Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

IN OTHER NEWS


IN OTHER NEWS:
The UK's Horizon Nuclear Power is seeking an extension to 2023 for planning consent for highway improvements needed to support the construction and operation of the planned Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant on the Isle of Anglesey. Permission was originally granted for the improvements in 2018 but this is due to expire in July. "We’re doing this now to enable a swift restart should Wylfa Newydd be granted a Development Consent Order by UK Government later in 2020 and if the right funding model is in place," the company said.
South Korea is to spend KRW322.3 billion (USD261 million) to establish nuclear decommissioning research centres under a plan announced yesterday by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, KBS reported. Under the plan, construction of a main centre on the border between the southern port cities of Busan and Ulsan and a branch in Gyeongju will begin in the second half of 2021. The research laboratories will focus on the development and commercialisation of decommissioning technologies.
The implementation of joint projects in the nuclear energy sector was amongst current issues of Russian-Turkish cooperation that were addressed during a telephone conversation yesterday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to the Kremlin, the main focus of the discussion was on a range of issues related to the spread of the coronavirus.

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