Spain
Spain has issued a defiant explanation of its motives for attaching conditions to Eon’s takeover of Endesa, adding a fresh volley to the growing battle between Madrid and Brussels over the €27bn ($34.3bn) deal.
FT 14th August 2006
Uranium
A Canadian mining business with operations in Kazakhstan plans to become Britain’s biggest listed pure uranium company when it joins the London Stock Exchange next week.
Guardian 14th August 2006
Times 14th August 2006
FT 14th August 2006
Emergency Planning
A simulated accident at a nuclear power station in the Westcountry has exposed significant flaws in the emergency response plans. Documents seen by the WMN show that an exercise staged at Hinkley Point in Somerset earlier this year exposed a number of worrying shortcomings.
Western Morning News 7th August 2006
If there had been a nuclear accident at Hinkley Point power station earlier this year it is likely that vital time would have been lost before local people were told to take essential radiation-blocking potassium iodate tablets. The shortcoming in the power station operators’ emergency plans was one of a number of flaws exposed by a test carried out at the plant on the Somerset coast.
Western Morning News 7th August 2006
