Index of chapter headings

Chapter headings

Links to individual chapters within SONE Articles and Newsletters

4 Dec 2021: A message from Rosie, a dog in New Zealand; Minutes of SONE Annual General Meeting 2021; News items; Some video links of interest
17 Nov 2021: Brief report of COP26 for SONE; “Who put the lights out?”; Professor Jack Simmons (1934-2021)
6 Oct 2021: Discussion at the Spectator Why Fear Nuclear Energy?; We Shall Not Burn Carbon?; An Expensive Failure?; Global Freezing?; Update on Fusion; French Cable Connector; COP26; Is the mood changing?
9 Aug 2021: UK Government policy; Raw materials and raw principles; Another big lithium ion battery fire; The resilience, the question that people need to ask; The jury; Hydroelectricity and climate change
19 Jul 2021: Natural Science and ignorance; News from Penultimate Power: a comment and a reply; The Nuclear Institute; The danger and inadequacy of lithium storage batteries; From the Dalton Nuclear Institute, Manchester:; A health warning; For your diary: In-person SONE AGM
14 Jun 2021: SONE website rebuilt; News from Penultimate Power UK Ltd; Nuclear Netzero, a statement for SONE – by Paul Spare; Glasgow declined; “You don’t have to be a scientist to trust nuclear energy”; Core Power at SONE AGM, 2pm Mon. 4 October 2021
19 May 2021: How to get the nuclear message through to people; The word from Bill Gates; The Wind-jammers – a fanciful story for our time; Core Power – less fanciful nuclear news for shipping
30 Apr 2021: EU ruling on “taxonomy”; Losses and hopes in the United States; Hualong One and Two; Energy and Life with NetZero: Lessons from Covid-19; “Shorting the Grid – the hidden fragility of our electric grid” by Meredith Angwin
19 Mar 2021: SONE at COP26, Glasgow 1-12 November 2021; Oh, not the story of Renewables again!; The decline of the UK nuclear fleet - age, disease or curtailment; Burial sites for wind turbines – and at so young an age!; Engaging the doubters of climate change; Making the case for nuclear power in Japan and South Korea; A letter in the Financial Times 16 March; An article by Dominic Lawson in the Sunday Times 14 March
13 Feb 2021: Fukushima, a tragedy of misunderstanding ten years on; “But what about the waste?”; Resilience and security – the expected and the unpredictable; Interests and jobs obstruct the right decisions
31 Jan 2021: Hope, aspirations and developments in the United States; Predicting the end of a terrible German fairy tale; A cautionary tale from South Korea – and Arizona and Liverpool, too; An online lecture to students at Oxford; Ten years ago; Steelmaking with nuclear power; News from Moltex; Accelerating Climate Change
21 Dec 2020: The Energy White Paper; Hinkley PC; Sizewell C; Finance and Nuclear Power; COP26; Correcting misconceptions
19 Nov 2020: The good news – Sizewell C; And more – the Rolls Royce Consortium; And then there is a story about Wylfa and a UK / US Consortium; And more – UK engagement with nuclear powered ocean-going shipping; The bad news about off-shore wind; Report of the SONE Annual General Meeting 2020
30 Oct 2020: Annual General Meeting 2020 – Changed Arrangements to note!; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; Apologies and News; Wylfa; Poland; Netherlands; Germany; Role of UK; Fun with a strip; World Nuclear reports (23 Sept)
21 Aug 2020: “The Future of Nuclear Power” with the Cambridge Centre for International Research; Encouraging news from Czechia; Reactor goes critical in the United Arab Emirates; And in China this month; A provocative new lecture by Bret Kugelmass – food for thought; When Nuclear Phobia was born; HIROSHIMA RECONSIDERED; One more myth bites the dust; And another, the Plutonium story; A new video that puts the fear of radiation in its place: “No More Radiophobia”
15 Jul 2020: Everybody is waiting for the Government to announce its energy policy
29 May 2020: And what should members of SONE do?; Sad News
4 May 2020: At last!; A recent posting on social media that all ages may appreciate sums it up:; Meanwhile new nuclear development in UK continues:; Making way for Nuclear Energy in a future of change; What negative and infinite numbers mean in the real world
3 Apr 2020: In the mean time as you sit at home, here is something to watch and read
7 Feb 2020: January, a Busy Month; An Editorial: The Cost of Nuclear; ATOMIK, a Tipple
23 Jan 2020: Admonishment to start the year; …and blunt observations; An article published in Oxford at the end of 2019 by Wade Allison:; Bizarre news of political decisions that will lead to self harm inflicted by EU; A discussion about synthetic fuels
29 Nov 2019: German study claims Japan nuclear shutdown did more harm than good; And some SONE news
4 Nov 2019: Minutes of SONE Annual General Meeting 2019
30 Sep 2019: Annual Statement of the Directors for the year ended 30th June 2019; SONE Activities in 2018/19 as recorded in the Newsletters.
