Nuclear Power Plants

First food: business of taste

Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
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Bolivia plans to build $300m nuclear complex with research reactor

Bolivia has announced plans to build a $300m nuclear complex, including a research reactor, with Russian technology and help from Argentina. President Evo Morales told reporters the center will include a cyclotron for radiopharmaeuticals, a multi-purpose gamma irradiation plant and a research reactor. The project has drawn criticism from opposition …

Power struggle

The UK government’s decision to subsidize a nuclear power station while cutting support for renewables is short-sighted. (Editorial) Original Source

Climate change and nuclear power 2015

This report provides a comprehensive review of the potential role of nuclear power in mitigating global climate change and its contribution to other economic, energy and environmental challenges. The report also examines broader issues relevant to the climate change–nuclear energy nexus, such as costs, investments, financing, safety, waste management and …

Cabinet allots 41ha land for MP's first nuclear power plant

BHOPAL: State cabinet on Tuesday allotted 41.49 hectare land for Chutka Nuclear Power Plant in Mandla district. Land in tribal dominated village Chutka in Narayangunj tehsil has been allotted to Nuclear Power Corporation of India. Though the project was planned in 2009, it could not take-off under UPA regime. Renewed …

Fishermen OK Tepco’s plan to dump Fukushima plant water into sea

FUKUSHIMA – Fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday approved a plan by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to take contaminated groundwater continuously flowing into the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and dump it into the ocean after removing almost all radioactive materials from it. The plan is one of Tepco’s …

Greenpeace demands Swiss shut world's oldest nuclear plant

GENEVA: Greenpeace said on Thursday it had launched legal action to demand that Switzerland shut down Beznau, the world's oldest commercial nuclear plant, for security reasons. The plant, located in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau, near the German border, has been running for 46 years. "The Beznau nuclear plant …

Japan restarts reactor in test of Abe's nuclear policy

Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor for the first time under new safety standards put in place since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that the industry is now safe. Abe and much of Japanese industry want reactors to be …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on nuclear fuel, 22/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on nuclear fuel, 22/07/2015. Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research (AMD), a constituent Unit under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has carried out survey and exploration of Uranium resulting in establishing 2,25,936t in-situ U3O8 (1,91,594t U) reserves as of June, 2015. 21 nuclear power …

Location of Vietnam's nuclear power project extended

HO CHI MINH CITY, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Construction on Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 nuclear power plants, the first of the kind in Vietnam, will be extended southwest as required in new changes to their master plan approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, local media reported Friday. …

Nuclear reactor in Shikoku gets OK to restart from regulator

The Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) on Wednesday gave the OK for Shikoku Electric Power Co to restart the No. 3 reactor at its Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture. The safety approval is still only one of three needed before the reactor can go back online. The consent of …

Iran to conduct R&D for advanced centrifuges in first 10 years of deal

Iran will be allowed to conduct research and development (R&D;) with uranium for advanced centrifuges during the first 10 years of a nuclear agreement with major powers, according to the text of the deal posted on the Russian foreign ministry website. "Iran will continue to conduct enrichment R&D; in a …

The world nuclear industry status report 2015

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015 provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production and construction. The WNISR assesses the status of new‐build programs in current nuclear countries as well as in potential newcomer countries. This edition provides an analysis of the evolution …

Nigeria: Caucus Rejects Siting of Nuclear Plant in Akwa Ibom

Uyo — The Akwa Ibom State Leaders Caucus has rejected plans by the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) to site a Nuclear Power plant in Itu local Government Area of the state. The group attributed their rejection of the Nuclear Power plant to disastrous consequences that failure of nuclear plants …

Austria files lawsuit against EU Commission over UK nuclear plant

Austria launched legal action on Monday against the European Commission over its backing of British plans for the 16 billion pound ($24.9 billion) development of the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, Chancellor Werner Faymann said. The project, to be built by French utility EDF at Hinkley Point in southwest England, …

Greenpeace and utilities launch suit against Hinkley nuclear plant

Greenpeace and nine German and Austrian utilities selling renewable energy said on Thursday they are launching legal action against state aid for a new British nuclear power plant, which was approved by the European commission. Greenpeace and the others in the group said at a news briefing that the lawsuit …

French nuclear waste will triple after decommissioning: agency

The amount of nuclear waste stored in France will triple once all its nuclear installations have been decommissioned, which will boost the need for storage facilities, French nuclear waste agency Andra said. In a report released on Wednesday, Andra estimated that final nuclear waste volumes will eventually reach 4.3 million …

Nigeria: Proposed Nuclear Plant 'Threat to Niger Delta Environment'

The decision of the federal government to site a nuclear power plant in Akwa Ibom State has been referred to as a misplaced priority and an action capable of increasing the environmental damage in the Niger Delta. Mr Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) made the observation …

Tsunami traces from hundreds of years ago found near ‘safe’ Takahama nuclear plant

A group of researchers has found tsunami traces believed to date back to between the 14th to 16th centuries near the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. The plant’s operator, Kansai Electric Power Co., said the finding does not affect its tsunami risk evaluation of the plant or its …

Japan delays nuclear fuel removal schedule for Fukushima plant

Japan will delay removal of dangerous spent uranium fuel rods from the wrecked Fukushima power station, another setback in Tokyo Electric Power Co's struggle to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The Japanese government said on Friday it approved a revised "roadmap" for decommissioning the Fukushima …

S.Korea axes four coal plants, plans two new nuclear units

(Reuters) - South Korea has axed plans to build four coal-fired power plants and will boost its nuclear reactor fleet by two more units, as it looks to increase the share of nuclear and gas in power generation and cut reliance on coal. The planned changes to the country's long-term …

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