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Reactor at Oskarshamn 3 nuclear power plant in Sweden shut down due to ‘fuel damage’.

Reactor at Oskarshamn 3 nuclear power plant in Sweden shut down due to
‘fuel damage’. Oskarhamn 3 will be temporarily taken out of production for
nine days from February 19 after assessments showed a “fuel damage” issue
needed urgent repair, according to owner OKG.

 Mirror 10th Feb 2022

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/reactor-oskarshamn-3-nuclear-power-26197599

February 12, 2022 Posted by | safety, Sweden | Leave a comment

EDF predicts more cuts in nuclear output, as repairs needed for defects in reactors

Electricite de France SA said Friday that it had cut its nuclear output
estimates in France for 2023, adding to concerns after defects had led to
output revisions for 2022. The French energy company said next year’s
output would between 300 and 330 terawatt hours, compared with 340-370 TWh
under previous estimates.

Earlier this week, EDF cut its 2022 output
expectations for the second time, after it found defects at five reactors
at its Civaux and Penly sites. The estimate for 2023 takes into account the
continuation of the control-and-repair program on “pipes potentially
affected by stress corrosion,” EDF said.

 Market Watch 11th Feb 2022

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/edf-cuts-2023-french-nuclear-output-estimates-271644567491

February 12, 2022 Posted by | business and costs, France, politics | Leave a comment

In the UK, local Councils are signing up to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

 Having campaigned for decades for the global abolition of nuclear weapons,
CND supporters had reason to celebrate in 2021 when the Treaty on the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force. This United
Nations treaty was supported by most of the world’s states and makes
nuclear weapons illegal in the countries that sign it.

86 countries have
already signed up to the Treaty, but shamefully the British government will
not even engage with this historical agreement. There was a particularly
memorable moment when the UK representative at the UN stood alongside
former US President Trump’s Ambassador outside the building denouncing
the talks (which eventually led to the agreement), while the more mature
countries got on with the business of negotiating inside.

CND groups are
already taking matters into their own hands in regards to the TPNW by
getting local councils to support the Treaty and building support from the
ground up. And now we’re asking our supporters to help us with a campaign
to get the UK government to engage with the global majority who support the
Treaty. Labour Outlook 10th Feb 2022 https://labouroutlook.org/2022/02/10/talks-not-bombs-campaign-for-nuclear-disarmament-cnd/

February 12, 2022 Posted by | politics international, UK | Leave a comment

President Macron asssures France’s EDF of tens of billions of euros in public financing for new nuclear reactors

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told C News TV on Friday that he was sure that EDF’s (EDF.PA) difficulties would “disappear” after France announced plans to build at least six new nuclear reactors in the decades to come.

President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the new plants would be built and operated by state-controlled energy provider EDF and that tens of billions of euros in public financing would be mobilized tofinance the projects and safeguard EDF’s finances.

 Reuters 11th Feb 2022

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/french-finance-minister-edfs-problems-will-disappear-after-latest-nuclear-2022-02-11/

February 12, 2022 Posted by | business and costs, France, politics | Leave a comment

Leading Russian MP: U.S. has placed Ukraine under its control, may stage provocation soon — Anti-bellum

112 UkraineFebruary 11, 2022 Russian State Duma announces preparation of “serious military provocation in Ukraine” Following a recent statement by US President Joe Biden urging Americans to leave Ukraine, Vyacheslav Nikonov, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for International Affairs of the State Duma of Russia, said that “Ukraine is under US external control, it […]

Leading Russian MP: U.S. has placed Ukraine under its control, may stage provocation soon — Anti-bellum

February 12, 2022 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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