BENE
Better Environment with Nuclear Energy
for cheap, clean, reliable and safe electricity
BENE
Better Environment with Nuclear Energy
for cheap, clean, reliable and safe electricity
Links to sites of interest
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Ireland
•Electricity Regulation Act, Section 18 - Section 18(6) does not allow the use of nuclear fission
•National Electricity Association of Ireland (NEAI) - this site is still in development
International
•Aker Solutions - Thorium 600 MW Reactor wins Energy award
•ANS - American Nuclear Society
•B&W 180 MW - Babcock and Wilcox small reactor
•Brave New Climate - Independent communication of the science of climate change
•EFN - Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy
•IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
•IFNEC, the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation
•NEA - Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
•SFEN - French Nuclear Energy Society
•Sone - Supporters of Nuclear Energy (UK)
•Uranium Resources, Production and Demand - from the IAEA
•WANO - World Association of Nuclear Operators
•Westinghouse 225 MW - small reactor from Westinghouse
•What is Nuclear - No-nonsense public education on the use of nuclear energy
Fossil Fuels
•BP - British Petroleum
•Oilcrash - A New Zealand site concerned about peak oil
•OPEC - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
•Peak Oil - an Irish site, Association for Study of Peak Oil and Gas
Energy
•Energy Pulse - Insight, Analysis and Commentary on the Global Power Industry
•Electricity saving - The Netherlands
•EIA - US Energy Information Administration
•Sustainable Energy without the hot air - Must-read FREE pdf book about sustainable energy
Health Issues
•Chernobyl Tissue Bank - Examining exposure to radioiodine in childhood
•ICRP - International Commission for Radiological Protection
•ICRU - International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
•IRPA - International Radiation Protection Association
•UNSCEAR - United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
The Environment
•An TAISCE - Ireland
•Power of One - Ireland
•Real Climate - Climate change information for people at all levels of awareness
Useful web documents
•study into low-carbon options for Ireland - POYRY study for EirGrid
•Ireland’s Low-Carbon Opportunity Study - McKinsey study for SEAI
•Technical Annex - to the above SEAI report
•UK study in 2006 - for the UK Government
•review of many reports - on emissions, from international Governments and universities
•Wind power generation analytical report, 2007 update - from EirGrid
•Renewable Energy in Ireland 2011 - from SEAI
Quick references
Advantages of nuclear
Find out more about the advantages of nuclear power in Ireland:
Nuclear power is the safest electricity
New nuclear power is ideal for Ireland
Supporters of nuclear in Ireland
Many Irish organisations have called for nuclear power to be considered here. (These links to external sites open in a new window).
Political supporters of a debate
Calls for a national nuclear debate have come from (external sites open in a new window):
Minister for Energy, Eamon Ryan
Dáil Joint C’tee on Climate Change
Exploded myths about nuclear
These facts may surprise you:
Reactors would fit the Irish grid
There is a solution for nuclear waste
Other information
General items of interest about nuclear:
IRIS - a suitable reactor for Ireland
Nuclear power is illegal in Ireland
Can we not just use Renewables?