Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Mar 15, 2011 (IPS) – Desperate efforts by the government to avoid the looming nightmare of a nuclear meltdown in tsunami damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants, 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, have brought no relief to the public who face the possibility of another [...]
The Stillborn ‘Nuclear Renaissance’
March 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Julio Godoy IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BERLIN (IDN) – Since several years, a handful of international institutions, such as the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), some governments and state-owned enterprises specialized in the construction of nuclear power plants have been publicising the view that atomic power is experiencing [...]
Japan Disaster May Hold Lessons for Haves and Have-Nots
March 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jutta Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – Over 45 countries, ranging from sophisticated economies to developing nations, were actively considering embarking upon nuclear power programmes. The front runners were Iran, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Italy, Vietnam and Jordan, a new report said. Whether the shocking experience [...]
South Africa Revives Ambitious Atomic Energy Plans
October 12, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) – South Africa is charting out a new nuclear power strategy that includes cooperation deals with China and South Korea. The country’s minister of energy and minerals Dipuo Peters has emphasised the need to "gravitate away" from fossil fuels, primarily coal [...]
Nuclear Reactors Don Dow Jones Sustainability Criteria
September 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Nirode Masson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis LONDON (IDN) – One of the leading international benchmarks for corporate contribution to sustainable development, the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), has included a number of U.S. and European nuclear power utilities in its latest review. Forty-eight companies have been added [...]
Over 30 Countries Aspire for Nuclear Power
September 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jutta Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – More than 30 countries, which are presently not harnessing energy from the atom, are actively considering embarking upon nuclear power programmes. These include both industrial and developing economies, according to a new report. Italy, Albania, Serbia, Portugal, Norway, Poland, Belarus, [...]
INDIA: Activists Use Legal Weapons to Stop Thermal Power Plants
August 27, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pankaj Sekhsaria HYDERABAD, India, Aug 27, 2010 (IPS) – Green activists have various ways of pushing their causes, from enlisting movie stars to launching protests, but India’s campaigners have also been quietly using legal weapons to try to get the projects they oppose, such as thermal plants, [...]
Chernobyl Effects Could Last Centuries
August 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pavol Stracansky KIEV, Aug 20, 2010 (IPS) – Almost 25 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident a series of new scientific studies have suggested the effects of the Chernobyl disaster have been underestimated. Scientists last month published information that, contradicting previous claims, animal populations are declining [...]
High Level of Nuclear Safety in China
August 18, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TOKYO (IDN) – The United Nations atomic energy agency has affirmed the commitment of the Chinese Government to achieve a high level of safety against a background of massive expansion of the nuclear energy programme. Preparations are at an advanced stage for building [...]
China to Have its First Nuclear City Soon
August 17, 2010 By
By R Kim IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis SEOUL (IDN) – Preparations are at an advanced stage for building China’s first Nuclear Power City in the coastal city of Haiyan, on the Yangtze Delta. The construction of the Nuclear City is expected to "start soon", according to the World Nuclear News. The Nuclear Power City will be built [...]
