The Truth About Nuclear Power
Here at the GreenAge we’re all about clean, renewable energy and making the world a better place, so it may surprise you to know that we’re not staunchly against nuclear energy. But wait, doesn’t nuclear waste harm the environment? Isn’t nuclear power expensive? Aren’t nuclear plants dangerous? GreenAge, are you crazy?! These are all really […]
The Truth About Nuclear Power
The Green Room: What happens when you put two energy experts in a room and ask them to get to the bottom of nuclear power. We take you through all the big questions of nuclear power. Doesn’t nuclear waste harm the environment? Isn’t nuclear power expensive? Aren’t nuclear plants dangerous? GreenAge, are you crazy?! […]
The environmental impact of nuclear power generation
Nuclear is considered by many a ‘clean’ form of energy; but this viewpoint is controversial for a reason. With Chernobyl – and the more recent Fukushima disaster – at the forefront of social consciousness, the idea of nuclear having a place in the modern energy mix understandably terrifies some people. Nuclear power has for a long time arguably formed a comparatively less […]
More problems for UK nuclear energy industry
On Monday, there was another blow to the nuclear energy industry here in the UK. NuGeneneration (or NuGen as it is more commonly known) announced a delay in its new Moorside plant. It was intended that the plant would first start producing power in 2023; however much like the seemingly doomed Hinkley Point C power plant, the […]
What is the future for UK nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy in the UK is fast approaching crisis point, with plans for a new £18billion power plant significantly delayed. Why do we need new nuclear energy plants? There is a danger of energy blackouts without a succession plan for replacing nuclear power plants that will soon be redundant. The UK’s existing nuclear plants will […]
EDF Announce Delay to planned Nuclear Plant Hinkley Point
We hate to say we told you so, but we have heard form EDF that Britain’s first new nuclear power plant in a generation has been delayed and will not start generating power by 2023 as previously planned. The plan was to build the new power plant in Hinkley Point and it was to replace […]
UK going nuclear – Hinkley nuclear plant given go-ahead
Hinkley C – Our first Nuclear Power plant in a Generation! The UK has utilised nuclear power to meet its energy requirements since 1956. Nowadays, the UK has 16 operational nuclear reactors situated across 9 power plants and these contribute about 19% of the electricity in our energy mix. Today, the Government announced that it […]
Thorium Nuclear Energy
Exploiting energy from Thorium can potentially increase the electricity generated vs fossil fuels & be a cleaner to manage than uranium.
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Fusion power mimics the same process that comes from the sun, which is to fuse atoms and therefor provide limitless energy to us all.