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The Iowa state Senate has voted in favour of allowing utility MidAmerican Energy to increase electric consumer rates so that it can study the feasibility of constructing a nuclear power plant.

The Swiss canton of Aargau has launched a consultation on its structural masterplan in preparation for a possible new reactor at the Beznau nuclear power station. Meanwhile, operators of the existing reactors are to benefit from a simulator upgrade.

Poland's largest power group, Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), has signed a second cooperation agreement with a potential builder of the country's first nuclear power plant, this time with GE-Hitachi.

India's nuclear industry is preparing for a major expansion after assuring international cooperation with a round of cooperation deals, but the limited supply of human resources in the sector remains a concern.

Belgian nuclear scientists have been given the go-ahead to build an advanced new research reactor system with a role in researching the transmutation of wastes.

Representatives from countries thinking about using nuclear power are working on the thorny problem of developing a national nuclear infrastructure with the help of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Engineering consultation work is to be carried out by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) towards the completion of two units at Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a five-year conversion services contract with Areva of France. The contract will help INB supply fuel to Brazil's sole nuclear power plant at Angra.

Westinghouse has opened a pump and motor maintenance and repair centre in Nivelles, Belgium, to serve European nuclear power plant operators. The facility will have an annual repair and refurbishment capacity of more than 20 large motors and ten pumps.

The Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick have concluded negotiations on an energy agreement that will see Hydro-Quebec acquire most of NB Power's generation assets including the Point Lepreau nuclear power station.

Power consumption dropped 7% across Finland during 2009 as a result of the global recession, with industrial electricity use down 16% and industrial combined heat and power down 20.7%. However, 2009 was a record year for nuclear power, which reached 27.8% of supply. It was also a record year for electricity...

Libya is taking "practical measures" to advance its plans to use nuclear energy for power generation and desalination, the country's Nuclear Energy Institute has announced.

China's ambitious expansion of nuclear power capacity is driving huge growth in its domestic supply industry, with companies quickly diversifying into the sector.

A shipment of uranium recovered from fuel previously used in European nuclear power reactors is en route from Sellafield to Russia for processing into new fuel.

Applications to build nuclear power plants should be considered invidiually in the same way as any other energy option, residents of the Canadian province of Alberta have told their government.

Lithuania has officially begun its search for strategic investors to construct and operate a new nuclear power plant in the country to replace the Ignalina plant, which is due to shut down by the end of the month.

Authorities have officially ended the latest effort to introduce nuclear power in Turkey. A notice on the Turkish Electricity Trading Company's website said the tender for new reactors had been cancelled.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will undertake main plant civil works of units 3 and 4 of the Kakrapar nuclear power plant after a contract award. It is also celebrating the installation of the pressure vessel of the country's fast reactor prototype.

Further international cooperation was agreed yesterday towards another four Russian reactors at Kudankulam, India as well as more at a new site, Haripur in West Bengal.

RWE's departure from Bulgaria's new Belene nuclear plant put extra pressure on government to find new shareholders, while it redefines the scope of investment it needs.

An international partnership has been set up to tackle the architectural challenges of design for new nuclear projects.

[ The Cumberland News, 13 November ] Sellafield could be part of a new fuel cycle when used cooking oil from its six staff canteens is converted into biodiesel by a local farmer. James Stanley, whose land lies close to the Sellafield complex in Cumbria, is in talks over waste oil amounting to some 10...

UK energy policy began an overhaul today with six new draft policy statements for the period to 2025. Nuclear is proposed as a key plank of future supplies and ten sites were named as suitable for new build.

[Reuters, 20 October] Czech utility CEZ will immediately switch to nuclear fuel supplied by TVEL of Russia for its two-unit Temelin nuclear power plant in 2010, instead of phasing in its use as previously planned, according to CEZ spokeswoman Eva Novakova. As a result, CEZ will lose money on the unused...

The Finnish radiation and safety authority, Stuk, has concluded in a preliminary safety assessment that Fennovoima has the qualifications to construct its proposed nuclear power plant safely and in accordance with Finland's nuclear energy act.