Nuclear news update 2/7

Negotiations on new nuclear power plants 'need more scrutiny' BBC News Lib Dem MP Martin Horwood has called for a "pause" in negotiations over new nuclear power stations to allow parliamentary scrutiny of whether they were likely to result in a good deal. He urged the government to ensure that the construction of new ... S BBC News

Operator at San Onofre nuclear power plant disputes safety claim The Denver Channel LOS ANGELES - The utility that runs the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast sharply denied Thursday that it was aware of equipment problems linked to a 2012 tube break that released a trace of radiation. On Wednesday, Sen. The Denver Channel

Nigeria and Quest for Nuclear Power Energy in the 21st Century AllAfrica.com The hosting recently of a public lecture by the NIIA entitled "Energy Security and Sustainable National Development: The Case of Nigeria's Nuclear Power Programme", delivered by a nuclear scientist and the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the ...

Is Crystal River a harbinger of nuclear power's future? Power Engineering Magazine Repairing older but still sound nuclear power plants has been an important part of the U.S.' energy strategy in past decades, allowing the country to maintain a significant portion of its energy mix in greenhouse gas emission free nuclear power. Of the ...

Bangladesh-Russia Nuclear JV Will Produce Power by 2020 DesignBuild Source As Bangladesh looks to close its yawning energy deficit, the country's State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman has ruled out any possibility of scrapping the deal on the proposed 2000-megawatt nuclear power plant at Rooppur despite ... DesignBuild Source

B&W Receives $510 Million in Defense Contracts Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Portal (blog) Thu, Feb 7 2013 6:28 AM. Comments 0. Babcock & Wilcox announced nuclear component contracts worth more than $510 million Tuesday, including $65 million awarded under a new contract for fiscal year 2013. Nuclear-powered submarine. Source: B&W ...

'Nuclear power is not just about reducing your carbon footprint; it should be ... ESI Africa New domestic projects are crucial to sustaining the expansion of nuclear power to more countries. When a country takes the decision to build a nuclear power plant for the first time, the government, the safety regulator and the utility want to look at ...

Hollande Draws French Industry Ire as Nuclear-Energy Edge Fades Bloomberg Electricite de France SA's nuclear reactors, which make France the most reliant on atomic power in the world, will need billions of euros of upgrades just as more costly renewable power is being deployed. Both threaten to push electricity prices as ...

Peace Group highlight risks from nuclear waste in North West England Rochdale Online They tell us that nuclear power is "safe", but as the disasters at Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima have all shown us, this is not the case. They tell us that nuclear power is "clean”, but the nuclear industry produces dirty ...