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Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters.

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Le voisinage des centrales nucléaires associé à une surmortalité inattendue Découvrez les risques de vivre près d'une centrale nucléaire et ce que révèle une analyse sur vingt ans de données sanitaires aux États-Unis.

www.science-et-vie.com/corps-et-san...

01.03.2026 11:16 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Golden dreams - UK Advanced Nuclear plan The UK government is looking to ‘a new golden age of nuclear’, committing £17 billion to ‘the most ambitious programme of new plants for a g...

Golden dreams ? UK Advanced Nuclear plan ...
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2026/02/gold...

01.03.2026 08:42 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
Randy Newman - Political Science (Live in London)
YouTube video by Randy Newman Randy Newman - Political Science (Live in London)

" War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength ".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_L...

28.02.2026 16:03 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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How to Build the World’s Most Expensive Nuclear Power Plant Plus, the $44,000 bill that shows California’s insurance-market dysfunction.

How to Build the World’s Most Expensive Nuclear Power Plant
www.wsj.com/business/ene...

28.02.2026 10:36 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Vanadium flow and lithium-ion combine in world’s largest grid-forming hybrid storage plant in China China brings online 300 MW/1,200 MWh grid-forming energy storage facility in Inner Mongolia, integrating lithium-ion and vanadium flow battery technologies.

China brings online 300 MW/1,200 MWh grid-forming energy storage facility in Inner Mongolia, integrating lithium-ion and vanadium flow battery technologies.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/27/v...

28.02.2026 10:34 — 👍 80    🔁 30    💬 2    📌 3
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Why Renewable Power Generation Surged in the US Last Year Falling costs are making wind and solar competitive despite policy setbacks in the

US utilities generated record energy from renewables 2025
1,162 terrawatt-hours oUS electricity generated from renewables 2025
26% of all US electricity — enough to power 108 million US homes for a year.
origin.www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

28.02.2026 10:32 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
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Brennelemente aus Lingen: Zusammenarbeit mit russischer Firma Framatome könnte bald mithilfe des russischen Staatskonzerns Brennelemente herstellen. Kritiker warnen vor geopolitischen Risiken.

Every #nuclear contract with #Rosatom contributes to the financing of Russia's war against Ukraine and deepens Europe's dependence on a hostile state.

Both #EU and #US still importing Russian enriched uranium.

www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/k...

27.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Solar energy project set to 'power up' Ayr neighbourhood for decades The launch of the project took place on Wednesday and has been hailed as "truly remarkable."

#Scotland : Community owned #solar energy project 'power's up' one of Ayr's most deprived area for decades.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/sol...

27.02.2026 11:06 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Big solar and batteries lead march to the grid, but new plans for wind are piling up A flurry of new solar and battery projects has appeared in AEMO's grid management system, driving home just how popular the two technologies have been with investors. But in the EPBC queue, it's all about wind.

Big solar and batteries lead march to the grid, but new plans for wind are piling up reneweconomy.com.au/big-solar-an...

27.02.2026 10:55 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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A Swarm of Brainless Creatures Shut Down a Nuclear Power Plant—and They Did It by Liquefying They found their way into the filter drums of the pumping station.

Last August, three reactors at Gravelines #nuclear power plant near Calais in northern France shut down because a swarm of jellyfish had entered the plant’s cooling system.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...

27.02.2026 10:54 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Greenpeace UK Press Centre For journalists and media professionals: breaking news, comments, pictures, resources and the Greenpeace press team contact details.

"The message from Gorton and Denton to Westminster is loud and clear: people are hungry for change. This is a victory for people power over billionaires and big polluters, for the politics of hope over the politics of hate, for decency over denial and division."
www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-centre/

27.02.2026 10:51 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Renewables projected to overtake gas on cost within five years, report finds - EIBI Renewable electricity is set to become the most economically favourable source of power in the UK by 2028 to 2029

'Renewable electricity is set to become the most economically favourable source of power in the UK by 2028 to 2029'
eibi.co.uk/news/renewab...

27.02.2026 10:46 — 👍 32    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1
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Nuclear Weapons, Planetary Risks, and Human Consequences This book covers the following material: (1) the history of nuclear weapons; (2) the impact of nuclear weapons; (3) theories and strategies of nuclear deterrence; (4) the nuclear weapons establishment...

'Nuclear Weapons, Planetary Risks, and Human Consequences.'
Cambridge Uni, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Open Source :
www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/51a4b1...

26.02.2026 17:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Economist John Fingleton has claimed that fish protection measures at the Hinkley Point C #nuclear power plant will save just 0.083 salmon, whereas the Wildlife Trusts says that without it, 4.6 million adult fish would be killed per year.

26.02.2026 16:09 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 2
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The batteries on our roads: a hidden asset that could drive Europe’s transition Former EV batteries could provide almost all of Europe’s grid-scale energy storage requirements, enhancing sustainability and energy security.

#Battery energy storage systems (BESS) provides grid resilience by balancing power demand with generation. European market for #BESS predicted to reach 120 GWh per annum by 2029 - eightfold increase in just five years.
www.modernpowersystems.com/analysis/the...

26.02.2026 10:36 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first Water super-heated by rocks will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of the critical mineral lithium.

