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UK nuclear Justification put to public

Consultation has started on the UK nuclear industry's required legal justification of new build plans. Under EU law it must be shown that nuclear projects are in the public interest.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-17-2008
Cumbria 'interested' in hosting UK repository

Cumbria County Council announced that it has agreed to make an "expression of interest" without commitment in the formal UK government process to select a site for a deep geological repository for high-level radioactive waste. The expression of interest covers Copeland, where an expression...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-09-2008
Competition strategy for remaining NDA sites

The UK's NDA has announced the competition strategy for selecting who will manage the cleanup of Dounreay and the Magnox generation sites.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-08-2008
UK companies to partner Areva on EPR construction

Balfour Beatty and Rolls-Royce, both leading UK engineering companies, have signed partnership agreements with France's Areva to work together on programs to build new nuclear power plants in the UK. Six of Areva's EPR units are at early planning stages in the UK.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-04-2008
Nuclear less risky than renewables, UK government told

The UK's renewable energy targets could prove both costly and risky, and nuclear energy is the most reliable viable low-carbon alternative, according to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-27-2008
Westinghouse consolidates UK efforts

Westinghouse has announced the creation of a new organization to consolidate efforts to pursue commercial nuclear power business throughout the UK. The company said that the creation of Westinghouse Electric Co UK reaffirms its commitment to create jobs and localization in the UK. Former BNFL executive...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-26-2008
Forgemasters gains foothold in US market

Sheffield Forgemasters of the UK has received its first order from the US nuclear power market, thanks to a stainless steel reactor coolant pump casing originally created for China.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-25-2008
O'Brien: Nuclear 'crucial' to UK climate change policy

[Daily Telegraph, Reuters; 18 November] UK energy minister Mike O'Brien has warned that electricity generating costs will increase without a new nuclear power programme in the country. He told a conference in London, "Nuclear must be an important part of an affordable climate change policy for...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008
Poll shows growing UK public support for nuclear

The UK public is increasingly concerned about energy supplies and support for nuclear energy is growing as a means of both meeting future demand and reducing emissions, according to a poll commissioned by EDF Energy.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-12-2008
UK OKs nuclear trade with India

The UK government has lifted its ban on nuclear-related exports to India, following the decision by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to allow the transfer of "trigger list" items to India for peaceful purposes.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-11-2008

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