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United Kingdom: Reports: EDF and government close in on nuclear deal
2013-03-12 10:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A flurry of reports have emerged over the past two days suggesting the government is close to finalising a subsidy deal with EDF that should allow the French energy giant to move forward with plans for a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Both the government and EDF declined to comment on the reports, but citing sources close to the negotiations the Independent on Sunday said that an agreement had been reached to subsidise the power plant for 35 years. A number of sources...
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VIDEO: Opposition to nuclear plant in Taiwan
2013-03-11 04:28:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Opposition to Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant, under construction just 30km from Taipei, is growing.
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NRC claims that US nuclear is safer than ever are contested by scientists
2013-03-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman Allison Macfarlane has said that US nuclear power plants are now safer than ever after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, with these claims disputed by the Union of Concerned Scientists (U
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Erin Brockovich of Uranium Exposes the Toxic Legacy of Nuclear Power
2013-03-10 23:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The world premiere of Hot Water, a new documentary exposing the long-term devastation wrought by uranium mining and the nuclear industry, will launch the 21st annual Environmental Film Festival in Washington D.C. The film follows the investigative journey of Liz Rogers, the Erin Brockovich of Uranium, as she travels around the nation examining the legacy of uranium mining, atomic testing and the creeping danger of contaminated waste in the drinking water of 38 million people. Rogers and her...
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Flooding complicates clean-up at Japanese nuclear plant
2013-03-08 14:57:37| Energy - Topix.net
Tokyo Electric Power Co is struggling to stop groundwater flooding into damaged reactors at its wrecked Fukushima plant and it may take four years to fix the problem, possibly delaying the removal of melted uranium fuel.
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