Getting real about the world's nuclear waste
Why should we hold up the development of nuclear power stations whilst we wait for the politics of waste disposal to come right? The question I want to explore, however, is how did this link ever arise in the first place, and how do we break it?
Chernobyl's death toll interrogated
The Guardian newspaper reported 500,000 were killed by Chernobyl in Ukraine. While Ukraine health ministry reported in 1995 that 125,000 people had died from all causes in the Chernobyl-affected parts of Ukraine in the nine years following the accident. It doesn't add up.
Ukraine’s controversial nuclear future
Ukraine is piggy-in-the-middle, caught between Russia and the West. Its nuclear prospects are exciting on several fronts – but its overall energy-dependency means it has to be diplomatic.
Three Mile Island: BBC gets it wrong
Veteran journalist Martin Bell’s account of the TMI accident of 1979 relied on his own memories of the event and on archive material and fresh interviewing, but Bell has ignored a mass of evidence, which would tell a very different tale to the one broadcast.
The decline and possible rise of nuclear energy
This essay exposes a few misconceptions and speculates that 50 years of living with nuclear power may be producing a greater respect for it, and less awe.
A gung-ho argument for nuclear power
BBC Newsnight recently claimed that UK government plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations to fill the energy gap by 2020 are hopelessly optimistic. The industry responded by claiming it will be on time and on budget. It's a phoney debate on both sides.
