20 December 2008
Oldbury The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has today announced that Oldbury Power Station will continue to generate electricity into 2009 and beyond. Originally planned for closure at the end...
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EDF Dougie Rooney, national officer of Unite, said that unless EDF is forced to sell strategic parcels of land it has acquired, it would be very difficult for an alternative reactor maker to compete...
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Companies Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France’s Areva on Monday announced a capital tie-up in nuclear fuel production, predicting that the market for atomic energy will keep growing. Yahoo...
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British Energy BRITISH Energy has raised the “For Sale” sign at its only coal-fired power station under strict EU conditions to sanction a takeover by French suitor EDF. The East Kilbride-based firm...
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New Nukes Government plans for new nuclear stations will not stop blackouts in the next decade, said Liberal Democrat shadow energy and climate change secretary Steve Webb yesterday. New Civil...
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Nuclear Waste Letter from Marianne Birkby: Hands up all those for world’s first nuclear high-level waste dump? Not the members of Cumbria County Council, who were denied a vote on what they described...
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British Energy Centrica and French energy giant EDF, which has agreed to buy British Energy for £12.5billion, will start negotiations in the New Year to kick-start a nuclear power station building...
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Dungeness A series of public meetings is to be held next month to discuss the possibility of building a new nuclear power station at Dungeness. British Energy and environmental consultants Royal...
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Wylfa A leading power firm has secured a grid connection for a new nuclear power station and acquired options to buy farmland next to an existing nuclear site. Npower said the connection at Anglesey...
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New Nukes Letter from David Lowry: Your report on the gross energy inefficiency of the government estate (Government buildings emit more CO2 than all of Kenya, 23 December) should come as no surprise...
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Nuclear Waste A radiation expert has urged the county council to commission independent research before volunteering west Cumbria as a potential site for burying Britain’s nuclear waste. But the...
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Nuclear Waste The Lake District’s peaceful landscape and meandering lifestyle could soon be transformed to make way for Britain’s first high-level nuclear waste dump. Despite several warnings from...
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Nuclear Waste A RADIATION expert has urged the county council to commission independent research before volunteering West Cumbria as site for burying nuclear waste. But the council’s cabinet decided...
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Nuclear Skills Britain’s nuclear power ambitions will only be realised if generators, contractors and consultants invest in training to upskill the UK supply chain, a lead contractor said last week....
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Energy Costs More than 100 Labour MPs are to demand a one-off tax on energy companies for refusing to pass on recent sharp cuts in oil prices to millions of customers. Observer 14th Dec 2008 more...
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Scotland Nuclear power should be seriously considered as an option by the Scottish government to help it meet its target of cutting carbon emissions, according to the SNP’s Council of Economic...
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British Energy/Scotland Robert Armour played a critical role in restructuring British Energy when it almost fell to its knees in 2002 and had to go cap in hand to the Government for funds. As the only...
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Dungeness British Energy, owner and operator of Dungeness B nuclear power station, is to hold six public meetings in January, in and around Romney Marsh, to discuss the potential for new nuclear build...
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Justification Consultation The government’s dream of delivering a “renaissance” in low carbon nuclear power moved a step closer yesterday when it kicked off its latest consultation on plans for a new...
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BNFL NUCLEAR bosses received ‘golden goodbye’ payments of up to £1m after BNFL was dismantled, it has been claimed. The payments were compensation for loss of employment when the group was broken up...
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