London (Platts)–24Aug2007The UK’s Oldbury-2 magnox reconnected to the grid August 23, operatorMagnox North said August 24. A fire and then turbine vibrations kept thereactor offline most of the time since May 30. Oldbury-2, one of the fourremaining operating magnox reactors, underwent a 23-month outage until May 27to determine the extent of graphite depletion in its core. It operated onlythree days before a May 30 fire on the non-nuclear side of the plant forcedits shutdown.
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Cofrentes nuclear power station shut down after fire
Thursday, August 2, 2007The fire in a transformer was extinguished in an hour and safety measures worked correctly
The Nuclear power station at Cofrentes, Valencia, suffered a transformer fire on Thursday, which lead to the reactor being shut down.
Vatican says Nothing Wrong with Nuclear Power
Wednesday, August 1, 2007Nuclear power should be considered a useful energy source, a senior Catholic cardinal has said on Wednesday.
Nuclear power should be considered a useful energy source, a senior Catholic cardinal has said on Wednesday.
German chain reaction
Tuesday, July 24, 2007What were initially minor incidents in the non-nuclear sections of two German nuclear power plants have quickly developed into an industry crisis.
Attack on nuclear demonstrators in Russia leaves 1 dead
Saturday, July 21, 2007MOSCOW (AP): Attackers dressed in dark clothes and wielding metal pipes raided a camp of environmentalists protesting nuclear waste processing at a Siberian chemicals plant early Saturday, killing one activist.
Witnesses say the attackers shouted nationalist slogans as they rampaged through the forest tent camp near the city of Angarsk, about 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles) east of Moscow. But police rejected suggestions that extremist groups had masterminded the attack.
Merkel Furious about Nuclear Mishaps
Wednesday, July 11, 2007German Chancellor Angela Merkel is furious with energy company Vattenfall for having been slow to publicly admit the severity of recent mishaps at two reactors in northern Germany. Meanwhile, the company still seems to be in denial.
Sometimes it's not what you say, but when you say it. And for Vattenfall, a leading energy company in Germany which operates the two nuclear reactors near Hamburg which were forced to shut down in recent incidents, it is becoming increasingly clear that trying to cover up mistakes is not the best way to generate positive PR.
Kozloduy Decommissioning Fund To Grant 39 Mln Euro to Bulgaria for Power Plant Construction
Sunday, July 8, 2007SOURCE: Dnevnik (Bulgaria)
The Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), will grant 39 mln euro ($53.1 mln) to Bulgaria for the construction of a thermal power plant on the site of the Kozloduy nuclear plant, Dnevnik daily reported on July 8, 2007.
Reactor Affected in Nuclear Power Plant Fire
Wednesday, July 4, 2007Contrary to previous reports, a fire at a nuclear power plant in Germany last week did in fact affect the reactor. The disturbing news comes at a time when the German government is debating the future of nuclear power.
Czech power utility CEZ filed court action against Upper Austria over Temelin nuclear plant
Wednesday, June 27, 2007PRAGUE. JUNE 27. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Prague and Warsaw-listed Czech power utility CEZ, which operates the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant, filed a complaint in a regional court earlier this month against Upper Austria for its efforts to bring Temelin's operations to a halt, Czech daily Lidove noviny (LN) reported Wednesday.
French electricity giant EDF keen to build nuclear plant in Slovakia
Monday, June 25, 2007PRAGUE. JUNE 25. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - French state-owned electricity giant Electricite de France (EDF) is interested in building a new nuclear plant in Slovakia, a company vice president said Monday.
"We would like to participate in developing the electricity sector in Slovakia," EDF's international unit vice president of Marc Boudier said, as cited by Slovak news agency SITA. "We want to use our know-how and tools to develop new production capacities and so [help] ensure Slovakia's self-sufficiency."
