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Nuclear News: Bulgaria ‘has no money for an atomic power plant’
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: Bulgaria halts nuclear plant project ‘Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says Bulgaria has put on hold construction of its second nuclear power plant until it finds a new investor and funds to complete the...

New website - this blog has moved
We've moved house. Please visit Making Waves in it's new home. This blog is archived. Looking forward to seeing you at the new location....

European support for nuclear power as a solution to climate change plummets
This week the European Commission released its Europeans and Nuclear Safety Eurobarometer report (PDF). The report attempts to measure EU citizen’s attitudes to nuclear power. It makes for very interesting reading indeed. • In the 2006 report, 62% of EU...

From Niger to Geneva
Yesterday Greenpeace launched its brand new report, a little bomb of information in the nuclear world, entitled "Left in the dust: Areva's radioactive legacy in the desert towns of Niger". The press conference took place in in Geneva, Switzerland, city...

Nuclear Reaction has moved...
We’ve got a lovely, shiny new home. You can now find us at... www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction ...so change your bookmarks and RSS feeds to follow us....

Left in the Dust - Areva's uranium mining in Niger
Uranium mining by French nuclear company AREVA poses a serious threat to the environment and people of northern Niger in West Africa. Operations of Nuclear giant AREVA put lives at risk in Niger Uranium mines in Niger operated by the...

Nuclear News: The radioactive risk society
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: The radioactive risk society ‘On April 10, 2007, a uranium pipeline burst in Jaduguda, causing a spill of the fuel that keeps our nuclear energy schemes running. Further, adds Half Life, a report...

Atoms for Peace bring anything but
What’s undeniable about nuclear power is that that it walks hand in hand with nuclear weapons. The first nuclear reactors were built in the early days of the atomic arms race to provide fissile material for nuclear weapons. This led...