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• Building a Building

  One of the issues in getting the nuclear renaissance rolling – but one that is particularly responsive to capitalist imperatives – is the manufacturing of pieces that make up a plant. After all, it’s been a long time since an American nuclear plant has been built and a lot of the action moved overseas - to France and Japan, in particular. But it’s not as though America doesn’t have a work force with... Posted Nov 06 2009, 04:54 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, France, Nuclear, America, plans, manufacturing, building

• France, America, Russia: India and the Nuclear Trifecta

  You may be fairly sure that if a country expresses an interest in partnering with other countries to develop or enhance its nuclear industry that the big three - France, America and Russia - will come around in one order or another. But they'll all come calling. Any thought that the 123 agreement with the United States might forestall Russian interest in a similar arrangement may now be set aside... Posted Dec 08 2008, 03:03 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Russia, India, France, 123 Agreement

• Japan and France: Nuclear Energy Points the Way

  Back in 1959, director Alain Resnais released a film that has since become a classic. Called Hiroshima Mon Amour, it posited a love affair between a Japanese engineer and a French actress. As the title suggests, the relationship founders on the issue of a defining moment of modern history both western and eastern. No debates, please, and the film is a masterpiece that chokes off debate anyway. In the... Posted Apr 11 2008, 03:56 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, France

• Britain and France Team Up on Nuclear Power

  From the Guardian : Britain and France are to sign a deal to construct a new generation of nuclear power stations and export the technology around the world in an effort to combat climate change. The pact is to be announced at the "Arsenal summit" next week when prime ministers Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy will meet at the Emirates stadium in north London. Britain hopes to take advantage... Posted Mar 25 2008, 07:26 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: France, UK

• The French Nuclear Industry Up Close

  Last week, a group of NEI staffers took a group of representatives from think tanks, business and organized labor on a fact finding trip to France concerning that country's domestic nuclear energy program. One of the individuals on the trip was Matt Bennett, Vice President of Public Affairs for Third Way . He shared the following note with us: I had the opportunity to travel to France to visit... Posted Jul 12 2007, 11:45 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: France