South Africa

2 November 2017

French utility EDF would bid in a South African nuclear tender if the country went ahead with plans to expand its nuclear power industry, an EDF executive said on Tuesday. South Africa is planning to build several new nuclear reactors with combined capacity of 9,600 megawatts (MW). The state’s nuclear agency Necsa said last month the country could restart the procurement process soon.

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Peter Roche @PeterRoche3·

14 Jun

Despite the alleged mastery of the Chinese nucleocrats, the Taïshan EPRs are not doing any better than the rest. This leak should make French, Finnish & British political leaders definitively stop the EPR sites of Olkiluoto, Flamanville & Hinkley Point https://tinyurl.com/b6waux58

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Marco Kaltofen 🇺🇸🇮🇩🇳🇱@MKaltofen·

14 Jun

The Taishan Nuclear PS in Guangdong province is experiencing a release event of unknown size. It's less than 100 miles west of Macao & HK. This is why #CitizenScience is so necessary - getting real time real data into the public domain when required.

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Peter Roche @PeterRoche3·

14 Jun

EDF bracing itself for safety issues at Torness and Heysham 2 near Lancaster that could force both to shut years before their planned 2030 closure dates. https://tinyurl.com/43ych2xb

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Beyond Nuclear @BeyondNuclear·

9 Jun

Surprise, surprise, another $2 billion likely to be added to still soaring #Vogtle 3 & 4 new #nuclear plant tab in GA. 6 years behind schedule and price tag already ballooned to $27 billion + Who still thinks new nuclear is a good idea?

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Together Against Sizewell C @SayNo2SizewellC·

8 Jun

EDF attempt to renege on its agreement to install an acoustic fish deterrent designed to protect millions of fish p.a. in the Severn Estuary from death via Hinkley Point C's cooling water system for the 60yrs of its proposed operation
Watch/listen here
https://youtu.be/weI6oCV53Cg

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