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Areva wins 1.25bn contract for Angra 3 nuclear reactor in Brazil
2013-11-08 01:00:00| Power Technology
French company Areva has won a 1.25bn contract from Eletrobras Eletronuclear to construct the 1,405MW Angra 3 nuclear reactor in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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South Korea should say how many nuclear reactors to be added: public hearing
2013-11-07 12:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: South Korea should reduce its reliance on nuclear power as advised by a working group last month but should clarify how many new reactors will be added in absolute terms, participants at a public congressional hearing said on Thursday. A working group in October recommended that South Korea reduce nuclear power's share of overall generating capacity, but participants at the hearing said that might still mean a rise in the number of reactors as power demand grows. The study group said nuclear...
The 'nuclear renaissance:' What went wrong?
2013-11-07 11:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: For more than 30 years, Dan Dominguez helped operate the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Diego. Now he's helping to button it up for good. Dominguez is one of nearly 600 people still working at the two-reactor plant, down from a work force of more than 1,500 when the plant was still running -- "all solid, middle-class jobs," he said. "A lot of them have already moved on," Dominguez said. They've gone to work for other U.S. nuclear plants, for conventionally fueled plants or other...
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"Pandora's Promise" Is Nuclear Power The Answer To Climate Change?
2013-11-06 19:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: CNN New Day Anchor Kate Bolduan interviewed Academy Award-nominated director Robert Stone about his documentary film Pandora's Promise, which profiles several high profile environmentalists who now strongly support nuclear power as a part of the global solution to reduce fossil fuels emissions. Stone, who supports the replacement of fossil fuel powered energy plants with nuclear energy, debated Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune, who says that the cost and safety concerns of nuclear energy...
Nuclear: A surprisingly progressive solution to climate change
2013-11-06 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Editor's note: Rachel Pritzker is president and founder of the Pritzker Innovation Fund, which supports the development and advancement of paradigm-shifting ideas to address world problems. She chairs the Breakthrough Institute Advisory Board, and co-chairs the Third Way clean energy program. The film, "Pandora's Promise," airs on CNN Thursday, November 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Last week a leaked draft of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that climate change will have...
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