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10-Jan-10

Chernobyl nuclear accident: figures for deaths and cancers still in dispute

"• Suspected infant mortality rise difficult to prove • Predicted deaths range from 4,000 to half a million"


10-Jan-10

Irrational fears give nuclear power a bad name

"The health dangers from nuclear radiation been oversold, stopping governments from fully exploiting nuclear power as a weapon against climate change, argues a professor of physics at Oxford University."


8-Jan-10

New UK offshore wind farm licences are announced

"Successful bids for nine new offshore wind farm zone licences within UK waters have been announced.""Turbines in the nine zones could generate up to 32 gigawatts of power, a quarter of the UK's electricity needs."

Category: Energy sources

8-Jan-10

International nuclear bank - helping world peace?

A revival of an old plan to stockpile uranium in visible places, hopes to reassures nations hoping to develop nuclear power that they don't have to create their own. It is hoped that this will ease the desire to create uranium...

Category: Energy sources, Weapons

8-Jan-10

Can the aviation industry ever be green?

"Cutting emissions on the scale required to meet carbon targets means big changes in either how, or how much, we fly. Roger East sees an industry in need of radical innovation and asks, can it go fast – and far – enough?"


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