Category: Nuclear Power
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The ‘unscientific’ approach to Radiation Risk
This post was going to be about the ICRP’s (International Committee on Radiological Protection) risk model. However, Dr Chris Busby has recently written1 an article […]
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A is for Atom
Here is a link to a 1992 programme by Adam Curtis called ‘A is for Atom’ What I found interesting was the interviews with some […]
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Learning The Lessons Of The Titanic
In a recent news article1 about the evacuation zone around Sizewell nuclear power plant, Jeremy Western, director of special projects and nuclear new build for […]
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‘Burning’ Nuclear Waste in Nuclear Reactors
I was recently asked for my opinion on the DUPIC (Direct Use of spent PWR fuel In CANDU) reactor. Although I do not have any […]
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Nuclear Strike Price and the ‘Open and Transparent’ Energy Market
I previously posted the response from Michael Fallon (Minister of State for Business & Energy) to a number of questions I asked my MP (Peter […]
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Graphite Weight Loss at AGR Reactors
There have been several reports in the news1 about EDF wanting to raise the limits of the amount of graphite which can be lost from […]
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Future Energy Costs and the Nuclear Strike Price
As I have posted previously I have been trying to find out from DECC how they justified the £92.5/MWh strike price for Hinkley C. Here […]
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Future Energy Prices: Correspondence with MP & Michael Fallon
Peter Lux: Friday 1 November 2013 Dear Peter Aldous,I am writing to ask you to explain the reason why the strike price of £92.5/MWh has […]
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Sellafield Leak
It is being reported on the news today1 that elevated radiation levels have lead to the partial evacuation of the Sellafield site. This reminded me […]
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Future Electricity Costs
I have been asking DECC via my MP how they justified the £92.5/MWh strike price for Hinkley C. Although it is difficult to project future […]
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Capacity Factor Learning Curve
The learning curve for nuclear power plant operation can lead to a slow increase in capacity factor. However, this leads the nuclear industry to be […]
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Capacity Factors
I was just going to explain briefly about what ‘capacity factor’ was but while I am on the subject I decided to make a couple […]
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Spent Fuel Pools – Sizewell/Hinkley and Fukushima Unit 4
Originally I was going to write something just about Fukushima Unit 4 Spent fuel pond. There has been some reports about ‘the end of civilisation’ […]
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Energy Density of Uranium
I am writing this because it is mentioned in many children’s science books and on the Internet. This is the fact that one kilogram of […]
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Problems with risk calculations
While we are often told that severe nuclear accidents are ‘impossible’ (which itself is impossible – maybe a subject of a future post) a more […]
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Nuclear Jobs – Boom and Bust in Rural Communities
As noted previously, EdF claim that new nuclear build at Hinkley or Sizewell will lead to 25,000 temporary jobs. 25,000 temporary jobs created also means […]
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How The ‘Generic Design Assessment’ Has Failed
The Generic Design Assessment (GDA) is a process which was set up in order to examine the designs for new power stations and iron out […]
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Emergency Planning – lessons not learnt from Fukushima
As a consequence of the events in Fukushima, the plans for protecting communities around Sizewell power station in the event of an emergency are being […]
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25,000 Jobs
Almost without fail when the possibility of new nuclear power stations at Hinkley or Sizewell are mentioned it is stated that ‘they will create 25,000 […]
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Hitachi ABWR – One Of The Least Reliable In The World
It has been proposed that Hitachi Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWR) be build at Wylfa in Anglesey and Oldbury in Gloucestershire. The UK Parliament has […]
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