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The nuclear industry: a small revolution
2016-03-23 10:46:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Does the future lie in smaller reactors?
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VIDEO: 'Small nuclear' explained using rice
2016-03-23 10:43:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The BBC's Roger Harrabin explains how small nuclear reactors might work - using bags of rice.
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Nuclear power best to fight climate change
2016-03-20 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Delmarva Daily Times: In the battle against climate change, one of the best-kept secrets is the small modular reactor. The U.S. fleet of about 100 nuclear power plants consists of large reactors of 1,200 megawatts or more. These plants produce more than 60 percent of the nation's carbon-free electricity, far more than solar and wind energy combined, and reactors like those at the Calvert Cliffs plant in Maryland supply power around the clock, day after day, regardless of weather conditions. According to the Energy...
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Germany's top court starts hearing on nuclear shutdown
2016-03-15 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Power firms brought a legal challenge on Tuesday against a German government decision to shut down the country's nuclear plants by 2022, a lawsuit that could allow them to claim 19 billion euros ($21 billion) in damages. In a case that pits a struggling energy industry against the government, Germany's Constitutional Court will examine the arguments of E.ON, RWE and Vattenfall [VATN.UL], who want to be compensated for the closure. The two-day hearing that opened on Tuesday comes five years...
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German nuclear commission storage cost proposals due in April: minister
2016-03-15 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A commission tasked with safeguarding funds for the shutdown of Germany's nuclear plants will present proposals at the end of April, the country's environment minister said on Tuesday. "The commission that is dealing with the financing of the final storage costs will present its proposal in a few weeks, likely in about six weeks," Barbara Hendricks told Reuters on the sidelines of a court hearing. Hendricks said she was confident that the government would win a case before the country's Constitutional...
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