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UK 'to compete' in nuclear market
2013-03-26 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The government has promised to help UK businesses "compete" more effectively in the global nuclear energy market. Ministers have promised 18m to 35 research projects and 15m for a "world-class" central resource for firms developing technology. It is estimated the UK's nuclear build programme could create 30,000 jobs. All but one of the country's 16 reactors - supplying almost a fifth of the UK's power - are set to close by 2023, with replacements planned. Business Secretary Vince Cable...
UK 'to compete' in nuclear market
2013-03-26 11:22:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The government promises funding to help UK businesses "compete" more effectively in the global nuclear energy market.
U.K. Sets Out Nuclear Strategy to Tap $1.8 Trillion Market
2013-03-26 08:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.K. set out a nuclear strategy today as it attempts to tap a global market the government estimates will be worth almost 1.2 trillion pounds ($1.8 trillion) over the next two decades. The strategy includes 45 million pounds in spending on atomic research and development, including a contribution to a French test facility, according to a statement today from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The government also said its keen to explore small modular reactors. The U.K....
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Japan: Tug-of-War Over Nuclear Future
2013-03-26 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Pushed and pulled in opposite directions, the future of Japan's energy plans in the wake of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant two years ago is emerging as a fight between national economic advancement and what anti-nuke activists call "the lives of the people". "The tug-of-war between the government and opponents of nuclear power has become an excruciatingly difficult issue in Japan," Professor Takao Kashiwage, nuclear technology expert at the prestigious Tokyo Institute...
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Microsofts Gates Favors Development Of Nuclear Power
2013-03-25 18:15:00| OGI
He calls on the United States to increase energy R&D spending.
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