10 Jul 2019: James Lovelock is the doyen of the broad scientific study; “Yellow Cake”, a production by the Why Theatre Company; June News, selected items from World Nuclear Weekly News
29 May 2019: For the information of SONE Members; A thoughtful perspective; A meeting; Fact, Fiction or a Blend
22 May 2019: The SONE Visit to Hinkley Point C; It’s education, stupid!; Questions for nuclear plants
23 Apr 2019: A recommendation for a new book; And an appalling book that nobody should read; A note on Emergency Planning Zones
15 Mar 2019: Fuel is useful energy; Chemical energy and the creation of fossil fuels; The effectiveness of 100% renewables; The creation of nuclear fuel; Hurdles of superstition, missing education and vested interests; Where the future dangers for society lie; Notices
15 Feb 2019: We need the Government to show more confidence; Competition from Renewables; Behind the scenes in USA; Obituary
22 Jan 2019: Jim Corner, first treasurer of SONE, who died recently
14 Dec 2018: Some things in human affairs are certain; My Energy – an important aspect of personal security
19 Nov 2018: Notes by Wade Allison; From an editorial in the Boston Globe:
3 Oct 2018: Saving carbon emissions from electric vehicles could be illusory
6 Aug 2018: Climate change and gas; Gas and heating; Land transport
4 Jul 2018: Escaping the echo chamber of the like-minded; Rediscovering the Promise of Nuclear Power
29 May 2018: Attitudes are persistent. We do not enjoy reconsidering negative ones or those of long standing.
3 May 2018: George Inglis CBE, FREng, BSc, C.Eng, FIMechE
9 Apr 2018: Economies of scale have pushed up the optimum size of commercial nuclear reactors ever larger.; Sir William McAlpine, Bt; David Evans
8 Mar 2018: NIA comments on government response to BEIS Committee report on civil nuclear
2 Mar 2018: Providing district heating, power and transportation fuels with advanced nuclear reactors; Executive Summary; Key points:; Introduction; Background, methods and objectives; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY?; BIOENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY IN NORTHERN EUROPE
14 Feb 2018: Sellafield Ltd signs Technical Services Agreement with National Nuclear Laboratory
13 Feb 2018: NAMRC seeks industry views on new nuclear research hubs
2 Feb 2018: Large new fission reactors; To know, or not to know: the nuclear question
29 Jan 2018: NIA welcomes House of Lords EU Energy & Environment committee report
15 Jan 2018: Where the energy comes from; And last but not least
4 Jan 2018: MW Hargreaves completes Chernobyl project
22 Dec 2017: D-day as evaporator starts its mission
21 Dec 2017: Nuclear and renewables combined give low carbon power boost in Scotland
14 Dec 2017: NIA welcomes design approval for the UK ABWR
4 Dec 2017: Civil nuclear’s £6.4 billion contribution to UK economy – new Oxford Economics study
30 Nov 2017: An international view
20 Nov 2017: Winfrith Reactor Decommissioning Reaches Important Milestone; Community digs deep to unearth Anglesey’s secret history
17 Nov 2017: Nuvia set for Sellafield BEP Grout Plant contract
14 Nov 2017: Sellafield decommissioning reaches new heights
10 Nov 2017: New nuclear power vital to the UK’s electricity mix, says new report
9 Nov 2017: Rolls-Royce Signs Collaboration Agreement with Jordan for Small Modular Reactor Technology
30 Oct 2017: This is my final report at SONE’s Secretary and it will be my shortest.; Wade Allison: Plans for SONE’s future; John C.H. Lindberg, FRSA:
16 Oct 2017: New Poll – public want UK to stay part of Euratom
9 Oct 2017: Nuclear Energy - The UK's Stable and Low-Carbon Energy Future
6 Oct 2017: Learn more about Wylfa Newydd at October Open Surgery
30 Sep 2017: How much choice do we have?
29 Sep 2017: New scheme puts small firms centre stage
28 Sep 2017: Low carbon electricity powers UK
18 Sep 2017: Next generation start their nuclear apprenticeships on Anglesey
13 Sep 2017: Aquila awarded contract by Magnox Limited for external mixing unit
12 Sep 2017: British small nuclear plants can deliver low cost, low carbon electricity
6 Sep 2017: X-energy and Centrus Energy to Develop Fuel for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
1 Aug 2017: OUR BEGINNING; OUR ANNUAL MEETING SPEAKERS; UK GOVERNMENT TALKS ON SMRs
31 Jul 2017: A manifesto of ideas for the future of SONE
27 Jul 2017: Nuclear power contributes 21% of low carbon power generation in 2016
19 Jul 2017: Innovation funding, unlocking the potential of small and medium size companies; Horizon announces operational training support partner for Wylfa Newydd
11 Jul 2017: Nuvia secures prestigious RoSPA Engineering Services Sector Award 2017
27 Jun 2017: New figures show 65,000 jobs boost from UK nuclear
21 Jun 2017: NIA comment on Nuclear Safeguards Bill; Bradwell completes FED treatment programme
