New nukes
Letter from Stuart Campbell: Professor Stephen Salter doubts that the data I gave for released during the full cycle of nuclear power production (about 5 g/kWh) included waste disposal (Letters, 29 January). This figure comes from a study undertaken by British Energy in respect of their Torness NPP (using an established methodology called Environmental Product Declaration). Not only did the assessment take account of waste disposal, it also took account of decommissioning the station.
Scotsman 1st Feb 2008 more >>
Bradwell
THE company decommissioning a nuclear power plant in Essex has said safety fears about the continued storage of radioactive waste on the site are unfounded.
East Anglian Daily Times 2nd Feb 2008 more >>
Trawsfynydd
Hidden behind the two hulking 70m (230ft) high old reactors at the Trawsfynydd site, is a brand new building. Later this year it will used to store concrete crates of intermediate nuclear waste from when electricity was produced at the former atomic power station. Up to 360 such crates, weighing up to 42 tonnes can be stored there. On the other side of this expensive nuclear warehouse, there will be room for 2,400 drums of resin waste which was contaminated in the cooling process of producing power.
BBC 1st Feb 2008 more >>
South Africa
Westinghouse Electric Co. Friday said it has submitted a bid to provide three nuclear power plants to the Republic of South Africa beginning in 2016. The bid was made in cooperation with Shaw Group Inc. and Murray & Roberts Ltd., a construction company.
AFX 1st Feb 2008 more >>
Pakistan
Pakistan has test-fired a nuclear-capable missile for the second time in less than a week, its military said.
SkyNews 1st Feb 2008 more >>
Uranium
U.S. nuclear power reactors will be able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on Friday. The agreement will provide U.S. utilities with a reliable supply of nuclear fuel by allowing Russia to boost exports export to the United States while minimizing any disruption to the United States’ domestic enrichment industry.
Reuters 1st Feb 2008 more >>
Aldermaston
Campaigners banned from holding monthly protests at Britain’s nuclear weapons factory in Berkshire have taken their fight to the High Court. The Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp was barred from land outside the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) last May.
BBC 1st Feb 2008 more >>
