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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
Atomstroyexport in talks to build nuclear plant in Belarus
Wednesday, November 28, 2007MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Atomstroyexport, Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, has begun talks on building a nuclear power plant in Belarus, the company's first vice president said on Monday.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced in October that his country would build a nuclear plant to ensure energy security.
Lithuania still sees new nuclear plant in 2015 -PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2007Reuters - By Nerijus Adomaitis and Patrick Lannin
VILNIUS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas believes Lithuania can still build a new nuclear power plant by 2015 but uncertainties over the timetable and capacity remain, he said on Monday.
The project, led by Lithuania and involving Latvia, Estonia and Poland, has already become bogged down by Warsaw's demand for one third of the new plant's output.
European Commission Will Examine Safety of Mochovce NPP Project
Wednesday, November 28, 2007Domicil článku: BRATISLAVA, November 26, (SITA)
The European Commission (EC) is expected to present its statement concerning safety of the completion works of the third and fourth units of the Nuclear Power Plant in Mochovce (EMO) in a few months. The European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs stated at a press conference at the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) in Bratislava on Monday that the EC is currently evaluating the EMO completion works. “However, eventually the construction will be approved by the Slovak Nuclear Supervision Office,” added Mr. Piebalgs. According to him, the EC will only issue a statement determining whether the completion is safe or not.
Homer Simpson Used by Greenpeace to Protest Against ENEF Session
Wednesday, November 28, 2007Bratislava, November 26 (TASR-SLOVAKIA) - Using the well-known cartoon figure Homer Simpson, the Greenpeace organisation on Monday protested against European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) in Bratislava.
According to environmentalists, the meeting is only a promotional platform during which representatives of the nuclear energy industry and representatives of countries exploiting atomic power plants can continue to uncritically reaffirm their current opinions on the advantages of nuclear energy.
France imports 'record levels' of power on nuclear outages
Tuesday, November 27, 2007France imported "massive" levels of power to make up for a shortfall in nuclear power production in the country during October and the start of November, according to a report Monday.
The report in French daily Les Echos quotes Dominique Maillard, chairman of the French grid manager RTE, as saying state power company EDF is being forced to import "record levels" of power.
Areva Seeks Uranium Mining Permit in Lapland
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The French-owned company Areva Resources Finland Ltd has applied for a claim to mine uranium in the municipality of Ylitornio (and Rovaniemi) in south-western Lapland Province.
Company's plans to bring in Italian nuclear waste to US raises fears
Thursday, November 22, 2007CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Environmentalists and some federal lawmakers voiced concerns over the planned shipment to the United States of radioactive nuclear waste from Italy, questioning the volume of waste being brought in and whether it exceeds federal safety standards.
EnergySolutions wants to ship about 200,000 cubic feet (5,664 cubic meters) of the radioactive waste into the United States, process it in Tennessee before burying it at a site in Clive, Utah, where the company is based.
Amount of electricity coming from nuclear power down in 21 countries, study shows
Thursday, November 22, 2007The Associated Press, Wednesday, November 21, 2007
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The amount of electricity that comes from nuclear power has decreased over the last five years in most of the countries operating nuclear plants, said a study released Wednesday.
Decreases were found in 21 of the 31 countries with nuclear power stations, and the number of nuclear reactors dropped by five to 439 since 2003, according to the study, which was commissioned by the European Parliament's Green Party. The research itself was carried out by two European experts on nuclear energy.
US utilities are sceptical over nuclear energy revival
Wednesday, November 21, 2007By Ed Crooks and Sheila McNulty
After three decades without any applications for a licence to build a nuclear reactor in the US, almost 20 companies are considering applying to build over 30 new plants. In September, NRG Energy of Texas became the first to make an application in 29 years.
With US electricity demand set to rise sharply, government incentives for early movers and some environmental campaigners seeing high-emitting coal-fired power generation as a greater evil, conditions seem propitious for a renaissance of nuclear power.
Kazakhstan in nuclear deal with Beijing
Wednesday, November 21, 2007By Isabel Gorst in Almaty
Kazakhstan has agreed to share its uranium resources with China in exchange for equity in Chinese nuclear power facilities in a strategic deal that brings together the world's fastest growing uranium and nuclear electricity producers.
Moukhtar Dzhakishev, the president of Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan's state-owned nuclear power company, said: "We will swap shares in uranium production for shares in Chinese atomic facilities... This is the first time China has allowed any foreign company to become a shareholder in its atomic power industry enterprises."