Submarines: the mother of all invention. Or at least, a very specific kind of invention. In October, American defence contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. announced that it had made a nuclear fusion breakthrough.
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Nuclear Fusion and the Great Global Gamble
Isaac Newton was pondering how to test the hypothesis that colour is created through pressure on the optical nerves when, suddenly, he had an epiphany. With startling confidence – or perhaps simply unnerving indifference – he stuck a needle into the back of his eye. Newton calmly noted the effect […]
Nuclear Hot Spots Map Shows Cumulative Effects
Ontarians may have no idea of the volume of nuclear-related facilities in the Great Lakes basin, but a new map offers a clear picture. The Great Lakes Nuclear Hot Spots Map recently created by Great Lakes United and the International Institute of Concern for Public Health is a comprehensive depiction […]
Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States
Energy production is as much a political issue as a technical one, as evidenced by current controversies over sustainable loan guarantees in the United States, proposed pipelines from Alberta’s oil sands and nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. After all, energy is pursued as a strategic […]
No Slow Death for Nuclear Power
This is a response to “Mourning the Slow Death of Nuclear Power“ in Stu Campana’s Renewable Energy blog.
Mourning the Slow Death of Nuclear Power
1:24 a.m.: “Under intense heat, the core began to break down. Fuel assemblies fragmented, control rod channels warped, steam built up furiously and, finally, steam tubes burst. Tons of steam and water shot into the reactor, causing a tremendous steam explosion. Steam pressure blew the 1000-ton steel- and cement-filled biologic […]
The Nuclear Juggernaut
THE SUMMER OF 2009 marked a tumultuous stage in the evolution of electricity policy in Ontario, and the future path of the province’s electricity system remains uncertain.
Web Extra: Stop Saskatchewan’s Nuclear Reactor
From the magazine THE EFFORT TO HALT plans for a nuclear reactor in Saskatchewan that could help power tar sands extraction is heating up. Public opposition has kept large reactors off the table in the uranium-rich province, but the provincial government signed a $10-million deal with Hitachi Ltd. in August […]
Oil Sands, Acid Rain, Nuclear Power 9.4
Editorial: Environmentalism and Time Horizon – Robert C. Paehlke Oil Sands Development and Acid Rain in Alberta – Gregory Taylor Ecological Sanity and Social Justice: Public Health in the Age of Osiris – Trevor Hancock Carving up the Wilderness: Strategic Land Use Planning in Northern Ontario – John Marsh On […]
Nuclear Energy 7.1
Editorial: Toward the Conserver Society – Ted Schrecker Energy Paths for Canada – W.A Ross From Dream to Nightmare: The Historical Origins of Canada’s Nuclear Electric Future – Doug Torgerson The Atom Bomb is Twenty-Five This Year – John Brunner People…and Other Hazards of Nuclear Technology – Ralph Torrie
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