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Energy Perspectives for Europe: Ukrainian potential

09/07/2009

Sooner or later – the first is more probable – energy perspective for Europe will bring together the regions of Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Baltic Sea in an attempt for closer cooperation. It is essential to face the main energy security challenges at earliest convenience as it is being done by the UN European Commission for Europe in Geneva, the EU Commission in Brussels, National Governments of the European Union of 27 and so on. Europe, with its…

“Nuclear energy for dummies” by Dr Howard Hornfeld

07/25/2009

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Now that many environmental groups are beginning to realize that nuclear energy is no longer the scare that it was some years ago (see, for example, the Tribune de Gen?ve, 16 January 2007, p. 7), maybe it’s time to understand what nuclear energy is, and in particular where the future of this technology lies. Energy in general Firstly, let’s think about energy in general terms for our society. To simplify matters, we can state that there are two basic…