Nuclear Power in France (Updated September 2015) France derives about 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy, due to a long-standing policy based on energy security. This share is to be reduced to 50% by 2025.France is the world's largest net exporter of electricity due to its very low cost of generation, and gains over €3 billion per year from this.France has been very active in developing nuclear technology. Reactors and fuel products and services are a major export.It is building its first Generation III reactor.About 17% of France's electricity is from recycled nuclear fuel.
Analyses - Madrassas A madrassa is an Islamic religious school. Many of the Taliban were educated in Saudi-financed madrassas in Pakistan that teach Wahhabism, a particularly austere and rigid form of Islam which is rooted in Saudi Arabia. Around the world, Saudi wealth and charities contributed to an explosive growth of madrassas during the Afghan jihad against the Soviets.
Energy Intelligence Energy Intelligence is the leading provider of independent, objective insight, analysis, and data to the global energy industry. Our worldwide network of experts has been delivering market-critical information and unbiased analysis to the top decision-makers in the global oil and gas business for almost 60 years. Read more With a staff of seasoned specialists and affiliations across the industry, our expertise can be deployed around the world to assist you with a broad spectrum of research and advisory services. Nuclear weapons testing Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the 20th century, most nations that developed nuclear weapons tested them. Testing nuclear weapons can yield information about how the weapons work, as well as how the weapons behave under various conditions and how structures behave when subjected to nuclear explosions. Nuclear testing has often been used as an indicator of scientific and military strength, and many tests have been overtly political in their intention; most nuclear weapons states publicly declared their nuclear status by means of a nuclear test. The first nuclear weapon was detonated as a test by the United States at the Trinity site on July 16, 1945, with a yield approximately equivalent to 20 kilotons of TNT.
An Independent Voice for Egypt’s al-Azhar? Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb presented on June 20 what has been dubbed “The Al-Azhar Document,” an eleven-point program addressing many of the issues Egypt has faced since the January revolution. Based on a broad consensus of the eminent Islamic institution’s religious figures, the document advocates “a modern democratic state based on a constitution” which would guarantee citizens’ equal rights and the separation of powers. Al-Tayeb frames democracy as “the modern formula for the Islamic precept of shura (consultation),” which he explains as the true guarantor of pluralism and accountability to the people. The resulting blueprint sketches out post-revolutionary priorities: reforming education and anti-corruption efforts, reducing unemployment, and maintaining international treaties. The document also presses for independence of al-Azhar from state control.
Nuclear power accidents by country Worldwide, many nuclear accidents have occurred since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Two thirds of these mishaps occurred in the US.[1] The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has concluded that technical innovation cannot eliminate the risk of human errors in nuclear plant operation. An interdisciplinary team from MIT have estimated that given the expected growth of nuclear power from 2005–2055, at least four serious nuclear power accidents would be expected in that period.[1] Overview[edit] Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.
Education is Key to Avoiding Religious Tension in Egypt - Carnegie Middle East Center - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Sectarian tensions are high in Egypt. Unless Cairo acts to promote tolerance and understanding of various religious identities, to truly build a democratic, pluralistic society, sectarian conflict will continue to plague Egyptian society. A fundamental step in the right direction is the recent assertion of "basic freedoms" unveiled by Al Azhar, the highly respected religious authority among Sunni Muslims the world over. This document is an effective initiative by moderate political forces, led by the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, to prevent newly elected conservative members of parliament from rewriting the constitution to fit their restrictive interpretation of Islam. Supported by the Coptic church and most political parties, Al Azhar's "bill of rights" has chapters on freedom of belief, opinion and expression, research, and art and literary creativity.
UK joins laser nuclear fusion project 9 September 2011Last updated at 05:34 By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Hiper already has a vision for how fusion energy could be harnessed and distributed The UK has formally joined forces with a US laser lab in a bid to develop clean energy from nuclear fusion. Unlike fission plants, the process uses lasers to compress atomic nuclei until they join, releasing energy. The National Ignition Facility (Nif) in the US is drawing closer to producing a surplus of energy from the idea. The UK company AWE and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have now joined with Nif to help make laser fusion a viable commercial energy source.
Comte Saint-Germain: The Immortal German Alchemist. A Man Beyond His Time Many average, reasonable men can conceive wisdom only under the boring form of a sermon and think of the sage only in the semblance of a clergyman. For such men prudery, hypocrisy, and the most abject enslavement to ritual habit and prejudice must be the everyday virtues. When therefore it happens that a genuine sage, by way of amusing himself, mystifies his contemporaries, follows a woman, or lightheartedly raises his glass, he is condemned eternally by the army of short-sighted people whose judgment forms posterity. That is what happened in the case of the Comte de Saint-Germain. He had a love of jewels in an extreme form, and he ostentatiously showed off those he possessed.
HAZMAT in United Kingdom on Thursday, 13 October, 2011 at 17:09 (05:09 PM) UTC. EDIS CODE: HZ-20111013-32672-GBR Highly radioactive material found on a Fife beach is giving "cause for concern", according to environmental watchdogs. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency found the lump of contaminated metal at Dalgety Bay beach on Saturday. Radium from wartime aircraft is thought to have been in landfill used when the foreshore was reclaimed. The material was 10-times more radioactive than any material found at the site previously.
Eugenics While eugenic principles have been practiced as far back in world history as Ancient Greece, the modern history of eugenics began in the early 20th century when a popular eugenics movement emerged in Britain[8] and spread to many countries, including the United States and most European countries. In this period, eugenic ideas were espoused across the political spectrum. Consequently, many countries adopted eugenic policies meant to improve the genetic stock of their countries. Such programs often included both "positive" measures, such as encouraging individuals deemed particularly "fit" to reproduce, and "negative" measures such as marriage prohibitions and forced sterilization of people deemed unfit for reproduction.
Nuclear Greenpeace has always fought - and will continue to fight - vigorously against nuclear power because it is an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity. The only solution is to halt the expansion of all nuclear power, and for the shutdown of existing plants. Nastya, from Belarus was only three years old when she was diagnosed with cancer of the uterus and lungs. According to local doctors the region has seen a huge increase in childhood cancer cases since the Chernobyl disaster.
'Germany to finalize sale of Dolphin submarine... JPost A Dolphin-class submarine docks in Haifa port. Photo: reuters Germany will provide Israel with its sixth Dolphin-class nuclear-capable submarine and will subsidize the deal with a total of 135 million euros, German magazine Der Spiegel reported overnight Sunday. List of ICBMs Soviet Union / Russia[edit] Specific types of Soviet ICBMs include: Active[edit] Inactive[edit]