14 Jun 2017: NDA launches major nuclear decommissioning industry event
6 Jun 2017: Amec Foster Wheeler forms alliance to test equipment for nuclear safety
30 May 2017: MAKE YOUR MINDS UP TIME; WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SMR COMPETITION?; WHAT DOES LEAVING EURATOM MEAN?; BACK TO FRONT POLICY DEVELOPMENT; LABOUR AND LIB DEMS SURPRISINGLY POSITIVE; STILL WARY OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP; INVESTMENT AT THE CORE; REVISITING THE INVESTMENT FUNDAMENTALS; PROTESTING TOO MUCH?; UNDER GROUND AND UNDER SEA
24 May 2017: Latest Wylfa Newydd power station plans published for consultation
16 May 2017: Tom Samson briefs Cumbrian stakeholders on NuGen’s Strategic Review
11 May 2017: Rolls-Royce and Bruce Power sign multi-year cooperation agreement
3 May 2017: UK Nuclear Industry Study – steps required to avoid Brexit Euratom cliff edge
2 May 2017: Decision must be taken on UK SMR programme
30 Apr 2017: THE UK GENERAL ELECTION’S LIKELY IMPACT; SONE SAID IT FIRST; TREASURY DOGMA; OTHERS MAY WANT SUBSIDIES; KOREA TO THE RESCUE?; A BIT OF GOOD NEWS; SO WHAT OF HINKLEY?; AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE
26 Apr 2017: New British-Franco agreement to strengthen skills development for the nuclear industry
18 Apr 2017: UKAEA announces collaboration with ITER; James Fisher Nuclear Flying High with Sellafield Decommissioning
31 Mar 2017: THREE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE; WHY WEINBERG?; TOWARDS A VIBRANT NUCLEAR SECTOR; NEXT JUNE IS DECISION TIME; THIS IS WEINBERG; THE DRIVING FORCES; WEINBERG’S CURRENT ACTIVITIES; OBJECTIVES OF COLLABORATION; PROACTIVE PLANS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
10 Mar 2017: WE TOLD YOU SO; THE TREASURY’S DILEMMA; UNWAVERING SUPPORT?; AN ELECTORAL WINNER; OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE; WHAT ABOUT EURATOM?; AND NUCLEAR R&D IN GENERAL; A NEW SECRETARY IS NEEDED
21 Feb 2017: NuGen provides updates on Moorside progress – NIA UK; NIA comment on EU Withdrawal Bill – NIA UK; Horizon and Exelon partner to advance Wylfa Newydd project – NIA UK
2 Feb 2017: SMRs GET A BOOST AS HINKLEY FACES A CHALLENGE; THE SOLE WINNER; ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT MOVE; AND IN THE UK; PLENTY OF INTEREST; BIG REACTORS STILL OF INTEREST; CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST
23 Jan 2017: Horizon cleared to buy reactor components for Wylfa Newydd
19 Jan 2017: NuGen joins UK nuclear industry delegation on trade mission to Japan
18 Jan 2017: Partnering to Build Wylfa Newydd
12 Jan 2017: First U.S. SMR regulatory application builds case for future NuScale deployment in UK
30 Nov 2016: VOCATIONAL SKILLS NEEDED; A HEALTH WARNING; RESEARCH AND INNOVATION; THE SMR DESIGN COMPETITION; GET THE ROADMAP OUT; TIME FOR GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT?; GROWING PUBLIC SUPPORT
29 Nov 2016: UK Researchers Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamonds That Generate Electricity
28 Nov 2016: Public Consultation For UK’s Sizewell C Project Relaunched, EDF Energy Says
31 Oct 2016: EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION; THE MAGIC OF SCIENCE; CAUTIONARY WORDS; EVENTS, DEAR BOY, EVENTS; REACTOR DESIGN COMPANIES IGNORED; MAKE MORE USE OF THE WEBSITE; PROPAGANDA AND THE ARMS RACE; NUCLEAR POWER IS GOOD; MOTHERS FOR NUCLEAR; THE TREASURER’S REPORT; ANY OTHER BUSINESS
30 Sep 2016: FOR THE RECORD; TESTING THE GOVERNMENT’S RESOLVE; YO-YO ELECTRICITY PRICES; IS THE PRICE SO BAD ANYWAY?; STATE SECURITY MATTERS; MORE CHINESE INVOLVEMENT NOT LESS; AND POSSIBLY KOREA AS WELL
31 Aug 2016: PERFIDIOUS ALBION; A ROBUST EDF DEFENCE; CRITICAL CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY; BRING ON THE OLD; A CASE OF MILD SINOPHOBIA; WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
26 Aug 2016: New CEO Appointed For UK’s Atomic Energy Authority
16 Aug 2016: Putin Asks For ‘Coordinated Position’ On Use Of Thorium
9 Aug 2016: UK-China Relations ‘At Critical Juncture’ Over Hinkley, says Ambassador; UK Academics Share Their Thoughts On Hinkley Point C; The Nuclear Institute – Announcement; Horizon Gives €1M To Fund Nuclear Engineering Centre In Wales; EDF Welcomes High Court Decision To Reject Union’s Hinkley Point Request
30 Jul 2016: NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS; NOT A U-TURN?; DECOUPLING THE DEAL; A “BONKERS” DECISION SAY UK UNIONS; FRENCH LEAVE FOR THE FRENCH?; NOW FOR SOME POSITIVE NEWS
30 Jun 2016: PLAY IT AGAIN SAM; NO IMMEDIATE THREAT; EDF STILL SOUNDS OPTIMISTIC; POSSIBLE INVESTMENT DECISION DELAY; A CHALLENGE FROM EDF MANAGERS; ANOTHER LEGAL THREAT; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS; EC BACKED RESEARCH IN QUESTION
