New Nukes
Greenpeace nuclear blog: our mission is to record the meltdown of that most over-rated, over-subsidised and over-confident of industries, the nuclear industry. Perhaps we were being overcautious, but we were wondering if there’d be enough material to sustain a daily weblog.
Greenpeace 29th July 2009. more >>
Greenpeace 29th July 2009 more >>
Letter: If in 50 years we decide wind turbines have been a terrible mistake, we can take them down. It is not the same for a nice “clean” nuclear power station.
Guardian 30th July 2008 more >>
David Milliband: High polluting products will not disappear unless government regulates. New nuclear power stations need planning policy to facilitate them. And if we act through the EU, we green the largest single market in the world. In opposition, you can sound green while embracing Euroscepticism.
Guardian 30th July 2008 more >>
Decommissioning
Procurement teams across the UK nuclear decommissioning industry should work more collaboratively for the benefit of buyers and suppliers. In a consultation published this month, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said it wanted to make its supply chain more attractive as well as cheaper and easier for suppliers to access. It is hoped this will make the supply chain become a “market of choice” for international suppliers, and develop UK firms to compete globally.
Supply Management 31st July 2008 more >>
India
India has gone into diplomatic overdrive to persuade the United Nations nuclear watchdog and nuclear technology exporters to lift a decades-old embargo on New Delhi’s access to atomic energy technology, despite its refusal to give up its weapons programme. India’s Congress-led ruling coalition won a domestic political fight last week over a landmark nuclear energy deal with the US. But New Delhi and Washington are facing an uphill battle to secure the necessary international and US congressional approval before President George W. Bush leaves office in January.
FT 30th July 2008 more >>
France
An engineer has said 127 people were evacuated from a French nuclear site after what he called a minor incident that triggered an alarm. Engineer Jean Girardi said 45 of those workers have been taken to the hospital after the incident at the Tricastin nuclear complex near the city of Avignon in southern France.
Daily Express 29th July 2008 more >>
IHT 29th July 2008 more >>
Reuters 29th July 2008 more >>
EDF will have to seize the momentum of a global nuclear power rebirth and answer the needs of emerging markets if the French electricity giant is to find new sources of growth in the coming decade.
Reuters 29th July 2008 more >>
US
An earthquake centered east of Los Angeles on Tuesday morning did not hinder operations on the state’s power grid nor damage the state’s two nuclear power plants, utility and state officials said.
Reuters 29th July 2008 more >>
Iran
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Tuesday that talks with world powers aimed at resolving the crisis over its atomic drive were “positive and progressive,”
AFX 29th July 2008 more >>
Finland
A small fire at the construction site for a new nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto, western Finland, spread to two floors of the reactor building, before it was put out, plant operator Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said on Wednesday.
Reuters 30th July 2008 more >>
