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Climate Needs Nuclear
2015-12-15 22:38:00| Transmission & Distribution World
If climate change mitigation is to be the foremost goal of the 21st century, then a crucial electric power question is emerging. Can substantial and maintainable carbon reduction be achieved without a revival of nuclear power? read more
FirstEnergy receives 20-year licence extension for Davis-Besse nuclear plant in US
2015-12-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) has received a licence extension from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its 908MW Davis-Besse nuclear power station in the US.
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United Kingdom: Half of 24bn nuclear reactor investment will go to overseas suppliers
2015-12-06 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than half of the 24bn expected to be spent on the first British nuclear reactors for two decades could go abroad to foreign suppliers, a leading UK academic and government adviser has warned. The issue is of extreme political sensitivity because George Osborne has already faced criticism for providing huge subsidies to Hinkley, which is being developed by EDF Energy of France. George Osborne puts UK at the heart of global race for mini-nuclear reactors Read more It will be seriously tough...
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Nuclear power paves the only viable path forward on climate change
2015-12-03 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: All four of us have dedicated our scientific careers to understand the processes and impacts of climate change, variously studying ocean systems, tropical cyclones, ice sheets and ecosystems as well as impacts on human societies. We have used both climate models and geological records of past climates to better understand lessons from warmer periods in the Earths history and investigate future scenarios. We have become so concerned about humanitys slow response to this challenge that we havedecided...
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TVA receives licence to operate Watts Bar nuclear plant in US
2015-12-03 12:17:00| Power Technology
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 40-year licence to Tennessee Valley Authority to operate the Watts Bar Unit 2 plant near Spring City, until October 2055.
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