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World powers and Iran agree to seven-month extension of nuclear programme talks
2014-11-25 01:00:00| Power Technology
Six world powers and Iran have agreed to a seven-month extension for negotiations over the Iranian nuclear programme.
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Renewables Help Push Nuclear Giants to Brink of Collapse
2014-11-24 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Plans to build two giant nuclear reactors in south-west England are being reviewed as French energy companies now seek financial backing from China and Saudi Arabiawhile the British government considers whether it has offered vast subsidies for a white elephant. A long-delayed final decision on whether the French electricity utility company EDF will build two 1.6 gigawatt European Pressurised water Reactors at Hinkley Point in Somersetin what would be the biggest construction project in Europewas...
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South Korea to build four nuclear power plants by 2022
2014-11-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
South Korea plans to build two new nuclear power plants by 2017, with another two to be built by 2022 as part of its effort to boost nuclear power, which currently meets one-third of the country's power requirements.
UK nuclear waste where its generated, contained, transported and stored
2014-11-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
It will be decades before the UK Government builds a long-term storage for the countrys radioactive nuclear waste; but where is this waste produced, contained, transported and stored in the interim, and just how much of it is there? Via an interacti
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Torness nuclear reactor has 'unplanned outage'
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A nuclear reactor at the Torness power station in East Lothian has gone offline in an unplanned outage, its operator has said. EDF Energy said the 640MW Torness 2 reactor went offline at 01:16 on Friday. The unit was expected to remain unavailable for seven days, the firm said. It means nearly 5GW of British nuclear capacity is offline. The reactor normally has a capacity of 640 megawatts. Paul Winkle, Torness Power Station director, said: "The reactor shutdown safely and cooling to the...
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