Nuclear power

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says it’s the speed and effectiveness of renewables that has prompted the Coalition to put forth an alternative.

Waste management infrastructure for nuclear power plants is essential because reactors produce waste that is deadly if mismanaged.

Technology could help breathe life into ailing businesses across the nation, but that technology comes with an ever-increasing need for power.

Local people and politicians from the towns where nuclear plants have been proposed have explained their cases for and against the planned move.

The new initiative will support the fleet at Team Global Express, a parcel delivery service.

Although some environmental groups oppose the extension, the Diablo Canyon Power Plant provides about 17 percent of California’s zero-carbon electricity supply.

The company aims to run Sizewell B until 2055 and other stations, which are set to close in a few years, for as long as possible.

Sellafield and the nuclear regulator said there’s no evidence of state-backed hacking as described in a report, but the company is under ’special' watch.

Russia is building nuclear installations in several countries presently torn by Islamic jihadism, raising growing concern in the international community.

A 1979 partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania is again being cleaned up, after it was sealed off for decades.