Nuclear: serious accidents involving water reactors for producing electricity. IRSN publication, 12/2008. .pdf 53 pages Download the document here: severe accidents on PWRs and EPR nuclear safety Contents 1 / Introduction2 / Definition of a severe accident3 / Physics of core meltdown and associated phenomena4 / Containment failure modes containment5 / The […] approach
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Nuclear: serious accidents involving water reactors for producing electricity. IRSN publication, 12/2008. .pdf 53 pages To find out more: - Debate on the lifespan of a nuclear power plant - Forum nuclear– The Fukushima disaster– March 15 report on the Fukushima nuclear accident Contents 1 / Introduction2 / Definition of a serious accident3 / Physics of […]
Fukushima nuclear disaster, the other Chernobyl?
No one can ignore the desperate nuclear situation at the Fukushima 1 Daiichi power plant anymore… We are facing a desperate situation despite the attempts to minimize the industrial players or the government but also, and this is less understandable or acceptable, some players French politicians… On econologie.com, we are not “viscerally” anti-nuclear: we […]
lifetime of nuclear power plants and new types of reactors
Report on the lifespan of nuclear power plants and new types of nuclear reactors Parliamentary report of the National Assembly, 2003. This report of 363 pages in .pdf makes a technical and economic inventory of civilian nuclear technology for the production of electricity and includes 3 essential parts: Chap. 1: Management of […]
Who Killed the Electric Car? Who killed the electric car? In French
Who killed the electric car? Who killed the electric car? French version Full documentary on the disappearance, in 2005, of General Motor's EV1. Related video: the electric car, a car of the future or of the past? Find out more: - Debate on the documentary Who Killed the electric car? - Press article on the case […]
Electric car and lobbying: analyzes of the failure of the GM EV1, Who Killed the Electric Car
Following the previous news on the electric car in 2011, here is a summary of the facts and analyzes of the report Who Killed The Electric Car (click on the link to see it in full). Main facts evoked in the documentary, in bulk: - The GM EV1 project begins after GM's victory in […]
Shale gas extraction, environmental and health risks
Review Panel on the Shale Gas Industry. Inquiry and public hearing report Quebec report by the BAPE (Bureau of public hearings on the environment) of 144 pages on the exploration and exploitation of shale gas and the potential environmental, health and social problems of its exploitation . Introduction Shale gas exploration and exploitation projects […]
Gasland, video report on shale gas
Gasland report (full video) on shale gas in the USA and its devastating effects on the environment Documentary in 7 parts on Youtube or Dailymotion. Europe will not be spared, it also has “interesting” gas potential. José Bové seems to have become in a few weeks one of the leaders in raising awareness of the problems […]