Radioactive Contamination
A beach in the south of Scotland has been contaminated with radioactive particles from an old nuclear power station, raising fears that the country’s nuclear legacy is not being properly cleaned up. The pollution of part of the Solway Firth near Annan by a waste pipeline from the nearby Chapelcross nuclear station brings to four the number of Scottish beaches open to the public now known to have been tainted with radioactivity.
Sunday Herald 12th Nov 2006
RobEdwards.com 12th Nov 2006
Nuclear Waste
Thousands of police were protecting railway tracks from sabotage in Germany Saturday as a train hauled high-grade nuclear waste towards a storage site in the north of the country.
Monsters & Crtitics 11th Nov 2006
Sellafield
Copeland MP Jamie Reed spoke in the House of Commons in London this week, calling for any proposed unitary local authority to stay in Copeland. He said: “Copeland hosts the Sellafield nuclear facility, and it is only just and equitable that future planning issues and powers relating to all aspects of the nuclear industry should reside with the people of Copeland, and not with the people of Kendal and Penrith.”
West Cumbria Times and Star 11th Nov 2006
Iran
The international community must make clear to Iran that it will “pay dearly” if it does not halt its nuclear program, Ehud Olmert said in an interview published Saturday, a day before the Israeli leader was to arrive in Washington.
International Herald Tribune 11th Nov 2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saturday, indicating a strong Russian diplomatic push to get Iran to shift its position on its nuclear program.
Guardian website 11th Nov 2006
AMEC
AMEC, the British engineering group, has received an approach from a mystery private equity bidder within the past few days, highlighting frenzied takeover interest across the infrastructure sector.
Telegraph 12th Nov 2006
Scottish Power
Iberdrola, the Spanish energy company plotting the £12bn takeover of ScottishPower, has teamed up with ABN Amro, the Dutch bank, to launch a joint bid for the UK group.
Independent on Sunday 12th Nov 2006
Sunday Herald 12th Nov 2006
New nukes
New nuclear reactors cannot be built in time to fill the huge shortfall in electricity generating capacity expected a decade from now, top energy company executives will warn the Government this week. The Coal Forum, a group of leading industry figures set up over the summer as part of the Government’s Energy Review, will instead argue for support for the construction of a new generation of clean coal plants.
Independent on Sunday 12th Nov 2006
