New nuclear power plant plans at Hinkley Point unacceptable to local Councils
– Somerset councils call EDF nuclear plans ‘unacceptable’, BBC News 7 September 2010 Two Somerset councils have called the latest plans for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point “unacceptable” and “completely inadequate”.West Somerset District Council and Somerset County Council have both criticised a lack of detail in EDF Energy’s proposals……BBC News – Somerset councils call EDF nuclear plans ‘unacceptable’
Slowdown in maintenance of German nuclear reactors
Germany plans to slap an annual 2.3 billion-euro ($2.9 billion) tax on nuclear power plant operators from next year through 2016
RWE May Shelve Power Plant Work, Saying German Nuclear Tax Will Sap Cash, – Bloomberg, By Nicholas Comfort – Sep 7, 2010 RWE AG, Germany’s largest power company, may delay maintenance work at some of its generators to cut costs as a planned tax on the country’s nuclear stations saps cash. Continue reading
USA, Russia desperate to sell nuclear reactors to the Third World
Nuclear power in Vietnam: the US and Russia compete, FT.com, September 6, 2010 by Matt Steinglass “…… today Russia and America are again jockeying for influence in Vietnam, and this time they’re offering reactors.
The head of the Russian state-owned nuclear power monopoly Rosatom, Sergei Kirienko, (at left) was in Hanoi on Friday, shaking hands with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung………
Meanwhile, Hanoi has been working towards a Section 123 Agreement with the US, which would allow it to import American
nuclear technology.
Westinghouse Electric and Japan’s Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, both of which use American technology, are bidding on the contract for Vietnam’s second reactor.
Nuclear power in Vietnam: the US and Russia compete | beyondbrics | FT.com
Prolonging nuclear power in Germany – damaging to society and investment
“We are further than ever away from a consensus in society, …that is a bad basis for investments,”
German local utilities, renewables slam nuclear plan. (Reuters)(Reporting by Vera Eckert in Munich, Anneli Palmen in Duesseldorf and Christoph Steitz in Frankfurt; editing by Keiron Henderson) 6 Sept 10, – A decision to extend the lifespans of German nuclear plants in a two-tier strategy will create more dissent and discourage investment, associations for the country’s local utilities and renewable industry said. Continue reading
Not certain that Germany’s nuclear plants will be extended
Merkel’s coalition, however, still needs to get parliamentary approval for the new agreement.
German leaders reach agreement on nuclear energy – BusinessWeek, JUERGEN BAETZ, 5 Sept 10, German leaders reached an agreement to grant the country’s nuclear power plants an average of 12 extra years of production time and to levy new fees on the utility companies’, stripping them of billions of their expected additional profits, a government official said Sunday……. Continue reading
Secrecy over India’s nuclear radiation
a significant nuclear accident that took place on 21 January 2003 at the Kalpakkam Atomic Reprocessing Plant….Since plant operations began in the early 1980s, incidents of cancer and auto-immune thyroid diseases in the surrounding villages have increased….
30,000 villagers have been asked to leave once the Kudankulam plant is functional.”
Accident Sites – radiation, cancer, blindness, tardiness, cover-ups.The lessons from the Kalpakkam nuclear facility, Tehelka – India’s Independent Weekly News Magazine, BY KUNAL MAJUMDER, 4 Sept 10, Continue reading
USA – nuclear radiation meltdown area to be cleaned up
One of the reactors, which had no containment dome to prevent radiation from leaking into the environment, experienced a partial meltdown in 1959. There were other problems over the years, including two more accidents, burn pits with radioactive contaminants and a rocket fuel explosion that killed two scientists and resulted in a $650 million fine after Rocketdyne illegally disposed of the hazardous waste
Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site, Google hosted news, By NOAKI SCHWARTZ (AP) – 4 Sept 10 LOS ANGELES — State and federal officials announced Friday a potentially historic agreement to remove all radioactive contamination from a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959 at a rocket testing site just outside Los Angeles. Continue reading
Russia’s floating nuclear power plants pose catastrophic risk
“With a floating nuclear plant you have a mechanism to significantly increase the amount of radioactive material going into the environment,”
Floating Chernobyls OpEdNews: Karl Grossman 3 Sept 10 Russia has embarked on ascheme to build floating nuclear power plants to be moored off its coasts and sold to nations around the world. Continue reading
Many Germans unhappy with extension of aging nuclear plants
“The chancellor is selling off public safety by allowing ailing and ageing nuclear power plants to stay online longer and by taking money for it.”..
Angela Merkel risks Germans’ ire with fresh commitment to nuclear energyGerman chancellor adds 15 years to scheduled phase-out of country’s nuclear power plants , Kate Connolly in Berlin guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 August 2010 Continue reading
Not India, but General Electric, Westinghouse, France, Russia benefit from Nuclear Liability Bill
The first to benefit may be American companies like General Electric and Westinghouse Electric, followed by French and Russian nuclear power equipment suppliers……
Cracks in India’s nuclear law, Asia Times, By Indrajit BasuKOLKATA, Sep 2, 2010 – Pleasing neither supporters nor its critics, India this week passed a Nuclear Liability Bill, opening up the country’s US$150 billion nuclear power market to global equipment suppliers. Continue reading
‘Decommissioning’ nuclear reactors becoming unaffordable
The fund, set up to pay for the Vernon reactor’s eventual dismantlement and removal of radioactive components, has come under fire from lawmakers and nuclear watchdog groups as having less in it than will be needed…..
Vt. auditor: Raise nuke plant shutdown fund checks BusinessWeek, 31 Aug 2010, MONTPELIER, Vt.Vermont state Auditor Tom Salmon says the state should do a better job tracking the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant’s decommissioning fund. Continue reading
Spiralling costs threaten nuclear industry – France, UK, Bulgaria
A particular concern is the specter of spiraling costs at a high-profile project at Olkiluoto in Finland, where Areva, a French nuclear reactor builder, agreed in 2005 to build a next-generation plant, called E.P.R.
New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power in Bulgaria and Britain – NYTimes.com August 31, 2010, By JAMES KANTER As anticipation grows about a possible renaissance for the nuclear power industry — and about its potential for curbing greenhouse gas emissions — some politicians are stepping up warnings about the high cost of such projects. Continue reading
Nuclear power plants are vulnerable to ‘cyber attacks’
A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman declined to say whether there have been any cyber strikes against the nation’s nuclear power sector.
Nation’s nuclear power plants prepare for cyberattacks – Nextgov,By Martin Matishak, Global Security Newswire 08/30/2010 “………..Cyberattacks have been an increasing source of concern in recent years but the threat was highlighted in July by the first discovery of malicious code specifically formulated to target the systems that direct the inner operations of industrial plants. Continue reading
India’s Nuclear Liability Bill makes it hard for nuclear reactor sellers to get insurance
Nuclear damage: Should suppliers be liable? sify finance, | 2010-09-01 Nilendra Kumar lThe nuclear damage Bill has crafted a pragmatic provision to bind operator and supplier under contractual liabilities, but suppliers may find it tough to obtain insurance to back such contracts Continue reading
The nuclear power option favours American business, not the Indian people
Super profits for American corporations or true concern for the Indian people — this is the question today. The answer, unfortunately for our people, is in favour of the former……a tragedy exponentially worse than Bhopal is waiting to happen.
A moral meltdown – Hindustan Times, Sitaram Yechury , 1 Sept 10, “……The PM has announced the target of generating 40,000 MW of nuclear power. By using the nuclear option, India would be spending way beyond R3 lakh crore more than by using the available thermal, hydro or other options. Continue reading
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