Energy beyond nationality
The announcement that Areva are to join with China’s Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Company to bid for new capacity in the UK represents a bold statement in favour of globalisation and against...
View ArticleDecision time for nuclear
By the end of this week bids must be in from the consortia seeking to develop the UK’s new generation of nuclear power stations. It is decision time but the irony is that the key decisions will be...
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New nuclear – 2015 is the critical year
Inside the Hunterston B nuclear power station in Scotland © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images 2015 will be a crucial year for the nuclear industry across the world. Japan is expected to start bringing its...
View ArticleThe clouds over the French nuclear industry
“I am convinced that the nuclear industry has a future, that it is a strength of our country.” The fact that Manuel Valls, the prime minister, had to make such a statement in the National Assembly in...
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Japan returns to nuclear power
Protests against the reopening of the Sendai nuclear plant © Getty Images Within the next few weeks the Japanese utility Kyushu Electric Power will restart its two nuclear power reactors at Sandei in...
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Beyond Hinkley — the need for a plan B
EDF's existing nuclear power plants at Hinkley Point © Getty Images The announcement that some form of funding structure for Britain’s nuclear new build at Hinkley Point in Somerset has been agreed...
View ArticleImplications of another delay to Hinkley nuclear reactor project
The UK plan is uneconomic for owners and consumers, writes Nick Butler Read more
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