The Cop 21 conference ended. on a positive note in as much ‘ as the 195 nations taking part agreed in principle to a target limit of 2 degrees Centigrade in the rise of global warming, with a resolve to work for a limit of 1.5 degrees Centigrade. The nuclear industry’s hopes for the COP…

CHINA GENERAL NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION (CGN) will make its investment in the UK through its new company called General Nuclear International (GNU). EDF and CGN have also agreed the Heads Of Terms of a wider UK partnership for the joint development of new nuclear power stations at Sizewell in Suffolk and Bradwell in Essex. Terms…

“About 3,600 officials and residents have taken part in nuclear disaster drills near Japan’s Sendai Nuclear Power Plant. The plant was the first to be reopened following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, despite warnings over tectonic risks. The drills in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, within 30 km of the power plant, simulated a serious nuclear…