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        <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Ford - Freelance Writer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Jonathan Ford is a freelance writer. He was the chief leader and city editor of the Financial Times, and has held senior editorial positions at Prospect Magazine, Reuters and Breakingviews.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A US Nuclear Revival — and Net Zero — Depends on Westinghouse]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Climate change and geopolitics have restored the fortunes of the onetime world leader in nuclear technology. But without more help from Washington, a budding renaissance in this reliable zero-carbon energy source will stall.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Alvin W. Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia. The fourth unit (far right) of the first nuclear power plants built in the US for three decades is expected to come online in 2024, nearly seven years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin's Invasion Challenges Green Aversion to Nuclear Power]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Greater political responsibility may force them to reconcile their climate goals with the imperative of security.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 06:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>GROHNDE, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 08: Steam rises from cooling towers of the Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant on November 08, 2021 near Grohnde, Germany. The 1360 megawatt plant, which is operated by PreussenElektra, is scheduled to shut down at the end of this year. In all four nuclear power plants across Germany are scheduled to cease operation by the end of 2021 as part of Germany&apos;s ongoing exit from nuclear power. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Power Storage Is the Next Big Net Zero Challenge]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Britain’s pioneering plans for renewable energy show the global need could be massive. The means don’t yet exist.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Dinorwig’s liquid power is a drop in the bucket.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Germany Will Regret Its Nuclear Plant Shutdowns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[While Germany is preparing to shut down the last of its nuclear power plants, the U.K., the Netherlands and Poland are aiming to build more.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-25/what-the-u-s-can-learn-from-germany-s-nuclear-power-plant-shutdowns</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 06:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Paluel nuclear power plant, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Paluel, Normandy, France, on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. France, located at the heart of Western Europe&apos;s power grid, with its fleet of nuclear reactors has for decades been the continent&apos;s largest electricity exporter, supplying the U.K., Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany at times of peak demand.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Abandoning Nuclear Power Would Be Europe’s Biggest Climate Mistake]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Zero-carbon nuclear power plants still provide almost one-quarter of the continent’s electricity. Nothing else will fill that gap reliably or quickly.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-28/abandoning-nuclear-power-would-be-europe-s-biggest-climate-mistake</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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