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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
Belarus to 'build nuclear plant'
Thursday, October 11, 2007Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country needs to build a nuclear power station. The creation of a domestic nuclear energy source was essential to guarantee "national security", Interfax news quoted Mr Lukashenko as saying.
Work on the reactor would start in 2008, he said. It is expected to be ready in four to eight years.
Cost of nuclear clean-up rises to £73bn
Thursday, October 11, 2007The official cost of cleaning up 20 of Britain's nuclear facilities will be more than £73bn, 16% higher than estimated last year, according to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority yesterday. The latest rise in clean-up costs came as the government completed consultation on whether to proceed with a new generation of atomic plants, with one potential operator arguing there was a "moral imperative" to allow more to be built.
Contaminated ground
Thursday, October 11, 2007Oct 11th 2007 , rom The Economist print editio
The shadow of an old accident haunts Britain's nuclear revival
THIS is a big week in the government's attempt to rehabilitate nuclear energy. Eight months after a court ruled that its first public consultation on whether to build more reactors had been misleading and unfair, its second attempt finished on October 10th. For a government with (until recently) a reputation for slick public relations, that date looks ill-judged. For it also marks the 50th anniversary of a fire at the Windscale nuclear reactor in Cumbria that was, until Three Mile Island in 1979, the world's worst atomic accident (the Chernobyl explosion in 1986 dwarfs both).
Romania plans to build second nuclear power plant
Thursday, October 11, 2007Fri Oct 5, 2007 3:47pm BST CERNAVODA, Romania, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Romania plans to build a second nuclear power plant after the completion of two more reactors at its Cernavoda plant on the Danube river, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said on Friday.
European Union newcomer Romania has set an Oct. 25 deadline to receive binding bids for the licence to build and operate Units 3 and 4 in Cernavoda, an investment estimated at 2.2 billion euros.
Uranium - blessing or curse?
Wednesday, October 10, 2007DAKAR, 10 October 2007 (IRIN) - As the global demand for nuclear energy rises, analysts say the large amount of uranium in Niger is not a benefit to the country’s people but adds to the serious problems facing the region.
Niger, an impoverished country on the southern fringe of the Sahara desert, has one of the world’s largest reserves of uranium, the main source of nuclear fuel - but virtually nothing to show for it.
Belgische jacht op nucleair afval in buitenland
Wednesday, October 10, 200710/10/2007 09:17
(Belga) De jongste maanden is de buitenlandse markt intensief afgespeurd in een zoektocht naar laag radioactief materiaal dat verbrand zou kunnen worden in de verbrandingsoven van Belgoprocess in Dessel.
Windscale: A nuclear disaster
Tuesday, October 9, 2007By Paul Dwyer
Producer, Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster
Fifty years ago, on the night of 10 October 1957, Britain was on the brink of an unprecedented nuclear tragedy. A fire ripped through the radioactive materials in the core of Windscale, Britain's first nuclear reactor.
Delta bouwt centrales over de grens
Tuesday, October 9, 2007PZC, 5 oktober 2007
Energiebedrijf Delta wil in België centrales bouwen. De ruimte in het Sloe wil het benutten voor een tweede kerncentrale. "Met de Sloecentrale zijn we er niet."
De palen voor de Sloecentrale zijn koud de grond in of Delta kijkt al weer verder. "We moeten wel, om de concurrentie het hoofd te bieden." Voor de duidelijkheid trekt Dick van der Klaauw, directeur energie, een vergelijking met koeriersbedrijven. "Wij zijn een koerier met vier auto's en concurreren met bedrijven met drieduizend wagens. Valt er bij ons een auto uit, dan merken we dat direct."
Young Russian giant ponders the nuclear option
Tuesday, October 9, 2007By Rebecca Bream
Almost exactly a year ago, a deal was announced that shook up the well-established pecking order in the global aluminium industry.
Rusal, Russia's largest aluminium producer, unveiled the takeover of Sual, its smaller compatriot, and the aluminium assets of Glencore, the Swiss commodities trader.
Seabed robot seeks Dounreay pollution
Tuesday, October 9, 200703 October 2007
Operators of the Dounreay nuclear plant in northern Scotland have come up with a seven-year plan to retrieve spent fuel particles from a section of seabed around the plant’s old active effluent outlet.
The plan to remove offshore particles is to be accompanied by the ongoing legal requirement to detect and remove particles from local beaches – work that is expected to total about £18–25 million.
The 0.6km2 section lies above the site’s old effluent diffusion chamber and is believed to be the main source of particle pollution washing up on local beaches, although there are other less significant suspected sources.