Brussels Says State Aid Deal For Hinkley Point Is Illegal
This delay – of at least 14 years – before producing a single unit of electricity means Sizewell C will not be on stream to counter ‘the lights going out’ claim years earlier: but true renewables could, with full government support – and far cheaper…
The Nuclear Renaissance Is Stone Cold Deal – Nuclear Monitor No.776 24tt January 2014
In January 2014,the European Commission forecasts that nuclear’s share of EU electricity generation will decline from 27% in 2010 to 2l% in2050, while the share held by renewables will increase from 21% to 51.6%, and fossil fuels share will decline from 52% to 27%. Utilities are feeling the pain. The 2013 World Nuclear Industry Status…
Winter Storms Will Have Increased Sea To Land Transfers Of Radioacttvity. Advises Report
Tim Deere-Jones, marine radioactivity consultant, has advised in a News Briefing released 29e January 2014 that “This winter’s extreme weather will have had a major influence on the behaviour and fate of the radioactive wastes discharged to sea from UK nuclear sites. Radioactive material discharged to UK coastal waters from nuclear power stations, nuclear fuel…
The Way Forward: Tidal Project Aims To Beat Nuclear Power
Company hopes to start producing energy by 2018 – Swansea Bay lagoon could be first of five in Britain. The first stage of a £12bn scheme to build a series of tidal energy plant in Britain starts today as a planning application is submitted for the world’s largest power-generating lagoon in south Wales. The promoters…
British Engineers To Fly To Stricken Fukushima Plant
British nuclear experts are being lined up to help decommission the damaged Fukushima power plant in a move that could reboot Japan’s atomic power capabilities. Lady Judge, the British- American ‘nuclear expert’ and adviser at Fukushima, is arranging for engineers from Sellafield in Cumbria to travel to Japan to advise on decontaminating and shutting down…