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More then thirty years of debate, and the controversy remains as polarised as ever. This website (to be fair - whose maintainer is anti-nuclear) collects news about nuclear power in Europe, sorted by nuclear power plant, type of power plant, country etc.
By presenting different (media) angles on current nuclear issues, we hope to be able to cut out some spin, either pro or against, and to allow the reader to make up his or her own mind about today's pro's and con's of nuclear power.
In the menu on the right you can select your country, the nuclear power plant in your neighbourhood, or your favourite company and read latest (most English) news about it.
Latest nuclear news
Spanish opposition would keep nuclear plants
Friday, February 22, 2008MADRID, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Spain's opposition Popular Party, narrowly trailing the ruling Socialists before March elections, would prolong the working life of existing nuclear power stations but build no new ones, a spokesman said.
Although nuclear power is back on the table in many countries after years of unpopularity, neither of Spain's major parties is calling for new plants ahead of March 9 elections.
"Unless there is a different general consensus, which I doubt, we propose no new emplacement of nuclear plants," Jose Folgado, member of parliament and secretary of state for energy with the last Popular Party government, told Reuters.
New malfunction reported at deactivated N.German nuclear plant
Friday, February 22, 2008A malfunctioning transformer led to an unintentional shutdown of the emergency power system of an offline nuclear plant in northern Germany which had been the scene of numerous glitches in the past, press reports said Thursday.
The cause of the breakdown was a defect electronic card but it did not have any impact on the operations of the plant, said the operator of the Brunsbuettel nuclear reactor which has been deactivated since the summer of 2007.
Piebalgs defiant over EU atomic safety standards
Thursday, February 21, 2008The European commission will continue to push for EU minimum nuclear safety standards despite EU governments' failure to entertain a package of draft legislation tabled over three years ago, energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs insisted on Wednesday.
British Energy's Torness reactor closure unplanned
Thursday, February 21, 2008LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - British Energy's Torness-2 nuclear power reactor stopped just after midnight on Thursday and the shutdown was unplanned, a spokeswoman for the company said.
"We are working on the restart plan," she said on Thursday. "But we will do some additional maintenance work while the unit is off."
She would not say what had caused the 625-MW reactor, one of two at the power plant in Scotland, to stop. (Reporting by Daniel Fineren)
Romania sees Belene nuclear power plant as "dangerous"
Thursday, February 21, 2008Bulgaria's planned nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube River posed a risk to Romania's energy security, a top aide to Romanian president Traian Basescu said, as quoted by Romanian daily Business Standard on February 20 2008.
Russia ex-nuclear energy minister found guilty of theft
Wednesday, February 20, 2008MOSCOW, February 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow recognized ex-nuclear energy minister Yevgeny Adamov guilty of stealing over 30 million dollars.
The court considered proved his guilt of fraud and abuse of office.
“The court has ascertained that defendant Adamov has committed fraud by stealing a major amount of property abusing his office, which entailed substantial damage to the interests of the state,” the judge said on Tuesday.
EDF's nuclear output availability falls in 2007
Wednesday, February 20, 2008PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - EDF said on Wednesday its nuclear output availability rate dropped by 3.4 percentage points to 80.2 percent in 2007 due to heavy works on its steam generators and low production levels at its Paluel plant.
Hoax message about "Finnish nuclear accident" spreading like wildfire in e-mail
Wednesday, February 20, 2008A hoax message passed via e-mail is doing the rounds of the Internet, claiming that a nuclear accident has taken place in the Mikkeli region of Finland. There is no nuclear facility near Mikkeli.
The spam mail is made particularly confusing as it is written in Finnish - though as with all the previous Englsh-language spam out there, the language skills of the author leave something to be desired.
East Europe nuclear plans face many obstacles
Wednesday, February 20, 2008SOFIA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - East European countries have jumped on the global nuclear renaissance bandwagon, but numerous hurdles facing atomic power mean projects could be delayed and some even abandoned, analysts say.
Slovakia, Romania and Hungary plan to build new reactors or extend the life of existing ones, driven by growing energy needs at home and European Union (EU) targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Areva declares interest in Turkey nuclear plant project
Tuesday, February 19, 2008ISTANBUL (Thomson Financial) - French nuclear giant Areva said it is interested in a planned tender for the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
'We are going to meet the (Turkish) energy minister (Hilmi Guler) and we will clearly indicate to him that the Areva company is interested,' Gabriel Saltarelli, head of the company's commercial affairs in Central and Eastern Europe, told reporters.