Hansard 10 Nov 09 Today, to guide the decision making of the new Infrastructure Planning Commission, we are setting out for consultation six draft policy statements on energy, the most important being those on the trinity of fuels of our low-carbon future: renewables, nuclear power and clean fossil fuels.
Press Release 09 November 2009 Our Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) has produced two summary reports on the disposability of higher activity solid radioactive wastes and spent fuel that would be generated by reactors in a new nuclear build programme.
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RWE npower and E.ON UK have today (5 November 2009) announced further details of their nuclear joint venture which will be responsible for continuing to progress plans for the development of a new nuclear power station at Wylfa on Anglesey. The company will be called Horizon Nuclear Power.
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Blog 2 Nov 09 The nuclear safety authorities in Finland, France and the United Kingdom have raised common questions regarding the respective I&C (instrumentation and control) certifications for the EPR™ reactor in each country.
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HSE Press Release 2 Nov 09 The UK nuclear safety regulator (HSE’s ND), the French nuclear regulator (ASN), and the Finnish nuclear regulator (STUK) are currently working to assess the EPR Pressurised Water Reactor. In carrying out individual assessments, we have all raised issues regarding the EPR Control and Instrumentation (C&I) systems, which the proposed [...]
Ownership of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd has moved from the public to the private sector.
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The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has analysed the state-of-the-art science, technology and procedures needed across the EU for implementation of geological disposal for high-level nuclear waste.
The findings from years of nuclear energy research supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agencies are being made searchable on the World Wide Web, due to a collaborative project between DOE and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Support services and construction company Carillion has signed a major Collaboration Agreement with French company Eiffage to deliver new nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom.
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