Post Tagged with: "nuclear"
Doug Casey on the Coming War with Iran
It could just be saber rattling during an election year, but Western powers have been provoking Iran for years now – two decades, really. I just saw another report proclaiming that Iran is likely to attack the US, which is about as absurd as the allegations Bush made about Iraq bombing the US, when he fomented that invasion. It’s starting to look rather serious at this point, so I do think the odds favor actual fighting in the not-too-distant future
Korea
The death of North Korea’s Kim Jong-il in the middle of December can be either a bump or grind. More likely, the change of leadership will mark a continuation of the status quo. Not only do North Korea’s elite and military seem firmly in control, but the international focus is North Korea’s acquisition of nuclear weapon capability
Israel: “The possibility of a military attack against Iran is closer than the diplomatic option”
Now, this could just be bluster and rhetoric. But then again it may be something else. I think it bears watching. Just following up on the post by Global Macro Monitor this morning, I note from French daily L’Express the following passage
Is Iran About to Get Hot?
Here is something brewing off radar. We’re wondering if this is a factor as to why crude is bid and gold is coming back
The Future of Atomkraft
In a dramatic about-face, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday that Germany will phase out nuclear power completely by 2022, shutting down its nine operational reactors and never re-starting the seven reactors that were suspended in the wake of the nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant
Fukushima Daiichi Disaster Prompts Closure of Another Plant
As workers continue to battle with the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, more impacts from the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl are starting to arise. The latest impact will hit car manufacturers, with plants in central Japan hit the hardest: power firm Chubu Electric has agreed to shut its Hamaoka Nuclear Plant until it can build better defenses against the kind of massive earthquake and tsunami that hit on March 11, and Hamaoka provides power to at least 15 auto plants
Slow progress at Fukushima Daiichi
The outcome at the embattled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is so important to the future of nuclear power that we thought an update would be in order. The long and the short of it is that Tepco is making progress, but oh so slowly
Thoughts on Nuclear Energy
Let me pass on this morning’s note from Andy Lees regarding the future of nuclear energy. Andy writes: Reuters highlights that the Obama administration wants Congress to boost loan guarantees from USD18.5bn to USD55bn to help build a dozen nuclear fission reactors. Yesterday I was presenting at Cadarache, the home to the ITER fusion project
Useful links on Japan, nuclear energy and radiation
Here are some links that seem useful in the context of the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi 1 nuclear power plant situation. I also have a picture about radiation levels in Japanese below. The Haaretz link is related because it shows that some might use this situation to conduct other nuclear activities ‘under the radar’ as the
The politics of nuclear now favour existing fossil fuel producers
Marc Chandler wrote a good piece on the politics of nuclear in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. I want to piggyback on his comments with some of my own thoughts and questions regarding what this could mean for the energy space. This is a quick shot, so I’ll bullet point this. The circumstances of the
Japan’s Nuclear Accident is Impacting European Politics
By Marc Chandler The Japanese nuclear accident has implications for Europe. The EU wants to have stress tests on members nuclear plants. The tests are not mandatory, but may be difficult to refuse. Switzerland has halted its nuclear program, according to reports. Perhaps the most interesting response is in Germany. Chancellor Merkel has been an