The laws ban a “particularly controversial” form of fracking and impose strict regulations on all other methods. Germany’s parliament and 16 German states approved the laws in June and July of 2016.
Category: Nuclear Energy
Get nuclear waste off beach, Issa says
Wood squares mark the spots where containers of spent fuel will be incased in concrete at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Northern San Diego County, California in this file photo from August 25, 2016. The numbered cement walls in the foreground are also spent fuel.
Perry regrets call to eliminate Energy Department
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Energy Department, said Thursday he regrets his infamous statement about abolishing the federal agency and insisted it performs a critical function. Perry told a Senate committee that if confirmed, he will be a passionate advocate for the department’s core missions and will seek to draw “greater attention to the vital role played by the agency,” especially in protecting and modernizing the nation’s nuclear stockpile.
Former Prime Minister Wants Japan To Abandon Nuclear Power
Koizumi publicly criticized his handpicked successor’s, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, current policy to reopen nuclear power plants. Abe sees a revival of nuclear power as critical to supporting economic growth and slowing an exodus of Japanese manufacturing to lower-cost countries.
Trump vows nuclear expansion, warns of ‘alternate path’
Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand… . President-elect Donald Trump waves to members of the media after a meeting with admirals and generals from the Pentagon at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016.