Tag Archives: Nuclear power

Britain’s nuclear U-turn puts us in a very lonely club via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/06/08 by nfield

Fred Pearce Pumping £5bn into a new plant in north Wales as a way to fight climate change is a solution at odds with the rest of the world For once, ministers have put their money where their mouth is … Continue reading →

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UK takes £5bn stake in Welsh nuclear power station in policy U-turn via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/06/04 by nfield

The UK will take a £5bn-plus stake in a new nuclear power station in Wales in a striking reversal of decades-long government policy ruling out direct investment in nuclear projects. Ministers said they had reached an initial agreement with the Japanese conglomerate Hitachi to … Continue reading →

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Cost of new nuclear plants ‘often 18% more than expected’ via Energy Live News

Posted on 2018/05/30 by nfield

By Johnny Blairstow Researchers say developers might be better off focusing on ‘lower risk’ technologies such as wind or solar power instead The cost of building new nuclear power plants is often nearly a fifth more than expected because of construction delays. That’s … Continue reading →

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State-affiliated bank resists call to fund Hitachi nuclear project via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/05/29 by nfield

A government-affiliated financial institution balked at an agency’s request to pump 75 billion yen ($688 million) into Hitachi Ltd.’s nuclear power project in Britain, while the entire plan came under fire from citizen groups. The Agency for Natural Resources and … Continue reading →

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S Carolina Sues Feds Over End of Nuclear Fuel Program via US News & World Report

Posted on 2018/05/27 by nfield

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is suing the federal government after the Energy Department announced it was stopping construction of a plant to turn plutonium used in nuclear weapons into fuel for nuclear reactors. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s lawsuit … Continue reading →

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Wylfa B protesters make their voices heard in Japan via North Wales Chronicle

Posted on 2018/05/22 by nfield

PROTESTERS who are against plans for a nuclear plant on Anglesey are visiting Japan for a week of campaigning. Robat Idris, Linda Rogers and Meilyr Tomos, members of PAWB – People Against Wylfa B – have been invited by Friends … Continue reading →

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Here are some sources of soil pollution you may not know　via Down to Earth

Posted on 2018/05/11 by nfield

A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations synthesised all the available scientific research on soil pollution and brought to the fore certain lesser know sources that have been polluting the soil for years now. … Continue reading →

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Hitachi’s U.K. nuclear project to get guarantees from government via Reuters

Posted on 2018/05/09 by nfield

TOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) – Hitachi Ltd’sHorizon Nuclear Power unit has received an assurance from the British government that it will guarantee loans for the construction of two reactors in Wales, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. […] The British … Continue reading →

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Duke Energy (finally) agrees: Levy County New Nukes Wrong Plan via NIRS

Posted on 2018/05/05 by nfield

Ten years ago Duke (then, Progress Energy) began the idea of adding two nuclear reactors to the Nature Coast of Florida. Today, a billion dollars, and thousands of hours of volunteer and publicinterest staff time later, the proposal for Levy … Continue reading →

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Cyprus Nuclear Protest via The Gazette

Posted on 2018/04/27 by nfield

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot, protestors hold cuddles and anti-nuclear placards during a protest against the planned construction of a Russian-built nuclear power plant on Turkey, inside the U.N buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, April 26, 2018. … Continue reading →

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