HELSINKI (Thomson Financial, AFX News Limited) - Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) reiterated that it has no intention of sharing the costs resulting from delays in the construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor with the plant's supplier Areva.'We have not agreed to share costs. We've got a fixed price with a fixed delivery time. We've made our view clear to the plant's supplier,' chief executive Pertti Simola told Finnish business paper Kauppalehti.
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TVO says won't share nuclear reactor cost overruns with Areva
Friday, September 28, 2007
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EU pushes closure of Armenian NPP for security and safety reasons
Friday, September 28, 2007NEW YORK - Euroatom is ready to provide Armenia with a EUR 200m preferential loan to close down the Armenian nuclear power plant, said Gunnar Wiegand, of the European Commission’s on department for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia told reporters in Yerevan Thursday, Eurasia.org reported.
Renewables group questions EC neutrality on nuclear power
Thursday, September 27, 2007Brussels (Platts) - 26 Sep 2007
A renewable energy group said it was "deeply worried" about the neutrality of the European Commission when it comes to nuclear power. The European Renewable Energies Federation, or EREF, was reacting September 26 to a September 25 EC decision. The EC decision was that there was no illegal state aid involved in the 570-million-euro (US$805 million) export credit guarantee from French export credit agency Coface to French nuclear vendor Areva for the Olkiluoto-3 reactor under construction in Finland.
UK New Build Does Not Need Subsidies, Says BE
Tuesday, September 25, 200724 Sep (NucNet): New nuclear build in the UK does not need to be subsidised provided fossil fuel alternatives carry the cost of the carbon emissions associated with their use and that standard designs are adopted, British Energy (BE) has said.
In its submission on 20 September 2007 to the government’s consultation on possible new build in the UK, BE said private companies should be given the option of investing in new nuclear units and no restrictions should be placed on the amount of new capacity that could be built.
The company also said there is no need for restrictions on the siting
EU not giving up on nuclear in quest for low-carbon future
Monday, September 24, 2007With increasing energy-import dependency and the quest for climate-friendly energy production at the top of the EU's political agenda, the Commission last week (21 September) announced the creation of a new research platform to study 'sustainable' nuclear energy.
Olkiluoto fall
Thursday, September 20, 200720 September 2007
A serious occupational accident has happened at Finland’s Olkiluoto unit 3, when a person fell eight metres from the zero level of the turbine plant.
The person was taken to hospital and their condition is serious.
Martin Landtman, TVO senior vice-president of the project, said: “We are very sorry. Our goal in occupational safety is that all accidents should be avoided.”
Estonia eyes Finnish nuclear plant
Wednesday, September 19, 2007TALLINN - Top government and energy officials have reiterated Estonia's desire to own a stake in a nuclear power plant that may be built in Finland over the next decade. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said on Sept. 11 that the Baltic state was interested in the nuclear project which, if built, would be Finland's sixth nuclear power plant.
Chernobyl to be covered in steel
Tuesday, September 18, 2007The authorities in Ukraine have approved a giant steel cover for the radioactive site of the world's worst nuclear disaster - Chernobyl.
The existing shelter was hastily constructed after the accident
The existing shelter was hastily constructed after the accident
Ukraine has hired a French firm to build the structure to replace the crumbling concrete casing put over the reactor after the 1986 accident.
The casing project is expected to cost $1.4bn (£700m).
It will take five years to complete and the authorities say they will then be able to start dismantling the reactor.
Kerncentrale mag niet vloeken met omgeving
Saturday, September 15, 2007De Stentor, 13 september 2007, door Herre Stegenga
EMMELOORD - De vraag óf er een kerncentrale moet bijkomen in Nederland, is nog niet aan de orde.
Wel laat het ministerie van Economische Zaken een milieuonderzoek los op de vijf locaties die hiervoor in aanmerking komen. Daar hoort de Westelijke Noordoostpolder (Rotterdamse Hoek) ook bij, samen met Borsele, Eems, de Maasvlakte en Moerdijk. Op deze plekken ligt een claim; er mogen geen ontwikkelingen plaatsvinden die de bouw van een kerncentrale in de wielen rijden.
More states challenge EU emissions caps
Friday, September 14, 2007More states challenge EU emissions caps
Latvia and Lithuania have become the latest countries tolegally challenge the European commission over cuts to national allocation plans (Naps) for phase II of the EU emissiontrading scheme (EU ETS), bringing the total to seven.
Latvia said on 31 July that it would lodge a complaint with the European court of justice by 26 September.
