nuclear-news

Opinion:

¶ “Europe needs new energy policy as nuclear giants stumble” – The European nuclear industry seems to be in terminal decline. The French government owns 85% of Areva, which designs reactors, and 85% of Électricité de France, which runs them. Now it is amalgamating the two giants in a bid to rescue the industry. [RTCC]

Science and Technology:

¶ The highest temperature recorded on Wednesday reached 116.6° Fahrenheit (47° Celsius) in the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand and Odisha. More than 1,400 people have died in the heat wave. Climate change is likely is a factor, according to a research scientist with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. [CNN]

Elephants beat the heat in an Indian zoo. Photo by Elroy Serrao. Wikimedia Commons.

¶ NEC Energy Solutions has introduced its next-generation SLD energy storage technology, which uses lithium-ion cells based on lithium manganese oxide…