Germany Drops Opposition To Nuclear Power

An anonymous reader shares a report: Germany has dropped its long-held opposition to nuclear power, in the first concrete sign of rapprochement with France by Berlin’s new government led by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Berlin has signalled…

May 19, 2025
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Taiwan Shuts Down Its Last Nuclear Reactor

The only nuclear power plant still operating in Taiwan was shut down on Saturday, reports Japan’s public media organization NHK:

People in Taiwan have grown increasingly concerned about nuclear safety in recent years, especially after the 2011 nuclear…

May 18, 2025
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Communications Backdoor in Chinese Power Inverters

This is a weird story:

U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people familiar with the matter said.

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Over the past nine months, undocumented communication devices, including cellular radios, have also been found in some batteries from multiple Chinese suppliers, one of them said.

Reuters was unable to determine how many solar power inverters and batteries they have looked at…

May 16, 2025
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