28 Jun 2016: Russia And France Are Discussing Nuclear Cooperation, Says Rosatom; EDF and MHI consider collaboration
27 Jun 2016: France’s Regulator Says 18 EDF Steam Generators May Have Anomaly
15 Jun 2016: Areva outlines restructuring plan
10 May 2016: A TARNISHED REPUTATION; AN UNUSUAL CONSULTATION EXERCISE; THE BOARD KNOWS BEST; THE FLAMANVILLE EXPERIENCE; AUSTRIA’S COMPLAINT “WITHOUT MERIT”; CERTAINTY AND STABILITY; ENERGY COST FIGURES; NEAR INFINITE VARIABLES; Bequest
29 Apr 2016: WORKING FROM A DIFFERENT SCRIPT; THE CHAIRMAN’S HEART SANK; FLAMANVILLE’S CONTINUING PROBLEMS; A RAFT OF CHANGES; DEFICIENCIES AND INCOMPETENCE; UNFOUNDED RUMOURS AND FANTASIES; HINKLEY ISN’T THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN; TRIED AND TESTED TECHNOLOGY
27 Apr 2016: Pledging event; Memorial
26 Apr 2016: James Fisher Nuclear Ltd; NucNet’s Chernobyl Fact File
20 Apr 2016: German Minister Urges Belgium To Shut Down Reactors For ‘Further Investigation’
18 Apr 2016: UK capable of producing Westinghouse SMR vessel; EDF Energy CEO Warns Of ‘Dire’ Situation For Electricity Generators
13 Apr 2016: European Parliament Wants More Information On Schedule And Cost For Iter
30 Mar 2016: The legacy today; Why take so long?; A brief history; The start of reprocessing; The bear and the bald eagle; FINALLY A COMMUNITY LEGACY
3 Mar 2016: SONE Newsletter Downloads
29 Feb 2016: A NEW MODEL REACTOR; CALL FOR EU MARKET REFORM; WORRIES OVER WYLFA; A REACTOR WITH A TRACK RECORD; EDF’s LIFETIME EXTENSIONS IN THE UK; LIFETIME EXTENSIONS IN FRANCE; LIFETIME EXTENSIONS WORLDWIDE; NEW BUILD PLANS
11 Feb 2016: European Parliament Report Says Nuclear Can be Vital
10 Feb 2016: EU Regulation On Radioactive Contamination In Foodstuffs Enters Into Force
5 Feb 2016: European Industry Welcomes Plans To Continue Participation In Gen IV Research
28 Jan 2016: Westinghouse Signs Sellafield Agreements As Part Of Two Consortia; Former Labour MP Is New NIA Chief Executive
22 Jan 2016: Apprentices
19 Jan 2016: UK Could Have First SMR In Operation By 2025, Says NuScale
30 Dec 2015: IN THE BEGINNING; FLAMING FIRES – NO THANKS; THE PSEUDO-SCIENCES; NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE; INES LEADS TO HYSTERIA; VESTED INTERESTS; SLIGHTLY USED FUEL; A BABEL OF DISCIPLINES; Creating jobs; Fukushima; Meeting electricity growth; Paying for renewables
30 Nov 2015: Support For Some; In Place of Old King Coal; More Support for Fracking; New King Nuclear; An Ambivalent Public Attitude; India – UK Nuclear Deal; Global Warming; TINA; The needs of a national nuclear programme; The nuclear option
30 Oct 2015: Small could be big for Britain; All quiet on the Hinkley front; A warm welcome; Small Modular Reactors – the issues; Choose your partner carefully; Government support needed; Annual General Meeting business; Nuclear Power; Renewable energies; Fossil fuels; Conclusion; The cost of renewable electricity; Small is beautiful
9 Oct 2015: The curse of Adam; South Korea
30 Sep 2015: COUNTRY BY COUNTRY ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR COSTS COMPARABLE TO COAL?; CHANCELLOR BACKS HINKLEY POINT C; FUTURE PARTNERSHIP DEALS?; DELAYS TO THE PRECURSOR PROJECT; “RIGHT TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT PRICE, RIGHT TIME”; ANNUAL MEETING
16 Sep 2015: NuGen Signs Long-Term Agreement With Sellafield And NDA; Britain needs Hinkley Point C, says EDF Energy head
14 Sep 2015: UK Needs Nuclear Because Renewables Cannot Fill Gap, Says NIA Chairman; Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Company
11 Sep 2015: Three challenges for Areva; Japan’s Sendai-1 Officially Resumes Commercial Operation, Operator Says; Fuel Loading Begins At Japan’s Sendai-2
8 Sep 2015: A 12-week consultation
1 Sep 2015: The Accident; Nuclear Safety Considerations; Emergency Preparedness And Response; Radiological Consequences; Post-Accident Recovery; Background; Since the Accident: Progress And Changes
30 Aug 2015: A FEROCIOUS ATTACK; PLAYERS AND SPECTATORS; PUTTING ME STRAIGHT; DAMNED IF YOU DO — OR DON’T; A ROBUST DEFENCE; INSIDE SELLAFIELD; ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING; Why?; Green growth; And now Sweden; Nuclear Power in perspective; Life extension; Share of electricity from nuclear
30 Jul 2015: TROUBLES COME IN BATTALIONS; FROM FINLAND TO FLAMANVILLE; REACTOR VESSEL ANOMALIES; WINTER DRAWS ON; MOORSIDE MOVES ON; SMR’s; Saving Lives
2 Jul 2015: German Energy Cooperative Ready To Submit Hinkley Point C State Aid Appeal
30 Jun 2015: YES SIR, THAT’S MY BABY; THE SELLAFIELD DENTISTS; PULLING THE PLUG; A BEACON SHEDDING LITTLE LIGHT; Don’t say ‘nuclear’; A good idea; Saudi Arabia
22 Jun 2015: Council Endorses Plans For Higher Emergency Exposure Limit In Japan
17 Jun 2015: UK Should Have Public Ownership Option For Nuclear Plants, Says Report
10 Jun 2015: EPR Safety Valves Examination ‘Ongoing’, IRSN Says
