nuclear-news

Opinion:

¶ “Dirty power games: Coalition steps on the gas” • Yet more evidence has been produced about the dirty power games being played in the South Australian energy market, as the federal government promotes new gas field development. What is needed is new competition in the market, not new gas. [RenewEconomy]

Australian gas pipeline.

¶ “Clean energy doesn’t require a nuclear renaissance” • Reducing carbon is cheaper and more quickly achieved without adding nuclear capacity. This is because of opportunity cost: Money spent on nuclear projects is not used for efficiency and renewables, which reduce carbon emissions more effectively and less expensively. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

Science and Technology:

¶ A tiny device, half the size of a postage stamp, which can rapidly disinfect water with solar energy, has been developed by researchers at Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. One scientist said, “We just…