India
The Indian Prime Minister says India cannot afford to miss out on the nuclear renaissance.
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Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, mounted on Friday a strong defence of the country’s controversial civil nuclear deal with the US as officials started work on a consultation process intended to defuse a destabilising row between the governing coalition’s Congress and communist wings.
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Germany
The German Christian Democrat Union has rejected calls for the removal of the remaining US nuclear weapons on German soil.
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The four largest energy utility companies in Germany, EnBW, EON, RWE and Vattenfall, have been summoned to the Environment Ministry for talks with environment minister Sigmar Gabriel over the state of the country’s nuclear industry. The meeting agreed that a raft of measures for improving the safety culture at Germany’s nuclear power plants within the coming 12 months should be adopted and that the implementation and development of the safety management system already in place will have a key role to play.
Nuclear Engineering International 31st August 2007 more >>
Terror
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says that if terrorists detonated a nuclear bomb in a U.S. city while he was president he would retaliate “in a very dramatic and clear way.”
Guardian website 1st September 2007 more >>
Canada
According to a new energy plan filed by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) with the province’s energy regulator, the Ontario Energy Board, conservation, renewable energy, nuclear and natural gas are to be the cornerstones of Ontario’s electricity future.
Nuclear Engineering International 31st August 2007 more >>
US
Electricite de France SA, France’s biggest company, agreed to build four nuclear reactors in North America as part of a joint venture with Constellation Energy Group Inc.
Bloomberg 31st August 2007 more >>
Russia
The security of Russia’s nuclear facilities has improved greatly since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The US Co-operative Threat Reduction Program, celebrating its fifteenth birthday, has played a major role.
World Nuclear News 31st August 2007 more >>
Climate
A report from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change states that nuclear power will be needed to return carbon emissions to current levels by 2030.
World Nuclear News 31st August 2007 more >>
Industrial nations have agreed that cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of at least a quarter are needed by 2020 to slow down global warming, in preliminary talks on a replacement for the Kyoto climate treaty in Vienna. Delegates at the 158-nation meeting, which included the United States, struck a compromise deal noting that a suggested cut of 25-45 per cent on 1990 levels “provides useful initial parameters for the overall level of ambition of further emissions reductions”.
Telegraph 1st September 2007 more >>
Sweden
Swedish nuclear reactor at Oskarshamn was shut down after a valve was discovered not to be fully functional. The company expects the reactor to be on the grid again during the night.
Interactive Investor 31st August 2007 more >>
Opinion Poll
An overwhelming majority of people in the UK believe that nuclear power will have a role to play in meeting Britain’s future energy needs, according to a recent survey in the Times.
Nuclear Engineering International 31st August 2007 more >>
Indonesia
A memorandum of understanding for nuclear power business development in Indonesia has been signed by Jon-Sin Kim, the president of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co (KHNP).
Nuclear Engineering International 31st August 2007 more >>
Capenhurst
WORK to safely decommission a redundant nuclear enrichment facility and associated buildings at Capenhurst has won a top acclade. The site has come out top of all UK decommissioning sites for its safety record, progress against schedules and costs.
Chester Chronicle 31st August 2007 more >>
North Korea
Top envoys from the US and North Korea meet in Geneva shortly to discuss ways of normalising relations. The talks follow a deal promising aid and diplomatic benefits if North Korea disables its nuclear programme. It has already shut down a plutonium reactor.
BBC 1st September 2007 more >>