9 Jun 2015: Nuclear Industry Welcomes G7 Pledge To Phase Out Fossil Fuels
8 Jun 2015: Westinghouse Calls On Europe To Ensure ‘Level Playing Field’ For Nuclear; UK Energy Secretary Calls For New Nuclear Stations To Be ‘Beautiful’
30 May 2015: SAFETY DOESN ’T COME CHEAP; THE POLITICAL IM PACT; MARILYN AND THE TWO JOHNS; SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM; PROGRESS AT FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI; THE POLITICAL IM PACT – AGAIN; Smal l Modular Reactors; Candi d comments; Kee p it in the ground
22 May 2015: Magnox Announces Job Cuts At 12 UK Sites
21 May 2015: Japan’s NRA To Increase Radiation Limit For Nuclear Workers In Emergencies
18 May 2015: Nuclear Could Replace Fossil Fuels In Less Than A Decade, Researchers Say
12 May 2015: UK Company Wins £50 Million Sellafield Storage Container Contract; Contract for Sellafield silo waste storage boxes
8 May 2015: Lower Fossil Fuel Prices And Slow Economic Growth Could Hamper Nuclear, Report Warns
7 May 2015: Tepco Gets Go-Ahead For Testing Of Fukushima ‘Frozen Walls’
30 Apr 2015: LIVING WITH THE LEGACY; OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE – WHAT IT IS – AND WHAT IT ISN’T; WHERE IT ALL BEGAN; NO BOUQUET FOR FLOWERS; THE FOUR SITES SAGA; NOW FOR THE REAL WORK; An uncertain future; The Election; Labour party; The Conservative Party; The Liberal democrats; UKIP; The SNP; Plaid Cymru; Green Party manifesto; A False Claim; Hinkley C; Green jobs; Green electricity; Reducing carbon emissions; The rise of the East
23 Apr 2015: Mini subs retrieve Sellafield isotope gear
22 Apr 2015: Court ruling clears way for Sendai restarts
21 Apr 2015: UK University Gets £3.5 Million Grant For Nuclear Materials Analysis
16 Apr 2015: Amec Foster Wheeler
15 Apr 2015: Nugen announces public consultation
9 Apr 2015: Job cuts as final decision on Hinkley Point C remains
3 Apr 2015: Plans & Construction; Uranium & Fuel; Plans & Construction; Policies & Politics; Plans & Construction
1 Apr 2015: Russia completes design of underground radwaste research laboratory; Magnox expands with merger of RSRL; Magnox expands with merger of RSRL; Finland starts building plug for repository tunnel
31 Mar 2015: Urenco gets US regulatory approval to expand Eunice plant; NuScale upper module mock-up completed; THE THIRD PARTY; THE DO NOTHING TARGET; PUT IN PEOPLE POWER TO REDUCE PUTIN POWER; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPITTING FEATHERS; RADIUM GIRLS REVISITED; France’s larger reactors OK for 40 years, says regulator; France’s larger reactors OK for 40 years, says regulator; Argentina, Bolivia sign agreement to develop nuclear energy; A path towards innovating nuclear energy; The elephant in the room; If only; Russia as an international supplier; Rolls-Royce and Rosatom
30 Mar 2015: Comment & People
28 Feb 2015: CAMERON, MILIBAND AND CLEGG DO A DEAL; HOW SAFE MUST SAFE BE?; RADIOACTIVITY IS GOOD FOR YOU CLAIM; THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND MELODI; SMALL CAN BE BEAUTIFUL; Energy and Economic growth; Germany; An end to growth; Stop burning coal; Stranded Assets; The IEA-NEA Nuclear energy road map (2015); Life extension; New Nuclear Watch Europe
20 Feb 2015: Eight EU States Ask For Recognition Of Nuclear In Energy Union Policy
19 Feb 2015: UK’s NuGen Moves From London To Manchester; UK Regulators Declare Sizewell A Fuel-Free
18 Feb 2015: UK Magnox site declared fuel free; Fukushima-Daiichi Situation Remains ‘Very Complex’, Says IAEA Team
10 Feb 2015: Nuclear Accounted For Largest Share Of EU Energy Production In 2013, Says Eurostat
30 Jan 2015: The nuclear hokey cokey; Duck – The chickens are flying; On hugging trees and huskies; Power at any price; The Paddington Bear Summit
27 Jan 2015: NRC Rejects Petition To Have Fukushima-Type Reactors Shut Down
23 Jan 2015: Rolls-Royce Wins Boiler Modification Contract For Dungeness B
13 Jan 2015: UK Strips Consortium Of Sellafield Contract
12 Jan 2015: Heysham A-1 Returns To Grid
8 Jan 2015: Argonne Joins Forces With Nuclear Industry On Next Generation Reactors
30 Dec 2014: Old king coal remains centre stage; Britain’s green energy dilemma; Fracking all over the land; The big burners; Wind out of their sails; A major consultation exercise; The need for nuclear development.; Energy and Economic Growth; Nuclear advocates; Stop burning fossil fuels; There are two good reasons to stop burning fossil fuels.; Nuclear Power; More on SMR’s; Burning Plutonium; The fox that lost its tail
29 Dec 2014: Ukraine’s Zaporozhye-6 Reconnected To Grid After Shutdown; Russia’s Rostov-3 Connected To Grid; Poll By New Industry Group Shows Support For UK Nuclear; NRC Veteran Appointed Chairman; China’s Fangjiashan-2 Achieves First Criticality
22 Dec 2014: ‘No Risk To Nuclear Installations’ In South Korea Computer Hack
