Tag Archives: UK

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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Experimental nuclear fusion reactor surpasses sun’s core temperature via Silicon Republic

Posted on 2018/06/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by Colm Gorey A huge milestone was achieved in the development of a nuclear fusion reactor as a UK-based device passed 15 million degrees Celsius, making it hotter than the sun’s core. […] Now, a company called Tokamak Energy in … 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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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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Convoy of Death: Nuclear Weapon Transport Accidents Hit Record Highs in the UK via Sputnik

Posted on 2018/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Safety issues compromizing nuclear bomb convoys regularly travelling throughout the UK have risen to record highs, according to Ministry of Defence (MoD) figures. The total number of incidents logged by officials in 2017 was 44, the most since 2008, and brings the total number of recorded incidents … Continue reading →

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Wind power overtakes nuclear for first time in UK across a quarter via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/05/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

News of milestone comes as MPs say policy changes have caused collapse in investment in renewables Britain’s windfarms provided more electricity than its eight nuclear power stations in the first three months of 2018, marking the first time wind has … Continue reading →

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Campaigners slam £1m incentive to store nuclear waste via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/05/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Compensation offered to encourage local communities to allow test boreholes is described as ‘completely inadequate’ MPs from both major parties have attacked the government’s latest incentive to entice communities into volunteering to host Britain’s first deep underground store for nuclear … 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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Deadly nuclear waste flights resume from Wick via The Press and Journal

Posted on 2018/05/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Controversial top secret flights carrying Dounreay’s deadly nuclear waste from Scotland to the USA resumed at the weekend. A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster touched down at Wick airport at 11:51am on Saturday to receive a load of highly enriched … Continue reading →

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UK Labour party split over nuclear power via Financial Times

Posted on 2018/05/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

High cost of Hinkley Point prompts questions over value of nuclear energy Jim Pickard and Andrew Ward in London MAY 5, 2018 The Labour party is divided over whether to back nuclear power stations in the UK, creating further uncertainty … Continue reading →

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