Sizewell
So according to EDF having “abnormal readings” in the containment is “perfectly normal”. I don’t think that the plant should be allowed to reopen until local people have been given a full explanation of what happened so that we do not have to wait several years to find out the truth as happened with the Sizewell A cooling pond incident.
Shepperdine Against Nuclear Energy 26th Mar 2010 more >>
ENERGY bosses have refused to say when Sizewell B will be back up and running after it was shut down as a safety precaution – amid calls for more openness with members of the public. An investigation is being carried out at the power station after the nuclear reactor was taken off-line because of abnormal readings in the containment building.
Lowestoft Journal 26th Mar 2010 more >>
Iran
Iran has come under fresh international scrutiny after evidence emerged to suggest that the regime had secretly begun to construct two new nuclear enrichment plants. Western intelligence agencies are understood to have concluded that Tehran has escalated the covert elements of its nuclear programme, giving renewed impetus for a US-led push to tighten sanctions on Iran. The findings are partly based on anomalies in Tehran’s nuclear inventory that were recently identified by inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Telegraph 29th Mar 2010 more >>
Independent 29th Mar 2010 more >>
Renewables
The government will receive another boost to its green manufacturing momentum this week when Siemens of Germany announces plans to create hundreds of jobs in Britain and invest more than £75m in a new wind turbine plant.
Guardian 29th Mar 2010 more >>
Brussels is pressing ahead with plans to establish an energy agency which is seen as a prototype European regulator. The body could eventually restrict national policymaking but could also give important impetus to North Sea wind power and developing a European “supergrid”.
Guardian 29th Mar 2010 more >>
Energy Efficiency
British Gas is to put smart meters in a million homes this year as part of an ambitious programme that will create 2,500 jobs and could cut household energy bills by at least £1 billion over the next ten years. The meters monitor energy consumption as it is used and send the information directly to suppliers over wireless networks. At the same time, a monitor placed prominently in the home shows customers exactly what they are using, encouraging them to switch off power-hungry appliances.
Times 29th Mar 2010 more >>
Our household agreed to take part in a smart metering trial organised by npower. The experience, while not yet as transformational as advocates of smart metering would have people believe, has nonetheless influenced the way we use energy.
Times 29th Mar 2010 more >>
