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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
UK nuclear power: The contenders
Thursday, January 10, 2008A new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK has been given the formal go-ahead by the government.
Ministers have invited energy companies to submit plans to build new nuclear plants, which will replace the ageing fleet that currently provides about 18% of the UK's electricity.
New nuclear plants get go-ahead
Thursday, January 10, 2008A new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK has been given formal backing by the government.
Business Secretary John Hutton told MPs they would give a "safe and affordable" way of securing the UK's future energy supplies while fighting climate change.
Germany to remain anti-nuclear stronghold
Friday, January 11, 2008FRANKFURT, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Germany will uphold staunch political opposition to atomic energy, unperturbed by the mood swinging back in favour of nuclear power elsewhere.
Oil at record highs, climate worries, and the need to cut dependency on energy imports is due to move the British government to back new nuclear power plants on Thursday.
But Germany, Europe's biggest and most central power market, will not follow suit.
Germany should introduce nuclear tax to fuel competition: Greens
Wednesday, January 9, 2008Germany should introduce a tax of 2 euro cent/kWh on fuel rods for nuclear power generation to re-establish the balance between different generation sources, according to a Green party proposal published by Suddeutsche Zeitung.
Government to give nuclear power decision
Tuesday, January 8, 2008The government will announce its decision on whether to build a new generation of nuclear power stations on Thursday, Downing Street said today.
The business secretary, John Hutton, will make the announcement in a statement to MPs on energy security.
A spokesman for the prime minister said: "John Hutton will make a statement to MPs and part of that will be the decision on whether or not to go ahead with the next generation of nuclear power stations."
Ghana Goes Nuclear 2018
Tuesday, January 8, 2008General News - Tue, 08 Jan 2008
GHANA WOULD commission its first nuclear power plant by 2018.
Through this event, the possibility of Ghana adopting nuclear power to generate electricity in the country as supplement to the existing source of power generation could be achieved before 2020.
Russian Contractors Decide to Raise Belene NPP Electricity Price
Tuesday, January 8, 2008The electricity that NPP Belene will generate when finished will cost at least 4.5 euro-cents per kilowatt-hour, which is by one euro-cent more than the price initially announced by Atomstroyexport. The consumers' price of the electricity from NPP Belene is still uncalculated
Olkiluoto-3 completion targeted for summer 2011
Tuesday, January 8, 2008Olkiluoto-3 will be completed in "summer 2011," Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy said. TVO said the Areva-Siemens consortium, which had previously targeted 2011 after a two-year delay on the original
schedule, had informed it December 28 of the summer target.
Britain's decision on nuclear power could give new hope to industry
Tuesday, January 8, 2008By James Kanter
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
PARIS: The British government is expected to introduce plans this week for a series of new nuclear reactors - a move that energy experts say could light a beacon for the beleaguered nuclear industry in other parts of Europe, where opposition to the technology remains strong.
Russia foils atomic smugglers
Friday, January 4, 2008By Will Stewart in Moscow
Last Updated: 2:24am GMT 04/01/2008
Russia has admitted that customs officials thwarted more than 120 attempts to smuggle "highly radioactive" material out of the country last year.
The disclosure is likely to fuel concern about how many illegal exports were not halted. It will also lead to new fears that Moscow has failed to stop material becoming available on the black market that could be used by terrorists to make radioactive "dirty" bombs.