Four Demands for a Successful Long-Term Negative Emissions Strategy in Germany
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
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Publish date: September 16, 2004
Written by: Erik Martiniussen
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The UKs radwaste producers currently hold shares in Nirex. These are: British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA), and British Energy. The Ministry of Defence also provides funds for the company but is not a shareholder.
Now, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Margaret Beckett will make Nirex independent of the industry and bring the company under greater government control. In a statement written to the British parliament Beckett said she would secure the companies independence from the industry, by setting up a new government-owned company limited by guarantee (CLG) to hold the shares and oversee Nirexs business.
The new arrangement is to become fully operational from April 1st 2005. On the same day, the Nuclear Decommission Authority (NDA) will take over all responsibility for the decommissioning of public sector civil nuclear sites, and begin funding Nirex.
Chris Murray, Nirexs managing director, told Nuclear Engineering magazine that the conditions are now right to allow publicly acceptable progress to be made.
The UKs radioactive waste management strategy is currently under review, and a long-term strategy for waste management is not expected before 2006.
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Transport on the Northern Sea Route is not sustainable, and Kirkenes must not become a potential hub for transport along the Siberian coast. Bellona believes this is an important message Norway should deliver in connection with the Prime Minister's visit to China. In an open letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Bellona asks the Prime Minister to make it clear that the Chinese must stop shipping traffic through the Northeast Passage.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station remains “precarious and very fragile.”