The figures just don't stack up for the argument that new nuclear power stations will ensure a secure and sustainable energy source.
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Russia and US strike nuclear deal
Tuesday, May 6, 2008Russia and the US have signed a key agreement on civilian nuclear power that formally allows nuclear trade between US and Russian companies.
It will also allow them to widen technological co-operation in areas such as storing nuclear materials.
Spain's 1,000 MW Trillo nuclear plant back on line
Tuesday, May 6, 2008MADRID, May 6 (Reuters) - Spain's 1,000-megawatt Trillo nuclear power station was reconnected to the national grid on Tuesday morning after completing refuelling work, a statement from the plant's management said.
"Kola NPP among the best in Russia"
Tuesday, May 6, 2008The Kola Nuclear Power plant has for a long time been among the best three power plants in Russia, head engineer of the plant says. The plant will now become a part of the new giant federal company Atomenergoprom.
Nuclear reactors will cost twice estimate, says E.ON chief
Monday, May 5, 2008The Government has vastly underestimated the cost of building a new generation of nuclear power plants, according to the head of the world's largest power company.
Wulf Bernotat, chairman and chief executive of E.ON, the German energy giant that owns Powergen, has told The Times that the cost per plant could be as high as €6 billion (£4.8 billion) - nearly double the Government's latest £2.8 billion estimate.
Friends of the Earth Criticize BNP Paribas for NPP Belene
Wednesday, April 30, 2008For two years one of the main world federations for environment protection “Friends of the Earth” leads a campaign for higher responsibility of the banks when funding infrastructural projects.
The French branch of this non-governmental organisation is now criticizing strongly the decision of the French bank BNP Paribas to organize the financing of the project for nuclear energy in Belene, Bulgaria, writes the French newspaper “Mond”, cited by BTA.
Chain reaction
Wednesday, April 30, 2008Is nuclear power the answer to the energy crisis? Ian Sample explains how it works - and how we get the awful side-effects of bombs and waste.
Tunisia and France sign accords on civilian nuclear cooperation, immigration
Tuesday, April 29, 2008France and Tunisia signed accords on nuclear cooperation and immigration on Monday, the first day of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit to the North African nation.
The accords were the first in a spate of deals — including a Tunisian airline's possible purchase of more than a dozen Airbus aircraft — aimed at strengthening economic and political ties between France and its former protectorate.
Power plants face insurance hike
Monday, April 28, 2008Nuclear power plant operators in the Czech Republic are facing a huge and unexpected increase in insurance costs, following a government decision to raise the amount of liability for damage compensation from 6 billion Kč ($384.9 million) to 8 billion Kč.
In March, the government issued a statement instructing the Industry and Trade Ministry to work with the Environment Ministry to implement the increase by preparing a ratification of the protocol to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage.
Doomed Chernobyl reactor to be buried in giant steel coffin
Monday, April 28, 2008KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, work is under way on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of the exploded Soviet-era power plant.
For years, the original iron and concrete shelter that was hastily constructed over the reactor has been leaking radiation, cracking and threatening to collapse. The new one, an arch of steel, would be big enough to contain the Statue of Liberty.
