Nuclear power in Europe

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More then thirty years of debate, and the controversy remains as polarised as ever. This website (to be fair - whose maintainer is anti-nuclear) collects news about nuclear power in Europe, sorted by nuclear power plant, type of power plant, country etc.

By presenting different (media) angles on current nuclear issues, we hope to be able to cut out some spin, either pro or against, and to allow the reader to make up his or her own mind about today’s pro’s and con’s of nuclear power.

In the menu on the right you can select your country, the nuclear power plant in your neighbourhood, or your favorite company and read latest (most English) news about it.

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A water leak at Slovenia’s Krsko nuclear plant threatened to overshadow European Union environment talks on Thursday, as Slovenia reassured there was no danger and fended off criticism of its handling of the case.
The accident at the plant tripped the EU’s “Ecurie” early warning system on Wednesday afternoon, but some member states [...]

LE CREUSOT, July 3: President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Thursday that France will build a second third-generation EPR nuclear plant, arguing that nuclear power was France’s best answer to soaring energy prices.
“We are going to build a new EPR nuclear reactor, separate from the one in Flamanville,” Sarkozy said in a speech on energy policy [...]

LOCAL authorities in Cumbria have been offering to start talks with Whitehall about a possible nuclear dump for Cumbria.

(BRUSSELS) - Reservations about the use of nuclear energy are on the decline in Europe, although there is still no majority in favour, according to an EU survey published on Thursday.
Some 44 percent of Europeans are either “totally in favour” or “fairly in favour” of nuclear energy, according to the survey, carried out in February [...]

A SECRET ballot on industrial action is being organised for Sellafield’s 10,000 workers

WEST Cumbria – and Copeland in particular – is likely to become more dependent than ever on the nuclear industry and we say that in full light of all the on-going efforts to diversify our economy.
So with all the signs pointing to another strike at the area’s biggest employer and economic bread earner – Sellafield [...]

KEY decommissioning projects at Sellafield may have to be delayed because of a budget shortfall.

THERE is no credible terrorist threat to new nuclear power plants, MPs have been told.