17 Dec 2014: Decommissioning
16 Dec 2014: Union Calls For Restart Of Japan’s Reactors; Sweden Sets Deadline For Introduction Of Independent Core Cooling; EP Considers Nuclear As ‘Significant Alternative’ For Electricity Production
15 Dec 2014: Policies & Politics
11 Dec 2014: Decommissioning
8 Dec 2014: Plans & Construction
3 Dec 2014: Plans & Construction
2 Dec 2014: Plans & Construction
1 Dec 2014: Policies & Politics
30 Nov 2014: A GREAT DEAL TO BE PLEASED ABOUT; HINKLEY POINT AID PACKAGE AGREED; ALICE IN WONDERLAND; OUR FLEXIBLE FRIENDS IN BRUSSELS; CLEAN ENERGY’S DIRTY SECRET; HAS THE FAST REACTOR’S TIME FINALLY ARRIVED?; THE TECHNICAL OPTIONS; OBITUARY
24 Nov 2014: All eyes on Hinkley
21 Nov 2014: Comment & People; Security & Safety; Plans & Construction; Plans & Construction
20 Nov 2014: Security & Safety
17 Nov 2014: Uranium & Fuel; Decommissioning; Policies & Politics; Comment & People; Plans & Construction
14 Nov 2014: Decommissioning; Plans & Construction; Plans & Construction
13 Nov 2014: Uranium & Fuel; Security & Safety; Fuqing 1 attains full power; Plans & Construction
12 Nov 2014: Plans & Construction; Uranium & Fuel; Plant Operation; Uranium & Fuel; Plans & Construction; China, USA set post-2020 climate targets
11 Nov 2014: Plans & Construction; Unplanned Events & Incidents
10 Nov 2014: Plans & Construction; Plans & Construction; Plans & Construction; China and Canada expand cooperation; Plans & Construction; Security & Safety
7 Nov 2014: Policies & Politics; Security & Safety; Russia Presents Reactor Technologies To South Africa; Security & Safety; Comment & People; Plant Operation; Local consents for Sendai restart; Policies & Politics; Plans & Construction; Comment & People; Research & Development; Research & Development
6 Nov 2014: Plant Operation; Policies & Politics; Decommissioning; Security & Safety; Plans & Construction; Plans & Construction
30 Oct 2014: SONE, with new blood, working for a real nuclear renaissance; The optimistic professor; The Annual General Meeting; Reports; Supply and demand – are we safe?; POST AGM; More doom from the UN; Progress on radiation dose limits; OBITUARY; SMRs and MSRs; The U battery: Small is beautiful; Nuclear Europe; Fusion; Intermittent wind
10 Oct 2014: All eyes on Hinkley
30 Sep 2014: A call to arms: Your committee needs you; Your new Secretary; Your old Secretary; Your retiring committee members; Robert Freer; The challenge to SONE members; SONE AGM; Are we at last in business?; Obituary:; Can we afford it?; How Much is Enough?; High Energy Users – Civitas; Voimaosakeyhtiö; The Vital Spark; Population Growth; “I’m alright Jack.”
30 Aug 2014: Three warnings of fragility of energy supplies; When will they ever learn?; A question for the consumer; August’s nuclear positives; For dour Diaries – AGM; An example of perseverance; People and the Planet; Ocean Acidification; Energy
21 Aug 2014: Westinghouse Plans Two New AP1000 Units For Utah
30 Jul 2014: Methinks these soothsayers are slightly potty; Insult added to injury; The subsidy mess; Ten months to find viable energy policy; Towards more realistic safety rules; Constructive environmentalism; Nuclear nuggets; Obituary; Our nuclear future; Small modular reactors; Centre for Low Carbon Futures; Let’s pretend; Avoidable deaths
16 Jul 2014: Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For Restart Of Two Japan Reactors
30 Jun 2014: A minister crying in the wilderness; Our filthy lucre antidote to cuts; Industry waves admonitory finger; Policy on a wing and a prayer; Britain’s nuclear beehive has them buzzing; Another way of looking at China; Optimistic Ministers; The strange priorities of the IEA; Bonkers is the only conclusion; The rising cost of cleaning up; Professor Glover strikes out; Greenpeace in a spin; More nuclear nuggets; Molten salt reactors; Obituary; Avoiding Blackouts; Barakah; Looking East; The Costs of Intermittency; Confusion over the Anthropcene
18 Jun 2014: UK And China Sign ‘Landmark’ Deal On Nuclear Cooperation
12 Jun 2014: China Manufactures AP1000 Components To Westinghouse Criteria
9 Jun 2014: Japanese Economic Organisations Make Urgent Appeal For Reactor Restarts
5 Jun 2014: NEA Report Aims To ‘Dispel Myths’ Surrounding Uranium Mining; Hong Kong Needs ‘Dedicated Nuclear’ From China, Says Society
30 May 2014: Let us spread the nuclear message like Professor Fells; Wheezes on the agenda; ”Cuts virtually inevitable”; Energy = Prosperity; Turning global warming cost estimates upside down; The intolerance of science; Wade Allison’s renewed plea for realism; Campaign against Navitus; The case for SMRS; Are we going soft?; The things people say; Obituary:; More nuggets for your use; Prejudiced science; Energy in the Anthropocene; The Great Acceleration; Stop Burning Coal; The Prism fast reactor; Nuclear Europe
