Iran
Russia`s current and future nuclear energy investments in Iran may be hindered by the fallout from the ongoing international row over the Islamic republic`s alleged nuclear weapons ambitions, which Moscow has a key role in resolving. Russia is constructing the Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran with an eye on future Iranian development worth billions more.
Monsters and Critics 18th Nov 2006
British Energy
BRITISH ENERGY, Britain’s biggest power producer, is parting company with its chief nuclear officer, Roy Anderson, following a warning that repairs to two of its nuclear power stations will reduce their output by far more than expected.
Telegraph 18th Nov 2006
Yorkshire Post 18th Nov 2006
FT 18th Nov 2006
Guardian 18th Nov 2006
Independent 18th Nov 2006
Hunterston is expected to be switched back on by the end of this year and Hinkley Point in January or February. However, British Energy gave warning yesterday that these power stations would probably operate at only 70 per cent capacity until March 2008.
Times 18th Nov 2006
British Energy said repair work at two of its nuclear power stations would hit output more than expected, overshadowing a rise in first-half results, and said its chief nuclear expert was to step down. Shares in Britain’s biggest power producer fell as much as 6.5 percent after the news on Friday, before recovering most of their losses.
Reuters 17th Nov 2006
Citywire 17th Nov 2006
Annual production will be reduced by 5 terawatt hours or more until at least March 2008. Cracked boiler tubes at Hunterston B, on the west coast of Scotland, and Hinkley Point B, on the coast of Somerset in southwestern England, will have a “significant impact on output for this financial year,” The company’s latest full-year production target is to generate 61 to 63 terawatt hours of electricity. British Energy declined to reiterate or give a new annual forecast. Athanasiou in a note estimated that British Energy’s full year output will be in a range from 48 terawatt hours to 56 terawatt hours.
Bloomberg 17th Nov 2006
India
INDIA celebrated another milestone in its quest for superpower status yesterday after the US Senate approved a Bill allowing US-Indian civilian nuclear co-operation for the first time in three decades.
Times 18th Nov 2006
Sweden
Sweden was hit with the second nuclear scare in recent months after an ‘explosive’ fire at a transformer, which led to the shut-down of a reactor this week.
Edie 17th Nov 2006
MoX Shipment
Ireland’s Environment Minister Dick Roche has called for assurances from the British Government that shipments of reprocessed fuel being transported from the plant through the Irish Sea will not enter Irish territorial waters.
Edie 17th Nov 2006
New nukes
PRIME Minister Tony Blair threw his full weight behind a new generation of British nuclear power stations yesterday, heralding the industry’s “very bright future” as he visited Sellafield for the first time as Premier.
Yorkshire Post 17th Nov 2006
Whitehave News 17th Nov 2006
Trident
MPs are to be given a vote on replacing the Trident nuclear weapons system early next year, and ministers are preparing for what could be a sizeable rebellion.
FT 18th Nov 2006
Devonport
Thousands of jobs in the submarine industry could depend on how Britain responds to a row with KBR, the US infrastructure company that owns the strategically important Devonport naval yard in Plymouth. The Ministry of Defence is exploring its legal options over Devonport after KBR went ahead with an initial public offering this week in spite of UK demands that the float be postponed.
FT 18th Nov 2006
