Het ministerie van Vrom onderzoekt de mogelijkheden om via juridische weg extra geld af te dwingen van de huidige eigenaar van de kerncentrale in Dodewaard, om die te kunnen ontmantelen. Dit bedrijf, Gemeenschappelijke Kerncentrale Nederland (GKN), schat de kosten op 130 miljoen euro. De beoogde nieuwe eigenaar, de Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval (Covra), zei vrijdag in het Radio 1-programma Argos dat het 230 miljoen euro gaat kosten.
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The radioactive legacy of Dodewaard
Friday, September 7, 2007
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Beautiful, green and very nuclear
Friday, September 7, 2007(By Dana Spinant) One of Finland’s most unlikely tourist attractions is Olkiluoto, a small island off the west coast, which is home to the first nuclear reactor being built in Europe in more than a decade.
Dismantling nuclear plant to cost more
Friday, September 7, 2007The environment ministry is considering forcing the current owner of the nuclear plant in Dodewaard to pay more towards its dismantling. The company, GKN, estimates the cost at €130m.
The intended new owner Covra, which specialises in radioactive waste, told the Radio 1 Argos programme it will cost €230m.
Merkel rejects call for early nuclear shutdown
Wednesday, September 5, 2007Merkel rejects call for early nuclear shutdown
Tue Sep 4, 2007 1:12PM EDT
Nuclear fallout
Monday, September 3, 2007Nuclear fallout
Aug 2nd 2007 | BERLIN
From The Economist print edition
Two accidents heat up the debate over whether to revive nuclear power to fight climate change
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UNTIL recently, nuclear power seemed to be making its way back into public favour in Germany. A warm winter, and dire warnings by scientists about climate change, convinced many that carbon emissions might be a bigger danger than nuclear accidents or radioactive waste. Opinion polls this spring showed that fewer than half of Germans favoured continuing the policy, adopted in 2000, of phasing out all nuclear plants by 2021.
Negotiators for next Belgian government agree to extend lifetime of several nuclear plants
Monday, September 3, 2007BRUSSELS, Belgium: Negotiators trying to form a coalition government agreed Thursday extend the lives of some of Belgium's seven nuclear power reactors, citing uncertain future energy supplies.
The outgoing government of Liberals and Socialists agreed in 2003 to close all nuclear plants between 2014 and 2025.
But negotiators working to create Christian Democratic-Liberal government said they would back off that pledge.
Fire in Czech nuclear station compound quickly put out
Monday, September 3, 2007PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A fire broke out in an air-drying unit inside the Temelin nuclear station compound Tuesday afternoon, and was quickly put out by the station's staff, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The incident posed no danger to the plant's operation and safety, Temelin spokesman Marek Svitak said.
The fire was caused by the overheating of the components in an air-drying station about 1 kilometer (700 yards) outside the actual reactor building, Svitak said.
French-led consortium to build new shelter for Chernobyl's exploded reactor
Monday, September 3, 2007PARIS A French-led consortium will build a new shelter to encase the reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl power station that exploded in 1986 in history's worst nuclear accident.
The new shelter will enclose the existing concrete "sarcophagus" erected hastily after the 1986 accident, which has been crumbling and leaking radiation for more than a decade.
The contract for the Novarka consortium, including Bouygues SA and Vinci SA, will be worth more than €430 million (US$593.14 million), Vinci said in a statement Tuesday night.
No new nuclear plants likely before 2020
Monday, September 3, 2007Reuters Mon 20 Aug 2007
A cyclist travels away from Sizewell A and B power stations in Suffolk, Britain May 22, 2007.
No new nuclear plants likely before 2020
By Daniel Fineren
LONDON (Reuters) - No nuclear power plants are likely to be built in Britain before 2020, if they are built at all, which will be too late to fill the country's looming power generation gap, according to a report published on Monday.
The government wants the private sector to build new nuclear power plants to replace the country's ageing reactors and plug a generation shortfall left by the closure of coal-fired power plants under European environment laws.
Areva's ownership structure debated in France
Monday, September 3, 2007Paris (Platts)--31Aug2007
Areva's ownership structure is being debated in France, following a
statement August 30 by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that France's nuclear
enterprises must be "given the resources to develop."
On August 31, Areva CEO Anne Lauvergeon said that "Areva's development
needs major resources, [and] a change in capital [equity structure] appears
the best solution." She added, during a conference call with journalists and
analysts, that Areva's future is up to the government, its majority
shareholder.
