Tag Archives: China

Nuclear power turns to developing world as west recoils from Fukushima via The Guardian

Posted on 2012/10/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As the mood in Japan, Germany, Italy and even France hardens, China is restarting a £170bn reactor programme and India is looking to atomic power to shore up its creaking grid A nuclear fuel pellet the size of your little … Continue reading →

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China ends nuke plant ban set after Japan disaster via Boston.com

Posted on 2012/10/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BEIJING (AP) — China has decided to approve new nuclear power plants as part of plans to reduce reliance on oil and coal, ending the moratorium it imposed to review safety in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster last year. … Continue reading →

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British nuclear plans suffer blow as Chinese investors pull out via the guardian

Posted on 2012/10/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two new nuclear projects in UK the suffer as firms in running to buy a stake pull out The government’s nuclear energy plans were in trouble as Chinese investors withdrew interest in two projects and local councils postponed a decision … Continue reading →

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Britain looks to China to fuel nuclear renaissance via The Washington Post

Posted on 2012/09/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Since the disaster-triggered crisis at Fukushima, Germany has vowed to abandon its nuclear plants within 11 years while Japan is weighing a similar move. Last month, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission temporarily froze 19 new requests for reactor licenses … Continue reading →

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China in talks to build five new reactors in UK-paper via Reuters

Posted on 2012/07/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

… The French company EDF is also interested in building new reactors in Britain. CNNC would look to use an existing technology tie-up with US-based nuclear engineering group Westinghouse to potentially build three more reactors, the paper said. It would … Continue reading →

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Areva Looks to China as France Rethinks Nuclear Power via Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted on 2012/07/08 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Areva SA (AREVA) Chief Executive Officer Luc Oursel is seeking fresh talks to sell nuclear reactors to China, halted in the wake of last year’s nuclear accident in Japan and amid questions about the new French government’s energy stance. The … Continue reading →

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50 Years After Test 596 – Nuclear Testing in East Turkestan via Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Posted on 2012/02/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PRESS REMINDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Living in the Shadow of an Atom Cloud: The Search for Victims’ Redress after China’s Nuclear Tests Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 9.30 – 12.30 Room P7C050, Paul-Henri Spaak Building, European Parliament 60 Rue Wiertz, Brussels, … Continue reading →

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Iran proposes new round of nuclear talks with 6 world powers as sanctions hit hard via The Washington Post

Posted on 2011/12/31 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Saturday it has proposed a new round of talks on its nuclear program with six world powers that have been trying for years to persuade Tehran to freeze aspects of its atomic work that could … Continue reading →

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U.S. is Only 3 Years Behind China in Nuclear Reactors Courtesy of New Approval via Daily Tech

Posted on 2011/12/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Construction on new designs should begin within weeks; ultra-safe Gen. III+ reactors could be live by 2016 When it comes to alternative energy, wind and solar power are nice ideas and certainly worthy of research, but they remain much more … Continue reading →

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India flaunts poverty of its moral leadership, brandishing an ad hoc, reactive nuclear policy via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/12/20 by norma field

CANBERRA — The Australian Labor Party has just endorsed, albeit narrowly, Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s call to lift the contentious policy of the ban on uranium sales to India, although the latter is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation … Continue reading →

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