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Fast-track nuclear, says UK business secretary
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe UK needs to build new nuclear power stations as fast as possible and the government is working for legislative and regulatory change in order to achieve this, according to UK business secretary John Hutton.…
Toshiba launches US nuclear company
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsToshiba of Japan has established a new company in the USA to promote and enhance its nuclear power businesses as it works towards its goal of global nuclear operations. …
Estonia considers constructing own nuclear power plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsEstonia's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication, which is drafting a new energy development plan, announced that it will compile a shortlist of possible locations in Estonia for the country's first nuclear power plant. …
Completion of Rokkasho reprocessing plant delayed
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear News[Atoms in Japan, 5 March] Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) has announced that the scheduled completion of its Rokkasho reprocessing plant has been put back from February to May. In September 2007, the company postponed…
UK study links radiation dose and circulatory disease
Source: World Nuclear NewsA study of UK nuclear industry workers has found that exposure to relatively high occupational levels of radiation over long periods of time may be linked to increased risk of circulatory disease, although radiation exposure…
Nigeria approves technical framework for nuclear energy
Source: World Nuclear NewsNigeria's government has approved the technical framework for fast tracking the deployment of nuclear power plants for electricity generation in the country. However, the country is said to lack the regulatory framework and trained workers…
Namibia regulating uranium, planning for nuclear
Source: World Nuclear NewsNamibia has established a Uranium Stewardship Committee to help provide a legal framework for monitoring the country's uranium mining industry. It is also planning to develop a regulatory framework to enable it to embark on…
Sparton readies for uranium production from Chinese coal ash
Source: World Nuclear NewsSparton Resources has been granted a patent for the technology that it has developed for the extraction of uranium from coal ash in China. The company recently signed three key agreements in China to help…
Inland nuclear power plant planned for China
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear News[Xinhua, 4 March] China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) and the Hubei provincial government have reportedly signed an agreement to construct China's first inland nuclear power plant. The plant would be located in Xianning City.…
France and South Africa sign nuclear skills agreements
Source: World Nuclear NewsFrance's Areva and Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) have signed agreements that will see Areva's support for engineering and nuclear skills development extended and increased. The agreements were signed by Areva CEO Anne…
Sheffield Forgemasters invests in heavy presses
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear News[The Times, 3 March] Sheffield Forgemasters International (SFI) of the UK is considering building a 15,000-tonne press to satisfy the demand for parts arising from a global renaissance in nuclear power. The company has placed…
European energy plan silently supports nuclear
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Council of the European Union has approved the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, which proposes research into nuclear energy, without mentioning nuclear energy in their approval document. …
IAEA concludes Forsmark operational safety review
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency has concluded its operational safety review of Sweden's Forsmark nuclear power plant and expects to submit its final report to the Swedish government within three months. …
Norway pledges support for international nuclear fuel bank
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Norwegian minister for foreign affairs, addressing an international disarmament conference in Oslo, announced that the country would contribute $5 million to help develop an international reserve of nuclear fuel controlled by the International Atomic…
Bulgarian minister prefers nuclear to wind, solar
Source: World Nuclear News[Reuters, 28 February] Bulgaria's economy and energy minister, Petar Dimitrov, has said that the country should push ahead with plans to construct the new Belene nuclear power plant rather than opt for wind or solar…
Court upholds ban on extension of Biblis A
Source: World Nuclear News[Reuters, 27 February] The Administrative Court in Kassel, Germany, ruled that RWE may not extend the operation of its Biblis A nuclear power reactor. Under Germany’s nuclear phase out agreement, the operating life of nuclear…
New COL filed; other US applications progressing
Source: World Nuclear NewsEntergy and NuStart have submitted a combined construction and operating licence application for a potential new nuclear unit at the Grand Gulf site in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a COL application from Duke Energy has moved on…
Excavation work starts early or Sanmen 1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear News[Xinhua, 27 February] Excavation work started on 26 February for the first reactor at the site of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in Zhejiang province, China. The unit will be the first to use Westinghouse's…
Coal starts to burn investors
Source: World Nuclear NewsCoal-fired power generation in the USA is facing some of the same fundamental problems that nuclear power faced during the 1970s, a new report said. The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility's (ICCR's) new study, Don't…
International experts to guide IAEA's path
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsA high-level panel of experts has held its first meeting in Vienna to discuss the challenges that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) faces up to the year 2020 and beyond. …