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Is nuclear power a ticking time bomb? – France24 Debate – 8 Mar 16
I think that you really want to consider much more than just the body count of deaths when you look to evaluate a complicated problem like this. This has been a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, International, Nuclear, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged accident, Arriva, bills, Britain, Chinese, consumers, cost, delays, economy, EDF, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy bills, EPR, finance, France, Fukushima, Hinkley, investment, Japan, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear industry, radiation, reactor, regulation, Renewables, safety
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Tom Burke talks to LBC about nuclear power, Hinkley Point and EDF – 07 Mar 16
Clive Bull: A top EDF boss has resigned over the company’s plans to build Britain’s first new nuclear power plant for decades. There is an ongoing row over the 18 billion pound cost, part … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, Nuclear, Radio, renewables
Tagged bills, Britain, Chancellor, China, climate change, consumers, cost, economy, EDF, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, environment, finance, fossil fuel, France, Fukushima, Germany, government, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, investment, Japan, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, power, renewable energy, Renewables, safety, solar, wind
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Letters to PM warned of the risks of going ahead with Hinkley Point
In March 2012, on the anniversary of Fukushima, I drafted a letter to the Prime Minister that was signed by myself and three other former Directors of Friends of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear
Tagged David Cameron, EDF, energy, EPR, finance, FoE, Friends of the Earth, Fukushima, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, nuclear, PM, power station, Prime Minister, reactor, risk
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CHINA NIGHTMARE
This piece first appeared in Business Green The prospect of the Chinese becoming owners, managers and even constructors of nuclear power stations in Britain has caused anxiety in some unexpected … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business Green, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, International, Nuclear
Tagged accident, Areva, Chernobyl, China, Chinese, Fukushima, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, nuclear, nuclear reactor, PWR, reactors, regulations, risk, safety, Taishan, Three Mile Island
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It can’t be easy being George Monbiot
By Jonathon Porritt 5th December 2013 This article first appeared in Jonathon Porritt’s blog and in The Ecologist The Letter referred to in this article is the one that Jonathon Porritt, Tony Juniper, Charles Secrett and I wrote to David Cameron, highlighting … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, European, Nuclear, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged bills, British taxpayers, Charles Secrett, David Cameron, EDF, electricity, electricity bills, electricity demand, energy crunch, EPR, European Commission, European Pressurised Reactor, fossil fuel, Fukushima, George Monbiot, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, Jonathon Porritt, nuclear, nuclear industry, nuclear power policy, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Waste, policy failure, power station, Prime Minister, pro-nuclear, reactors, Renewables, risk, Sizewell, The Guardian, thorium reactors, Tom Burke, Tony Juniper
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Viewpoint: Can we risk another Fukushima?
This article first appeared as a guest post for Greenpeace Energydesk By Tom Burke, Founding director of E3G 21ST NOV 2013 This article also appeared in The Ecologist One of the more opportunistic responses to the meltdown at Fukushima … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Energy Security, Nuclear
Tagged accident, body count, China, climate goals, compensation, consequences, costs, death, emissions, emissions targets, energy policy, environmentalists, Fukushima, Japan, meltdown, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear power, opposition, public confidence, reactor, safety, Tepco
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The role of nuclear power in a post-Fukushima world
This piece was written in the aftermath of Fukushima. Some people may find the current spat between Guardian eco-warriors’ Monbiot and Vidal, entertaining. I doubt that I am alone in finding it both distracting and somewhat offensive. I take considerable … Continue reading