28 May 2014: EC Proposes Diversification Of Fuel Supplies As Condition For New Nuclear
27 May 2014: France’s State Auditor Says EDF’s Nuclear Costs Are Increasing
19 May 2014: Bern Voters Reject Bid To Close Mühleberg Immediately
16 May 2014: Wano Creates Scholarships To Mark 25th Anniversary; Tepco Reaches Half Way Point In Removal Of Fuel Assemblies; Rosatom Praises UK ‘State-Aid’ Model For New Build Incentives; NRC Sets First Deadlines For Earthquake Risk Analysis; Industry Group Proposes Four Nuclear Reactors For Chile; France Plans Introduction Of Commercial Fast Neutron Reactors In 2040
12 May 2014: Poland Plans 12% Nuclear Share By 2030, Conference Hears
30 Apr 2014: Oh to be in England – but not when madness is there; UN lukewarm on nuclear; Scaremongers caught out; Closed minds; Cameron’s proposed cap; Word has it DECC is to be axed; Unfair to nuclear; And now for something useful…; Nuclear’s “New Dynamic” approaches; Poland’s atomic bus; Nuclear on the march; Projects galore while nuclear languishes in UK; The last word; Obituary
8 Apr 2014: EC Unfairly Discredits Nuclear Energy In Hinkley Analysis, Says Foratom
30 Mar 2014: Ukraine strengthens the case for nuclear power; The tragi-comedy of state aids; Send in the clowns; The fading of the light; Chancellor undoes a bit of bad work; Delay a way of life; The Grimston case for approving Hinkley Point; Fukushima’s legacy – safer nuclear power; The insenitivity of the man; With but one mind; Obituary; The Anthropocene; No alternative
20 Mar 2014: China ‘Sets 10-Year Deadline’ For Design Of Thorium Reactor
19 Mar 2014: EDF Denies Media Reports It ‘Played Down Flood Risk’ At Dungeness B
18 Mar 2014: Returns On Hinkley Point C Could Be Much Higher Than Usual, Says Report; EDF Energy Refutes Hinkley Point ‘Return On Investment’ Claims
12 Mar 2014: Safety Has Improved Since Fukushima, Says US Government Report
10 Mar 2014: Three Years On, First Evacuees Are Ready To Return To Fukushima Homes
7 Mar 2014: Urenco Remains Bullish, Despite Fall In Earnings; UK Announces Parliamentary Inquiry Into ‘Small Nuclear’; Russia’s Rostov-3 Reaches Construction Milestones; Fennovoima Seeks Revised Government Approval For Hanhikivi; Contaminated Equipment Removed From Sellafield Storage Pond
6 Mar 2014: TVEL To Honour Fuel Commitments, Despite Ukraine Transport Ban; Nordic Countries Adopt New Nuclear And Radiological Emergency Guidelines
5 Mar 2014: Industry Calls For Equal Treatment Of Nuclear In European Climate Change Policy
4 Mar 2014: Japan Ministers Approve Nuclear As ‘Key Baseload Power’
3 Mar 2014: UK Proposes Interim Storage For Overseas Origin Nuclear Fuel
28 Feb 2014: US Ready To Build World’s Largest Pulsed Electromagnet For Iter; Obama Approves 123 Agreement With Vietnam; Finland And Russia Sign Strategic Partnership And Fuel Delivery Agreements; February Newsletter No185; Bulgaria Conference To Address New Build And Lifetime Extensions; Areva Hit By EUR 425 Million Losses On Olkiluoto-3 Project
26 Feb 2014: African Nations Urged To Set Up Effective Nuclear Regulators
24 Feb 2014: Nuclenor Says Decree Is ‘Very Positive’ For Garoña
14 Feb 2014: Nuclear Industry Calls For Level Playing Field For All Forms Of Low-Carbon Technologies
13 Feb 2014: US Researchers Announce ‘World First’ On Road To Fusion Energy; EDF Energy Plans 10-year Lifetime Extensions For Dungeness B Units
11 Feb 2014: Improve Or Face Losing Contract, MPs Warn Sellafield Consortium
10 Feb 2014: UK Gives Consent For Decommissioning Of Wylfa
6 Feb 2014: No Opposition ‘In Principle’ Towards Deep Geological Repository In France, Says Andra
4 Feb 2014: Tepco Says It Is Making ‘Significant Progress On Several Fronts’; Think Tank Urges Australia To Reconsider Nuclear; Atomic Journal Questions Capital Cost Of SMRs
31 Jan 2014: UK and France Announce Plans For Further Nuclear Collaboration; Russia Partnership Is ‘Right Choice’ For Finland; NRC Paves Way For South Dakota Uranium Recovery Project; ‘No Evidence’ Of Radioactive Release At UK’s Sellafield; Myrrha Research Reactor Test Facilities Unveiled; The slow race to develop UK nuclear power is on; If only…; The month under review; The eu’s half u-turn; Sanity delayed; The “immorality” of wind power; For your jollification; How much longer can current energy policy last?; The consequences of “knowing the future”; A Telegraph lament; Your secretary blasts away; You couldn’t make it up; A patron strikes back; E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION; OBITUARY; Axpo Board Decides To Halt Russian Uranium For Beznau; Can we stop burning coal?; Germany; The strike price; EPR Group Family; South- East Asia goes nuclear; Meeting carbon emission targets; Fracking
