Nuclear power news update 3/15

Nuclear power plans threatened by European commission investigation The Guardian Under the proposals, a nuclear power station – the first for a generation – will be built at Hinkley in Somerset, and the government will guarantee a minimum price for the electricity produced for 30-40 years, a deal which could cost customers a ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/14/nuclear-power-european-commission-investigation The Guardian

Anti-nuclear sentiments running high in Taiwan Channel News Asia TAIPEI: Anti-nuclear sentiments are running high in Taiwan, with over 220,000 people taking to the streets on Saturday, demanding the government give up nuclear power. But what exactly is the cost of a nuclear power free society for Taiwan? Nuclear ...http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/1260282/1/.html

Exelon seeks to boost nuclear output amid declining power prices Chicago Business Journal The Chicago company, which is one of the nation's largest operators of nuclear power plants, said last month it was deferring plans to spend $2.3 billion on expanding capacity at its nuclear power plants and other projects because of low natural gas ...http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2013/03/15/exelon-seeking-to-boost-nuclear-output.html

Japanese social movements pushing against nuclear power The Hankyoreh Harutoshi Funabashi, a sociology professor at Hosei University and anti-nuclear power activist in Japan, gave a lecture on the growing importance of concerted action against nuclear power. The talk came during a discussion on changes in Japanese ...http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/578210.html

Cape Downwinders initiates local ballot initiative to shutdown Pilgrim Nuclear ... Plymouth Daily News Towns across Cape Cod are considering placing a non-binding public advisory question on the municipal ballot or spring town warrant to call for the shut down of Entergy's Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. On ballot already in Dennis, Brewster, Wellfleet ...http://plymouthdailynews.com/cape-downwinders-initiates-local-ballot-initiative-shutdown-pilgrim-nuclear-power-station-18404

Nuclear power has much to recommend it Creamer Media's Engineering News Electricity is one of the greatest liberators of mankind, much like the discovery of fire and the wheel, which changed the course of history. Prior to the discovery of electricity, virtually all motive power was directly linked to the muscle power of ...http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/nuclear-power-has-much-to-recommend-it-2013-03-15

Japan's Energy Board Meets After Dropping Anti-Nuclear Members Bloomberg In September, the government led by the Democratic Party of Japan approved phasing out nuclear power by the end of the 2030s after the March quake and disaster in 2011 caused three reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant. Around 160,000 ...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-15/japan-s-energy-board-meets-after-dropping-anti-nuclear-members.html

First concrete placed at Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion Electric Light & Power "This was a team effort that included Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear, CB&I, Westinghouse Electric Co. and our co-owners — Oglethorpe Power Corp., the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and Dalton Utilities," said Georgia Power nuclear ...http://www.elp.com/articles/2013/03/first-concrete-placed-at-plant-vogtle-nuclear-power-plant-expans.html