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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
Brown set to press on with N-power bill
Monday, November 5, 2007By Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent
Published: November 4 2007 22:53 | Last updated: November 5 2007 03:09
Gordon Brown appears determined to press ahead with a legal framework for new nuclear power stations in Tuesday’s Queen’s Speech without waiting for the outcome of an official complaint that could derail the whole process.
The complaint concerns a consultation designed to gauge public opinion on nuclear energy, conducted by Opinion Leader Research, a polling company with close links to Labour.
Russia to supply 7 kg of nuclear fuel for Ukraine test reactor
Monday, November 5, 2007MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian state-run nuclear fuel producer TVEL will supply 7 kilograms of low enriched uranium to a research reactor in Ukraine in 2008, the company announced on Thursday.
The nuclear fuel will be delivered under a Russian-U.S. program, Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR), aimed at developing technical methods to convert reactors from the use of highly-enriched uranium (HEU), which can be used in atom bombs, to low enriched uranium (LEU).
Nuclear ambitions fan controversy in Bulgaria
Monday, November 5, 2007SOFIA: As governments around the world struggle to secure energy supplies, cut carbon emissions and adapt to rising oil prices, Bulgaria has adopted an ambitious solution: Construct a new nuclear power plant, the country’s second, near the northern town of Belene, across the Danube from Romania.
Sweden's Vattenfall loses 200,000 clients after nuclear plant incidents
Sunday, November 4, 2007The Associated Press Wednesday, October 31, 2007
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Swedish utility Vattenfall AB has lost almost 200,000 customers in Germany because of a "crisis in confidence" after failing to properly inform the public about a fire in a nuclear power plant and the shutdown of another, company officials said Wednesday.
Germany Faces Shortage of Nuclear Safety Experts
Thursday, November 1, 2007Fifty years ago, Germany's first nuclear reactor was built near Munich. DW-WORLD.DE spoke to an safety expert about standards in today's German atomic plants and the possible problems for the future.
DW-WORLD.DE spoke to physicist Christian Küppers, of the Darmstadt Öko-Institut and a member of the government's advisory Radiation Protection Committee, about safety standards in German nuclear plants and potential problems ahead.
Klaus: Country needs nuclear power
Monday, October 29, 2007By ČTK / Published 29 October 2007
Klaus's holiday speech touched on relations with the US and Russia.
Prague, Oct 28 (CTK) - Czech politicians should be friendly to Austria but resolutely explain that the Czech Republic needs nuclear energy, President Vaclav Klaus said today in his speech on the October 28 national holiday that marks the anniversary of Czechoslovakia's birth 89 years ago.
Un superministère «vert»
Thursday, October 25, 2007CHRISTOPHE SCHOUNE
mercredi 24 octobre 2007, 13:15
136 jours sans gouvernement. Un accord est quasi ficelé sur le développement durable. Le nucléaire prolongé, l'Orange bleue s'engagerait ensuite dans un plan alternatif aux énergies fossiles.
Cela semble acquis : la possible coalition Orange bleue optera pour un superministère du Développement durable. Regroupant les matières énergétiques, environnementales et de transports, ce ministère vert serait la pierre angulaire des politiques de lutte contre le réchauffement climatique.
Seven of UK's 19 reactors closed
Wednesday, October 24, 2007Nearly a third of Britain's nuclear power reactors have been out of action due to breakdowns and maintenance. Of the UK's 19 reactors, a total of seven have been shut down.
British Energy, which operates the affected sites, said a "conservative decision" had been taken to close units after safety checks uncovered faults.
NSG member Germany is not enthusiastic about nuke deal
Wednesday, October 24, 200724 Oct, 2007, 0242 hrs IST, TNN
NEW DELHI: The US hope that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal will be carried forward is not mirrored on the international stage. The issue is not likely to feature in any major way during the high profile visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to India from October 29 to November 1. It is understood that under the present situation, Germany, which will soon chair the Nuclear Suppliers Group, sees no point in formulating a position towards India’s civilian nuclear aspiration.