PRAGUE. FEBRUARY 4. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Dutch bank ING has declined to comment on a report it will not invest any money into a project to upgrade Slovakia's Soviet-era Mochovce nuclear power plant (NPP), while remaining lead bank in a USD 800 mln corporate revolving credit facility secured by Slovak utility Slovenske elektrarne (SE) chiefly for that purpose.
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Dutch bank ING 'no comment' on report it will not finance upgrade of Slovakia's Mochovce NPP
Monday, February 4, 2008
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Nuclear energy? Still 'no thanks'
Monday, February 4, 200804.02.2008 The Copenhagen Post - Despite nuclear energy's growing popularity worldwide, Danes remain sceptical
Danish opposition to nuclear energy remains staunch even though the controversial energy source has received a renaissance in recent years.
Ministers' nuclear-free zone call
Sunday, February 3, 2008Ministers on both sides of the border are calling for the island of Ireland to be made a nuclear-free zone.
NRC to accept comments on importing Italian waste
Saturday, February 2, 2008Next week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will formally begin inviting the public and affected government agencies to weigh in on EnergySolutions' application to accept low-level radioactive waste from Italy.
But the agency is already welcoming public comments, said Brooke Smith, a member of the NRC team reviewing the import license.
Russia Moving Ahead With Plant Closings
Saturday, February 2, 2008WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of Russia's plutonium-producing reactors may be closed six months ahead of schedule this summer, a major milestone in U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts, a senior Energy Department official said Friday.
The official said Sergey Kiriyenko, the director of Russia's nuclear agency, Rosatom, told Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman during a 40-minute meeting Friday that shutting down the two reactors in the Siberian town of Seversk so soon was "realistic."
Energy Giants Groan as Tough Future Looms
Friday, February 1, 2008Germany's energy sector is in turmoil -- under pressure from foreign producers and facing tough choices as the government cracks down on dirty coal-fired plants and takes nuclear plants Off-line. But profits are still up -- for now.
Turkey Sabanci to pick nuclear partner by mid-March
Friday, February 1, 2008ISTANBUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Turkey's Sabanci Holding SAHOL.IS will choose by mid-March from up to six European and Asian companies to partner its bid in a Turkish nuclear power plant tender, the head of Sabanci's energy group said on Monday.
"We are looking for a utility company and are in talks with five or six companies ... (We can decide on one) at the end of February or the beginning of March," Selahattin Hakman, the president of the conglomerate's energy group, told Reuters.
Finnish nuclear revival not seen in other Nordics
Friday, February 1, 2008HELSINKI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Finland is pressing ahead with a new atomic power station and Swedes have abandoned some of their deep-seated opposition to nuclear energy but other Scandinavian countries are unlikely to resort to it.
While governments worldwide have increasingly been looking to nuclear energy to reduce carbon emissions, Norway is set to rely on its abundant hydro-electric power and Denmark, a big emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), is expected to keep burning fossil fuels.
Trawsfynydd’s future
Friday, February 1, 2008Feb 1 2008 by Tom Simone, Daily Post
Radioactive waste – mostly caesium and cobalt, with traces of uranium – will be stored at Trawsfynydd until the government designates a national depository.
Although there are no definite plans for what to do with radioactive waste in the long term, a geological solution, where waste is buried, is favoured.
Treasury set to reward nuclear sell-off boss for raising £8bn in BNFL disposals
Friday, February 1, 2008The Times, January 31, 2008
The man responsible for raising £8.3 billion for the Treasury by selling off some of the country's most controversial assets is poised to receive a bonus of £766,200 for successfully winding up British Nuclear Fuels.
Mike Parker, chief executive of BNFL, which used to own Westinghouse, the nuclear reactor maker, as well as Sellafield, could receive the bonus before the end of the financial year, The Times has learnt.
