There’s a scene in The Simpsons Movie where Homer, on his way to empty the silo full of his pet pig’s poo, gets a call from his friend Lennie telling him that the local doughnut store is giving away free doughnuts. Weak, weak Homer, unable to wait in ... Read more >

Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:

The Guardian: UK's renewable energy efforts 'ineffective'

‘"We estimate that, in 2005 terms, it [British green power] costs around 13.5 US cents per kilowatt hour over 20 years and regist... Read more >

On the subject of the law’s of thermodynamics, (beat poet Allen) Ginsberg’s Theorem posits the following rules:

1. You can't win.

2. You can't break even.

3. You can't even quit the game.

Reading the news from the nuclear industry day after day, you have ... Read more >

Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:

Financial Times: Cracks appear in the French nuclear consensus

‘Hopes of new markets have been threatened by a series of low-level incidents at the nearby nuclear installation - Europe's ... Read more >

Let’s round off the week with some amazing facts from the whacky world of nuclear energy…

• The UK’s 60,000 tonnes of nuclear waste is difficult to visualise. Instead, imagine a pile of 15,000 elephants. That’s around a quarter of the world’s Asian ele... Read more >