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Joyce’s party, the National Party of Australia (NPA), has been a strong advocate for nuclear, arguing the technological advancements make it a viable, clean and reliable energy source as opposed to solar and wind.
Joyce told Sky News Australia several governments around the world, including the UK and France, had been successfully integrating the power source and suggested Australia should be next.
“If you want to get to zero emissions then listen to what they’re doing in the UK where they’re building new nuclear reactors, listen to what they’re doing in France, listen to what they’re doing in Asia,” he told First Edition host Pete Stefanovic.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 04 August 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/former-deputy-pm-joins-calls-for-nuclear-ban-to-be-lifted-8-3-2022
The closure of Germany’s Gorleben mine was announced on 17 September in a joint press release from Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection; the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE); and the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung/Finallagerung mbH (BGE - Federal company for final storage).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgermany-closes-gorleben-salt-dome-9094029
Policymakers who ignore nuclear energy are not serious about meeting climate goals, delegates said at an Atlantic Council webinar last week. The first in the Raising Ambitions series, the event highlighted the attributes of this clean source of electricity and heat ahead of the Leaders’ Climate Summit, which the US Administration is hosting on 22-23 April.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-can-help-raise-climate-ambitions
The UK's Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has welcomed the government's confirmation yesterday that nuclear power will play a role in achieving the country's net zero by 2050 target, but says clarity is still needed on large-scale projects. In its Ten Point Plan, the government refers to such support as being "subject to value-for-money".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-industry-looks-for-clarity-on-large-plant-suppo
A group of more than 100 scientists and environmentalists have written to the European Commission calling for a "timely and just assessment" of nuclear energy in the EU Taxonomy. The letter was sent by Satu Helynen, acting president of the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP), and addressed to EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson and to two European Commission vice-presidents, Valdis Dombrovskis and Frans Timmermans.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 30 April 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NGOs-demand-place-for-nuclear-in-EU-Taxonomy
Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company (Kepco) has filed an appeal to the Osaka High Court seeking to allow it to restart units 3 and 4 at its Takahama NPP in Fukui Prefecture. The appeal aims to reverse a ruling earlier this week by the Otsu District Court, which rejected the utility's request to remove a temporary injunction issued in March to shut the reactors on safety grounds. The Otsu District Court issued that injunction following a petition filed by 29 residents of Shiga Prefecture, to the south of Fukui, claiming there were doubts about the station’s seismic standards and about new regulatory standards brought in following the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 July 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-obstacles-to-japanese-npp-restarts-4956264
The link between public opinion and government policy is difficult to quantify, and is especially so in the case of civil nuclear policy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 30 September 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspublic-opinion-doesn-t-matter