UK's first geothermal power plant is set to go live, providing new type of renewable electricity using hot water from underground to generate electricity for 10,000 homes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

26.02.2026 10:31 — 👍 39    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 7
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How can Scots benefit from Scottish energy? These 4 models could be the answer FROM Galloway to Shetland, Galashiels to Lewis, renewable energy projects are springing up all over Scotland

How can Scots benefit from Scottish energy? Community Ownership: Community shares; Community payments; Council ownership.
#Scotland
www.thenational.scot/news/2588768...

26.02.2026 10:29 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Clean Energy Takeover Is Already Happening - Former US Vice President Al Gore.
'#Solar and #wind are now the cheapest sources of electricity, accounting for 93% of new global power generation last year.'
#climate
www.bing.com/videos/river...

26.02.2026 10:27 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Native families face a health crisis after decades of uranium mining Teracita Keyanna, a Navajo woman, spent decades living in an area contaminated by uranium mines. Two of her children have had serious health issues, a common story in the Navajo community.

'Hidden health crisis tied to America's #nuclear arsenal: How Native American families suffer the grisly side-effects from uranium mines. '
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

26.02.2026 10:25 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Selling a dream’: the French nuclear start-up that ran aground Naarea’s unravelling provides cautionary tale for dozens of small reactor developers racing to bring designs to fruition

France #SMR #nuclear unravelling 'provides cautionary tale for dozens of small reactor developers'
French nuclear start-up Naarea is now a step away from a court-managed liquidation.
www.ft.com/content/a782...

26.02.2026 10:13 — 👍 16    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 3
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We need a global assessment of avoidable climate-change risks To understand the urgency of emissions reductions, policymakers and citizens need a full analysis of what is at stake.

Leading #climate scientists call for a global climate change risk assessment.
IPCC produces science assessments. A climate risk assessment makes clear the scale and severity of risks.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

26.02.2026 10:06 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Africa primed for solar breakthrough after record capacity growth The continent of Africa looks set to emerge as a key driver of global solar power production over the rest of the 2020s thanks to a potent mix of policy support, rapid economic growth and declining co...

Africa primed for #solar breakthrough after record capacity growth
Africa installed a record 4.5 gigawatts photovoltaic solar power capacity in 2025, a 54% jump from 2024.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

26.02.2026 10:00 — 👍 21    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
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Kyiv residents pool together for solar panels and batteries amid Russian strikes When Russian strikes cut off the power, heating and water to swathes of the Ukrainian capital in -20C temperatures, Denys Biletsky was prepared.

Kyiv residents pool together for solar panels and batteries amid Russian strikes

Back-up supplies mean lifts can still operate in tower blocks and water be pumped to higher floors.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...

26.02.2026 09:58 — 👍 27    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1
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France and Sweden push to kill mechanism to pay for massive EU grid upgrades Expensive upgrades are seen as essential to meeting EU climate goals, but countries are fighting over who should pay.

Nuclear France push to kill mechanism to pay for massive EU grid upgrades needed for #renewables.
#nuclear
www.politico.eu/article/fran...

26.02.2026 09:44 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The Dangers of Ionising Radiation: A Scientific Guide to Radiation Risks for Government Agencies, Legal Professionals and Medical Clinicians Title: The Dangers of Ionising Radiation Subtitle: A Scientific Guide to Radiation Risks for Government Agencies, Legal Professionals and Medical Clinicians Subject Classification:  Healthcare, Scienc...

The Dangers of Ionising Radiation: A Scientific Guide to Radiation Risks for Government Agencies, Legal Professionals and Medical Clinicians

Link free first 30 pages.

Recent evidence showing increased incidences of leukemias near #nuclear reactors.

ethicspress.com/products/the...

25.02.2026 14:13 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Will Westminster waste Scotland's second chance at energy wealth as well? SCOTLAND is an energy powerhouse. It produces far more energy than it requires for its domestic consumption ...

' #Scotland is an energy powerhouse. It produces far more energy than it requires for its domestic consumption. Yet due to Westminster’s control of energy policy, Scottish consumers endure some of the highest energy bills in Europe. '
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...

25.02.2026 09:32 — 👍 29    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 0
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Scotland in reach of first carbon budget targets, says Climate Change Committee - edie Scotland’s plans to achieve its First Carbon Budget (2026-2030) are largely ‘credible’ with only some risk, climate advisors have concluded. Long-term policies for decarbonising are lacking, however, ...

#Scotland’s plans to achieve its First Carbon Budget (2026-2030) are largely ‘credible’ with only some risk, climate advisors have concluded.
www.edie.net/scotland-in-...

25.02.2026 09:30 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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#Nuclear Waste Leaks show need for focus on #renewables. Dounreay decommissioning programme will continue until the 2070s during which time some £7.9billion will be spent. After the recent leak Dounreay says there may be other unrevealed hazards.'
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-natio...

25.02.2026 09:29 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Sizewell C power to cost almost double today’s prices Nuclear plant is an ‘appalling waste of electricity consumers’ and taxpayers’ money’, experts claim

Sizewell C #nuclear power to cost almost double today’s prices.
"Sizewell is an appalling waste of electricity consumers’ and taxpayers’ money."
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

25.02.2026 09:19 — 👍 20    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1