Stockholm - Confidence in the Swedish nuclear power industry has dropped to its lowest level in 20 years in the wake of a reactor shutdown in 2006, a report said Wednesday. The autumn 2007 survey by Gothenburg University researchers suggested 39 per cent had "very great or rather great" confidence in information about energy and nuclear power issues issued by the nuclear power industry, down 10 percentage points on 2006.
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Safety fears over French nuclear technology
Thursday, April 3, 2008Nuclear reactors of the kind France wants to sell to Britain suffer from "potentially catastrophic" problems, it was claimed yesterday.
News of the structural flaws came days after President Nicolas Sarkozy used a state visit to Britain to boast about his nation's nuclear expertise.
Opponents of Nuclear Energy Send Protest to Parliament
Thursday, April 3, 2008Singers, actors and intellectuals opposing the building of nuclear power plants in Turkey have sent a statement to parliament. On 26 April, there will be a demonstration in Kadiköy, Istanbul.
The Global Action Group (KEG) has organised a campaign to protest against the introduction of nuclear energy to Turkey and calls on parliamentarians to support the exploitation of renewable energy sources.
Chernobyl, 22 Years Later
Thursday, April 3, 2008(CBS) Twenty-two years after the world's worst nuclear accident, radiation danger at Chernobyl is still so severe that a 16-mile area remains sealed - reached only through two checkpoints. CBS News correspondent Bill Plante was allowed inside with a camera crew.
The meltdown left a simmering stew of toxic radioactivity under the rubble, covered by a hastily built shelter that's crumbling.
Italy should seek to build nuclear plants in Albania, Montenegro - Tremonti
Thursday, April 3, 2008MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Italy should seek to build nuclear plants in neighbouring countries facing the Adriatic Sea like Albania or Montenegro to meet energy demand in the medium term, said Giulio Tremonti, expected to become economy minister if the centre-right coalition wins the elections.
Ukraine contracts for nuclear fuel
Thursday, April 3, 2008KIEV, Ukraine, March 31 (UPI) -- Utility giant Westinghouse Electric Co. signed a contract Monday to supply Ukraine's nuclear power plants with fuel from 2011-15, the company said.
Ukraine relies heavily on natural gas supplies from Russia, RIA Novosti reported. As such, in January 2006, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced plans to initiate nuclear fuel production in the country.
UK govt invites nuclear industry to put forward designs for new reactors
Thursday, April 3, 2008LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The United Kingdom government on Monday invited nuclear power companies to put forward new designs for a justification decision for the new fleet of nuclear reactors to be built in the United Kingdom.
Thorp restarts nuclear reprocessing
Thursday, April 3, 2008The Thorp nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield has restarted commercial operations three years after it was closed following a radioactive leak - a development that should ease the funding crisis at the government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or Thorp, at the nuclear complex in west Cumbria, is a large source of income for the owner NDA, which is responsible for cleaning up the UK's nuclear reactor sites and dealing with radioactive waste.
Help sought on 100-tonne plutonium stockpile
Thursday, April 3, 2008The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on Wednesday will appeal to industry for help in dealing with the UK's 100-tonne stockpile of plutonium, and in deciding whether to treat it as waste or reuse it as fuel for nuclear reactors.
One option being considered is for the highly radioactive plutonium to be used to make fuel for a new nuclear reactor at Sellafield, where the plutonium is currently stored. But the question of whether the plutonium should be used or disposed of could reopen the debate on nuclear reprocessing and whether spent fuel from the next generation of nuclear reactors should be reused.
Nuclear energy debate in Sofia postponed
Wednesday, April 2, 2008A debate on the pros and cons of building Belene nuclear power plant was scheduled for April 2 at Sofia University, but just hours before it scheduled start, the organiser University Environmental Club UNECO said that it had to be postponed due to the “lack of participants defending the pro-Belene position”.
