Dr Paul Dorfman
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Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters. .. more
Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters.
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Nuclear deregulation is a poor short-term choice of the worst kind for high-risk technology that UK Ministry of Defence classes as a ‘Tier 1 Hazard’.
UK govt. hand-picked Taskforce now recommending new rules to deregulate key UK #nuclear planning, regulation of safety/ security.
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UK govt. hand-picked Taskforce now recommending new rules to deregulate key UK #nuclear planning, regulation of safety/ security.
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Blaming #nuclear regulators for vast cost over-runs and huge delays has always been a fall-back position for the nuclear industry. This is not the fault of safety and planning regulation, rather it’s the nature of the technology.
Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce: role and membership
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Nuclear deregulation by hand-picked 5-person nuclear proponents and fellow-travellers loosens safety ropes that anchor the #nuclear industry in an increasingly unstable world.
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Europe leads pledging effort in campaign mobilising €15.5 billion for clean energy in Africa
A year-long campaign to mobilise investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, has secured €15.5 bi...
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Investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, secured €15.5 billion to power clean future across the continent.
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Navy’s legal threats in bid to keep nuclear pollution secret exposed
The Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about…
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Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about radioactive pollution at the Coulport nuclear bomb base on the Clyde.
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Allow nuclear plants closer to urban areas, says task force
Report commissioned by Sir Keir Starmer says there should be a ‘radical reset’ of planning regulations, including those affecting the environment
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'Nuclear plants should be built closer to urban areas and should be allowed to harm the local environment, a task force commissioned by the prime minister has concluded.'
Irresponsible lunacy.
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Irresponsible lunacy.
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COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
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Bird flu: first ever death from rare H5N5 strain is recorded in US
Washington state resident’s backyard flock of domestic poultry had been exposed to wild birds, health officials said
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Bird flu: first ever death from rare H5N5 strain is recorded in US
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Greenpeace: 'What started with strong hope and promise ended without actionable roadmaps to end forest destruction and the burning of fossil fuels, as geopolitical divisions again showcased the disconnection with people calling for #COP30 climate action.
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Moment world secures compromise deal at Cop30 that sidesteps fossil fuels – video
World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the Cop30 conference in Brazil that would increase finance for poor countries coping with global warming but omits any mention of t...
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World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the #Cop30 conference in Brazil that would increase finance for poor countries coping with global warming but omits any mention of the fossil fuels responsible for it.
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Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
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'At the age of 43, the Green party leader in England and Wales is the opposite of a conventional politician but, with his promise to “make hope normal again”, he is taking Westminster by storm.'
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