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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 favourite company and read latest (most English) news about it.
Latest nuclear news
TVO says won't share nuclear reactor cost overruns with Areva
Friday, September 28, 2007HELSINKI (Thomson Financial, AFX News Limited) - Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) reiterated that it has no intention of sharing the costs resulting from delays in the construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor with the plant's supplier Areva.'We have not agreed to share costs. We've got a fixed price with a fixed delivery time. We've made our view clear to the plant's supplier,' chief executive Pertti Simola told Finnish business paper Kauppalehti.
Renewables group questions EC neutrality on nuclear power
Thursday, September 27, 2007Brussels (Platts) - 26 Sep 2007
A renewable energy group said it was "deeply worried" about the neutrality of the European Commission when it comes to nuclear power. The European Renewable Energies Federation, or EREF, was reacting September 26 to a September 25 EC decision. The EC decision was that there was no illegal state aid involved in the 570-million-euro (US$805 million) export credit guarantee from French export credit agency Coface to French nuclear vendor Areva for the Olkiluoto-3 reactor under construction in Finland.
US nuclear dump plan in danger after seismic shock
Wednesday, September 26, 2007Fred Attewill
Tuesday September 25, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The most expensive public works project in the US was today in disarray after it emerged that a planned giant nuclear dump would be located on a faultline.
Rock samples from deep within Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, showed that the fault runs directly beneath the site where the US federal government planned to store 70,000 tonnes of highly radioactive waste.
UK New Build Does Not Need Subsidies, Says BE
Tuesday, September 25, 200724 Sep (NucNet): New nuclear build in the UK does not need to be subsidised provided fossil fuel alternatives carry the cost of the carbon emissions associated with their use and that standard designs are adopted, British Energy (BE) has said.
In its submission on 20 September 2007 to the government’s consultation on possible new build in the UK, BE said private companies should be given the option of investing in new nuclear units and no restrictions should be placed on the amount of new capacity that could be built.
The company also said there is no need for restrictions on the siting
EU not giving up on nuclear in quest for low-carbon future
Monday, September 24, 2007With increasing energy-import dependency and the quest for climate-friendly energy production at the top of the EU's political agenda, the Commission last week (21 September) announced the creation of a new research platform to study 'sustainable' nuclear energy.
Olkiluoto fall
Thursday, September 20, 200720 September 2007
A serious occupational accident has happened at Finland’s Olkiluoto unit 3, when a person fell eight metres from the zero level of the turbine plant.
The person was taken to hospital and their condition is serious.
Martin Landtman, TVO senior vice-president of the project, said: “We are very sorry. Our goal in occupational safety is that all accidents should be avoided.”
Estonia eyes Finnish nuclear plant
Wednesday, September 19, 2007TALLINN - Top government and energy officials have reiterated Estonia's desire to own a stake in a nuclear power plant that may be built in Finland over the next decade. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said on Sept. 11 that the Baltic state was interested in the nuclear project which, if built, would be Finland's sixth nuclear power plant.
Chernobyl to be covered in steel
Tuesday, September 18, 2007The authorities in Ukraine have approved a giant steel cover for the radioactive site of the world's worst nuclear disaster - Chernobyl.
The existing shelter was hastily constructed after the accident
The existing shelter was hastily constructed after the accident
Ukraine has hired a French firm to build the structure to replace the crumbling concrete casing put over the reactor after the 1986 accident.
The casing project is expected to cost $1.4bn (£700m).
It will take five years to complete and the authorities say they will then be able to start dismantling the reactor.
Kerncentrale mag niet vloeken met omgeving
Saturday, September 15, 2007De Stentor, 13 september 2007, door Herre Stegenga
EMMELOORD - De vraag óf er een kerncentrale moet bijkomen in Nederland, is nog niet aan de orde.
Wel laat het ministerie van Economische Zaken een milieuonderzoek los op de vijf locaties die hiervoor in aanmerking komen. Daar hoort de Westelijke Noordoostpolder (Rotterdamse Hoek) ook bij, samen met Borsele, Eems, de Maasvlakte en Moerdijk. Op deze plekken ligt een claim; er mogen geen ontwikkelingen plaatsvinden die de bouw van een kerncentrale in de wielen rijden.
