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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
France and the Middle East: Nicolas Sarkozy's Nuclear Option
Tuesday, February 19, 2008Judah Grunstein | 13 Feb 2008
PARIS -- When Nicolas Sarkozy took office last May, everyone expected him to be an active president. Known for his relentless pace and tireless work ethic, Sarkozy had promised to reinvigorate France's foreign policy, which had suffered from an accumulation of failure and fatigue under his predecessor, Jacques Chirac. To that end, Sarkozy has not disappointed. In a little over eight months as president, he has visited 25 countries on four continents, strengthening historic bonds (America), nurturing new ones (China, India), and above all raising France's profile around the world.
Novi Han referendum rejects nuclear waste depot
Monday, February 18, 2008Residents of the town of Novi Han, 12km southeast of Sofia, voted in favour of shutting down the nuclear waste facility near the town, in a referendum on February 18 2008.
The turnout for the referendum was 66.2 per cent, passing the 51 per cent threshold for it to be considered valid, with 99 per cent of the 1221 town's residents who went to polling stations voting in favour of shutting down the facility, Focus news agency reported.
Nuclear plant scraps £1m workers' travel subsidy
Sunday, February 17, 2008Sellafield is to scrap the £1m plus it spends every year subsidising workers' travel to and from the site.
The money is paid directly to Stagecoach and Northern Rail.
The companies, in turn, provide cheaper fares for workers but Sellafield Ltd has confirmed that bosses are looking to end the subsidy by April 2010.
UK nuclear power
Friday, February 15, 2008Recent rumours of a takeover or break-up of British Energy are exaggerated.
The UK nuclear generator, with an enterprise value of £5bn, is still in effect controlled by the government. In return for taking on the long-term liabilities associated with decommissioning nuclear plants, the state has a call on BE's net cash flows - 65 per cent from 2004 to 2007, and now 35 per cent. It can convert this right into equity at any point and could potentially block unwanted interest. Whether it would, though, is a moot point. While some potential suitors - Russia's Gazprom, for example - would be politically less appealing than others, the UK government appears to feel sanguine about foreign ownership even of such strategic assets.
Egypt Seeks International Bids for Atomic Plants, Al-Ahram Says
Friday, February 15, 2008Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt will invite international bids next week for the design and supervision of nuclear power plants, Al-Ahram reported, citing Electricity and Energy Minister Hassan Younes.
The winner will advise on design and safety procedures, the state-run newspaper said, citing Younes.
Nuclear security undervalued
Friday, February 15, 2008Nature 451, 745 (14 February) The world's only agency for assuring global standards and security in nuclear installations needs an upgrade. This cannot be done on the cheap.
Against The Grain: It's hard to see why nuclear is the favoured route'
Friday, February 15, 2008Dr Paul Dorfman is Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at Warwick University. He argues that government policy on nuclear power is wrong.
The two core arguments made by the nuclear industry are security of supply and global warming. Let's take global warming first. If we were to rebuild our entire nuclear stock we would mitigate only 4 per cent of our CO2 emissions, so how can it be about global warming? If you're serious about CO2, then get serious about transport, or other forms of energy.
Nuclear clean-up plant gets go-ahead
Friday, February 15, 2008A CONTROVERSIAL £6 million nuclear decontamination plant planned for Workington can go ahead.
Studsvik UK was granted a nuclear site licence by the Health and Safety Executive on Wednesday.
The plant will decontaminate low-level radioactive metal from the nuclear industry and sell it on to be reused.
British Energy in talks on reactors
Thursday, February 14, 2008British Energy remains in talks with 10 potential partners for the construction of nuclear reactors and hopes to sign at least one deal in the next few months.
The nuclear energy group reported third-quarter results on Wednesday, which were hit by the unplanned closure of its Hartelpool and Heysham reactors.
Russia, France ready to issue loans to Belarus for nuclear power plant
Wednesday, February 13, 2008Belarus counts on foreign loans in order to build the first nuclear power plant, Belarus Partisan quotes Viktar Marakhin, the deputy chairman of the Budget, Finances and Tax Policy Committee at the House of Representatives, as saying.