Nuclear safety boosted to help avert another Fukushima -expert Reuters VIENNA (Reuters) - Many countries have taken concrete steps to improve safety at nuclear power plants to help prevent extreme natural hazards such as earthquakes from causing another Fukushima-style disaster, the chairman of an expert meeting said on ... | ||||||||
Europe Power-Spot prices rise on tight supply Reuters Germany thus pared a wide discount it had developed this week to France, where the holidays have ended and nuclear power stations are late back from summer maintenance closures. French operator EDF reported five delayed reactor restart dates. | ||||||||
US Nuclear Units Seeking License Renewal Hartford Courant The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed its staff on Thursday to start an environmental review into the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, following a court ruling that led the agency to stop issuing new reactor licenses. The NRC ... | ||||||||
Russian nuclear support for Iran limited by distrust MinnPost.com Russia built Iran's first nuclear power plant, once sold Tehran sophisticated weaponry, and refuses to back further international sanctions over Iran's controversial nuclear program, but this apparent coziness belies years of suspicion and growing ... | ||||||||
Kudankulam reactor to be fuelled around Sep 11, protestors to intensify stir TwoCircles.net Chennai : The loading of 163 enriched uranium fuel bundles in the first unit of the two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will happen around Sep 11, said a senior official of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd ... | ||||||||
Progress asks PSC for rate increase for nuclear plants [Ocala Star-Banner, Fla.] Equities.com What: Florida Public Service Commission public hearing to review Progress Energy request to increase rates for Crystal River nuclear plant improvements and proposed Levy County nuclear plant. Florida Power and Light's $151 million request also will be ... | ||||||||
China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp Announces Orders for BYD Battery ... Power Engineering Magazine Sponsored by FLSmidth. 09/07/2012. China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) announced this week the results of the bidding for their largest high-power, high-capacity battery back-up stations to date, with BYD Ltd of Shenzhen winning the bid. | ||||||||
DPJ sets zero-nuclear power goal The Daily Yomiuri The group included the target as a nonbinding one in the final proposal, in view of strong public support for phasing out nuclear power use by 2030 at public hearings and a deliberative opinion poll. To achieve the target, the government would be ... | ||||||||
French Energy Min: Govt Sticks To 75% Tax Rate Plan For Revenue Above ... Wall Street Journal ... energy next week. Fessenheim, which is at the heart of a national debate over the role of nuclear energy in power generation, sparked new fears this week after two workers were slightly injured during a minor maintenance incident. Write to ... | ||||||||
FPL's nuclear charges would raise monthly electric bills by $1.65 Sun-Sentinel To pay for its upgrades to Turkey Point and Port St. Lucie nuclear power plants and to get ready for new nuclear units, Florida Power & Light Co. will go before regulators beginning Monday. The state's largest electric utility is asking to pass on $151 ...
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Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire
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Friday, September 7, 2012
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