Nuclear Power News update 3/17

Green light for nuclear power plant Express.co.uk They centre on the strike price, which is a guaranteed payment for the price of electricity produced by new nuclear power stations. Critics fear that the Government will sign a contract to buy electricity for up to 40 years at twice today's price ...http://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/384900/Green-light-for-nuclear-power-plant Britain's Plans for New Nuclear Plant Approach a Decisive Point, 4 Years Late New York Times - LONDON — If all goes according to plan, the British energy minister on Tuesday will formally approve construction of the country's first new nuclear power plant in nearly two decades. But little has gone according to plan in this ambitious project, which is ...http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/business/energy-environment/britains-nuclear-plans-at-a-critical-point.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Brussels investigation threatens UK nuclear power program PennEnergy (press release) - http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pe/2013/03/brussels-investigation-threatens-uk-nuclear-power-program.html Efforts to build the first nuclear power plant in the UK in a generation have hit another snag as European commission officials launch an investigation into the subsidy scheme to finance the project, the Guardian reports. The investigation, if it becomes full-scale ...

Firms express concerns over electricity supplies if nuclear power is scrapped Taipei Times Amid rising calls for the scrapping the nation's use of nuclear power, iron and steel product manufacturers have expressed concern over the effect such a move would have on the steady supply of electricity, which they said is crucial to their companies ...http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/03/18/2003557328

Nuclear boss wants to cut family fuel aid The Independent The boss of a company set to build two nuclear reactors in Somerset has been demanding cuts to renewable energy subsidies and to help for people in fuel poverty while quietly lobbying the European Commission for financial help for new nuclear power ...http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nuclear-boss-wants-to-cut-family-fuel-aid-8537553.html The Independent

Record radiation found in fish near Fukushima nuclear plant RT Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), which runs the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, discovered a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in the fish, Kyodo News reported. The operator installed a net on the seafloor of the ...http://rt.com/news/radiation-fish-fukushima-japan-385/ TEPCO fish sets new contamination record The Daily Yomiuri - ‎ FUKUSHIMA (Jiji Press)--A fat greenling caught inside the port of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has set a new radioactive contamination record for a fish since the disaster at the plant two years ago, TEPCO said. The fish ...http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130317003500.htm High level of cesium found in fish off Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎ TOKYO — The Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant says it has detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught close to the plant. That's 7,400 times the government limit for safe human ...http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/high-level-of-cesium-found-in-fish-off-japans-fukushima-nuclear-plant/2013/03/17/287197e4-8ed1-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_story.html