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6 May 2022
From our Chairman
More good news, this time from California
GBNews Channel
Renewables and batteries in trouble
Recommended Article this month
Anything to avoid nuclear?
Renewable Energy from Morocco?
How nuclear energy acquired a bad name
Prof. Ludwik Dobrzyński 1941-2022
5 May 2022
Offshore Wind
1 Apr 2022
World Nuclear News
Mums for Nuclear
No more Radiophobia
Fallout Man
When fear kills: the case of nuclear energy
Roll them out like Liberty Ships
Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations
An IOMP-ICRP Webinar
On a lighter note
Coming to Terms with Nuclear Waste
25 Mar 2022
Coming to Terms with Nuclear Waste
24 Mar 2022
Siting Implications of Nuclear Energy: A path to net zero
You don’t have to be a scientist to trust nuclear energy
Nature, Energy and Society: A scientific study of the options facing civilisation today
A scientific and responsible view of a nuclear threat in war.
Nuclear energy and society, radiation and life – the evidence
10 Mar 2022
A scientific and responsible view of a nuclear threat in war
5 Mar 2022
You don't have to be a scientist to trust nuclear energy
4 Mar 2022
Energy and common sense
The Industrial Revolution
Nuclear energy
Demonstrated safety
Energy for future generations
2 Mar 2022
Energy in quantity
Three groups of natural energy sources
Life and the supply of energy
Energy revolutions that improved humanity
Energy density of visible sources
Invisible energy sources
Core energy supply in the 21st Century
Nuclear safety
Two conclusions: nuclear energy and education
1 Mar 2022
1. Science and sociology
2. An alarm call, the reaction to the Fukushima accident
3. Another alarm, the credibility of published research
4. The absorption of ionising radiation
5. Further evidence
6. The many sources of misunderstanding
7. The safety of ionising radiation
8. Conclusions
References
3 Feb 2022
First, as promised, two opposing views on whether large sums should be spent on nuclear waste
The Real Future of Energy is Nuclear
Lise Meitner – a Life in Physics
13 Jan 2022
UK Funding for New Nuclear, posted 12/1/22
News on High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors
Blame the Greens, by Harold Bolter
An article posted on the Daily Express website by Bernard Ingham
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