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• Nuclear power? Not yet, says Saskatchewan

  The government of Saskatchewan has said it will continue to support and enhance uranium mining and nuclear research but will not support plans for a nuclear power plant in the Canadian province for the time being. Posted Dec 18 2009, 11:37 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Canada, Saskatchewan, opinion, mining, urnaium

• US public support for nuclear remains high

  Public support for the use of nuclear energy in the USA remains strong, according to the results of a recent opinion poll. Over 80% of those questioned said that all low-carbon energy sources should be exploited to combat climate change. Posted Oct 23 2009, 09:58 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, poll, research, nuclear, support, power energy, findings

• US study on external costs of energy

  The US National Research Council has published a study on the hidden health and environmental costs of energy production and consumption in the USA. It put these costs at $120 billion in 2005. Posted Oct 23 2009, 06:36 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, national research council, econmics, USNRC: environmental costs

• Nuclear needed in Belgium

  Politically motivated shutdowns of nuclear power plants look set to be put off for at least ten years, after an official report said the country could not manage without nuclear. Posted Oct 02 2009, 10:07 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Belgium, France, opinion, editorial, column

• Off-the-wall tribute to uranium miner

  A 3-D mural has been created beside an outbuilding in Redlands, near Grand Junction, Colorado, in honour of the late Frank Power, a local uranium miner. The scene is loosely based on the former Sage uranium mine. Posted Jun 05 2009, 08:54 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, Politics

• Boom in nuclear qualifications

  The number of US students earning nuclear engineering degrees has increased for the fifth year in a row. Numbers of new graduates planning on entering the nuclear power industry have tripled since 2000 but remain below 1970s levels. Posted Jun 04 2009, 11:46 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, Politics

• Garoña recommendation to come late

  A recommendation from the Spanish nuclear safety regulator on the renewal of the Garoña plant's operating licence is expected to come late on 5 June. That is the deadline for the Nuclear Safety Council ( Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear , CSN) to recommend whether Garoña would be safe to continue operating for another ten years, but the body has said it will still be conducting meetings to discuss the matter that morning. After the CSN makes its recommendation to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, the government will have until 5 July to either grant a new licence or effectively order the plant to close. Spanish governments have taken an anti-nuclear stance since the early 1980s and the continued use of the 40-year-old 446 MWe boiling water reactor is primarily a political decision. Operating licenses for Spain's seven other nuclear power reactors run into the 2020s and 2030s. Posted Jun 04 2009, 10:42 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, Politics

• Response to Kazakh investigation

  The nuclear industry has appealed to Kazakhstan to "uphold the sanctity" of uranium contracts amid an investigation of the country's national nuclear company. Posted Jun 03 2009, 11:55 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, Politics

• Russian industry celebrates at home and away

  Russian nuclear fuel cycle companies have been celebrating achievements in the domestic and international sphere with the delivery of the first uranium pellets to India under a new contract and the completion of a new sulphuric acid plant. Posted Apr 14 2009, 11:41 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• German plants getting through their allowance

  Germany's nuclear power plants have between them used up over half the generation allocated to them before they must close under the country's Atomic Energy Act. Meanwhile, an attempt to transfer allowances between plants has been refused by regulators. Posted Apr 02 2009, 11:22 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, Politics

• Nuclear consultation in Alberta

  Residents of Alberta are to be consulted on nuclear energy. Their views will inform the provincial government's position on the energy source, but any decisions remain with the private sector. Posted Mar 27 2009, 12:01 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Support for reprocessing and action on waste

  A clear majority of US citizens would support recycling and reprocessing of used nuclear fuel, according to a new opinion poll which also found good all-round support for nuclear. Posted Mar 26 2009, 12:56 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Brown calls for renewed nuclear bargain

  The UK wants a debate on a new global framework for nuclear energy, aimed at ensuring its widespread peaceful use for power and a process for disarmament. Posted Mar 17 2009, 12:05 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, opinion, editorial

• Fatality at Oskarshamn turbine hall

  Swedish nuclear utility OKG reported that a contract worker conducting maintenance work in the turbine hall at unit 3 of the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant has died following a workplace accident. Posted Mar 16 2009, 12:16 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, opinion, editorial

• U-turn for nuclear opponents

  Leading figures in Britain's environmental movement today announced policy u-turns and called for the 'embrace' of nuclear power. Anti-nuclear campaigns of the past were described as 'enormous mistakes'. Posted Feb 23 2009, 10:54 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: UK, Politics and Nuclear Power, opinion