Wylfa
The life of the only working nuclear power station in Wales could be extended by another nine months. The Wylfa nuclear station on Anglesey is set to stop generating in March 2010. The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) said it was reviewing the timescale, as it diverts cash resources to other sites.
BBC 8th Nov 2007 more >>
Magnox Reprocessing
In a draft of its next 3-year programme for Sellafield (2008-2011) published today, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) plans to extend the life of Sellafield’s magnox reprocessing plant from 2012 to ‘2016 or later’. The magnox reprocessing plant B205 is responsible for a majority of the site’s overall discharges. The planned extension to its working life of at least a further four years will see high levels of radioactive sea discharges continuing for the next decade and will infuriate many Governments and Irish and North-East Atlantic communities. It will also renew serious doubts about the UK’s ability to meet the discharge targets it signed up as an OSPAR signatory.
CORE Press Release 7th Nov 2007 more >>
Turkey
Turkey’s parliament approved a bill Friday allowing for the construction of nuclear power plants in the country, despite opposition from environmental groups.
AP 9th Nov 2007 more >>
World Nuclear News 9th Nov 2007 more >>
Reuters 9th Nov 2007 more >>
Middle East
Egyptian and Saudi nuclear ambitions, on top of Iran’s atomic drive, will lead to an “apocalyptic scenario”, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said in comments published on Friday.
AFP 9th Nov 2007 more >>
France
Sortir du Nucleaire has presented a detailed plan for phasing out nuclear power in France.
World Nuclear News 9th Nov 2007 more >>
NDA
The NDA’s budget for the next three years is £8.3bn. Most of the money will be spent at Dounreay and Sellafield,
Cumbrian Times and Star 9th Nov 2007 more >>
Albania
It is one of the poorest countries in Europe, which still endures acute electricity shortages and almost daily blackouts, even in the capital. Still, Albania is undaunted. In a proposal that has alarmed neighbouring Greece but elicited interest from Italy, the country is proposing to host nuclear plants that would supply electricity across the Adriatic by way of an underwater cable.
Guardian 10th Nov 2007 more >>
