205 Although the epicenter of the world’s petro- economy, countries in the Middle East understand the need to diversify away from fossil fuels. The need to transition is most strongly driven by broader regional priorities to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and grow the economy while also providing jobs for the increasing population of young people. At first glance, nuclear seems an apt tool to help...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/04/refuting-the-case-for-nuclear-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 Explosive finale: energising EU-UK nuclear relations post-Brexit https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:00:44 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23877 When the UK finalized a trade and security agreement with the European Commission on 24 December last year, it left with a set of arrangements governing future energy cooperation. Here, Dr David Lowry looks at the background and reveals one extraordinary condition that could terminate the nuclear component of the deal. (CC BY 2.0, John Fielding) Background An expert briefing by the House of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/feed/ 0 The fight ahead: nuclear power versus energy sustainability in the EU https://energytransition.org/2020/12/the-fight-ahead-nuclear-power-versus-energy-sustainability-in-the-eu/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/the-fight-ahead-nuclear-power-versus-energy-sustainability-in-the-eu/#respond Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:20:28 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23547 As we approach the end of a tumultuous 2020, with the UK finally to leave the European Union on 31 December after its transition period expires, the EU – primarily the Commission – itself has continued to refine the parameters of its sustainable energy strategy, which has been constructed very much in the face of the pressures of the unprecedented global pandemic. David Lowry has the details.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/the-fight-ahead-nuclear-power-versus-energy-sustainability-in-the-eu/feed/ 0 Why nuclear power is always going to be unsustainable https://energytransition.org/2020/09/why-nuclear-power-is-always-going-to-be-unsustainable/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/why-nuclear-power-is-always-going-to-be-unsustainable/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23061 The biggest nuclear site in Europe containing the world’s biggest stockpile of nuclear explosives is at risk of blowing up. What does this short-term decay tell us about the very long-term sustainability of a technology whose toxic waste last at least 24,000 years? Dr David Lowry takes a closer look. ( CC BY-SA 2.0, IAEA Imagebank) In 1987 the United Nations-sponsored World Commission on...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/why-nuclear-power-is-always-going-to-be-unsustainable/feed/ 3 The IEA Won’t Budge: Fossil fuels, nuclear, and carbon capture remain key to innovation strategies https://energytransition.org/2020/07/22783/ https://energytransition.org/2020/07/22783/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:00:43 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22783 Despite so much criticism directed at the International Energy Agency (IEA) over the years, the Paris-based intergovernmental organization, which was established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in 1974, refuses to seriously rethink its affinity to fossil fuels and nuclear power – and its timid embrace of renewables. The IEA continues to focus on...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/07/22783/feed/ 1 EU recovery plan goes green and excludes nuclear https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/ https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:00:21 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22551 On 27 May the European Commission (EC) put forward its proposal for a major post-Covid-19 recovery plan. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament that what underpinned the programme was a determination “to hold governments more accountable for fighting climate change and saving our nature.” David Lowry explores what this means for the continent’s climate policy and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/feed/ 4 How an innovative community overcame Ukraine’s nuclear trauma https://energytransition.org/2020/06/stories-from-the-frontlines-of-climate-hope/ https://energytransition.org/2020/06/stories-from-the-frontlines-of-climate-hope/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:00:10 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22465 All over Europe, people are rising up to fix climate breakdown – demanding urgent transformation to a fair, fossil free future. Communities, cities and people are at the forefront of building community-owned renewable energy, creating green jobs, and tackling energy poverty. Here is one such story from the frontlines of climate hope, from Ukraine. Susann Scherbarth reports for Friends of the Earth...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/06/stories-from-the-frontlines-of-climate-hope/feed/ 1 Corona-crisis Hits Nuclear Sector https://energytransition.org/2020/04/corona-crisis-hits-nuclear-sector/ https://energytransition.org/2020/04/corona-crisis-hits-nuclear-sector/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:00:26 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22031 Covid-19 spread shows up vulnerability at heart of nuclear programmes, with resilience of UK critical national infrastructures undermined. The coronavirus’ effects act as threat multiplier, as David Lowry explains. Nuclear security is influenced by the Corona virus. ( Public Domain) First indications that the dreaded coronavirus had penetrated the very heart of the UK nuclear sector came in on 15...

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