30 Jan 2014: Supply Chain ‘Crucial To Nuclear Success’ In US; Russia Partnership ‘Right Choice’ For Finland; Poland Adopts Plans For First Nuclear Plant In 2024; Japan Draft Budget Includes USD 6.2 Billion For Fukushima; Fertel Lobbies Congress On Need For Nuclear 123 Agreements; US Congress Allocates USD 110 Million For Small Modular Reactor Funding
22 Jan 2014: South Korea Has Taken Steps To Improve Public Information, Says IAEA
14 Jan 2014: Westinghouse Takes Step Towards Construction Of Three New Reactors In UK; German Court Rules Forced Biblis Shutdown ‘Illegal’
13 Jan 2014: Japan Scientists To Create ‘Mini Meltdown’ For Nuclear Safety Research
10 Jan 2014: US Nuclear Operates At ‘Nearly 100 Percent’ Capacity During Record Cold
9 Jan 2014: Support For Nuclear Remains ‘Resilient’ In UK, Says Report
8 Jan 2014: UK University To Lead GBP 8 Million Nuclear Waste Research Programme
6 Jan 2014: UK Regulators Begin Next Phase Of Hitachi ABWR Assessment; Low-Dose Initiative Will Have ‘Major Implications’ For Radiological Protection
2 Jan 2014: Fukushima-Daiichi Unit 1 Accident Was Not Due To Coolant Loss, Says Tepco
31 Jan 2013: Standardisation Is Key To Reducing Up-Front Costs, Says NEI Head; Graphene Oxide Could Help With Radioactive Remediation, Say Researchers
30 Jan 2013: UK Repository Setback As Cumbria Votes ‘No’; Bulgaria Election Commission Confirms Pro-Nuclear Referendum Result
22 Jan 2013: Japan’s Regulator Unveils Proposed New Safety Measures
21 Jan 2013: EC Calls For ITER Parties To ‘Reconfirm Their Political Commitment’
18 Jan 2013: Swiss Phase-Out Initiative To Be Put To National Vote
17 Jan 2013: Poland Commissioner Says Nuclear Must Be Part Of EU Energy Mix
15 Jan 2013: EDF Energy’s UK Plants Produce Highest Output For 7 Years
14 Jan 2013: US Energy Department Announces Plans For Repository By 2048
11 Jan 2013: NASA ‘A Step Closer’ To Mars Missions Using Nuclear Rocket Fuel
10 Jan 2013: Nuclear Energy Industry Is At ‘A New Crossroads’, Says NEA
8 Jan 2013: Rolls-Royce Expands Nuclear Operations With US Buyout; More Than 50% Of Local Leaders Back Japan Nuclear Restarts
3 Jan 2013: Nuclenor Ratifies Decision To Shut Down Garoña Over Taxes; Japan’s New PM Says Government ‘Will Endorse’ New Nuclear Plants
1 Jan 2013: HOW NOT TO HANDLE NUCLEAR POWER AT THE CROSSROADS; THE PRIZE – BUT AT WHAT COST?; SOME GUIDE TO THE EVENTUAL STRIKE PRICE; RENAISSANCE OR DECLINE?; NUCLEAR ALIVE, WELL AND KICKING; TOLERANCE OF RATIONAL MAN TESTED; THE GREENING OF UK RAILWAYS; CAN WE MAKE RADIATION GOOD NEWS?; OBITUARY; Beyond design basis
29 Nov 2012: Market Reforms Announced To Attract UK Nuclear Investment
26 Nov 2012: UK Intends To Deliver On New Nuclear, Energy Secretary Tells MPs
23 Nov 2012: UK Announces ‘Landmark Agreement’ On Market Support For New Nuclear
16 Nov 2012: UK Says EPR Design Issues Will Be Closed By End Of Year
8 Nov 2012: WE KNEW THINGS WERE DIFFICULT, BUT NOT THAT DESPERATE; The future of nuclear energy in the UK; The broad conclusions of the commission are:; China; Coal; Wishful thinking; Laser enrichment; Tepco produces a plan
30 Oct 2012: IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN – BUT AT WHAT PRICE, INDUSTRY ASKS.; SECRETARY’S REPORT; “Strike price” negotiations; Alternative sources; Summing up; DISCUSSION – Costs, public opinion, Fukushima and the wind trap.; LORD HUTTON’S OPTIMISM; JEREMY NICHOLSON’S CHOICE OF ENERGY POLICY; WHY NOT FINNISH MODEL AND MODULAR REACTORS?; ATTENDANCE AND APOLOGIES; THE SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING; ENVIRONMENTALISM, GUILT AND THE SLEEP OF REASON; Shut down or safe low power?; Lesson from Fukushima; What a mess; Nothing but gas; Nothing but nuclear; How we got here; Undimmed enthusiasm; Ignoring advice; Heads I win, tails you loose; Favorable projections
22 Oct 2012: BENE – Better Environment with Nuclear Energy
19 Jul 2012: Why we need nuclear power now
14 May 2012: Letter to the Irish Times
21 Mar 2012: 1 – Nuclear power is safe; 2 – Nuclear power is reliable; 3 – Nuclear energy is clean; 4 – Nuclear energy is economic; 5 – Nuclear has other advantages; 6 – Nuclear power has no problems with its waste; 7 – Nuclear has no problems with its fuel; 8 – Nuclear has a major fuel price advantage; 9 – So where is nuclear’s competition?; 10 – Nuclear is the poor man’s friend?; And for the last 70 years or so Britain has had the good fortune to have
17 Feb 2012: The only certainty in the energy field is that prices will continue to go up; Political consensus
5 Dec 2011: Letter to Alex Salmond
13 May 2011: Letter to The Telegraph
30 Apr 2011: Japan incident shows that nuclear power is safe
29 Mar 2011: Letter to The Irish Times
4 Mar 2011: Letter to the Irish Independent
22 Oct 2010: Where power comes from
13 Nov 2008: The great 80/50 carbon cull – a new labour for Hercules; Definition
4 Jul 2006: SONE Podcast: Dr James Lovelock