EDF Energy today welcomed the confirmation from the Conservatives of their strong commitment to new nuclear and their announcement of plans for a carbon price floor to encourage low carbon investment, a move which EDF Energy has consistently proposed.
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The Climate Change Act, that became law on 26 November 2008, has committed the UK to at least 80% reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Nuclear power has long been Britain’s most significant source of low carbon energy. In 1979 nuclear provided 12% of our electricity, and by 1997 that proportion had more than doubled to 26%.
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Westinghouse Electric Company today announced its intention to become a leading participant in a major new manufacturing facility for nuclear components in the United Kingdom.
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The two part industry event for Dounreay concluded last week, with the second part taking place in Glasgow (9 March 2010).
Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd (SFIL) has secured £140m of funding to place the UK at the forefront of global nuclear power production.
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YRM, the architectural, interior design and urban planning services group, has been appointed by EDF for the proposed development of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) for Sizewell C.
Heavy engineering group DavyMarkham has signed up to become the first Tier Two member of the new Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.
The NDA has published a discussion paper on the development of a strategy for managing spent oxide fuels. In considering the future strategy the discussion paper describes how oxide fuel is currently managed in the UK and how this fuel could be managed in the future.
Professor Wade Allison of the Department of Physics at Keble College Oxford has written an article that looks at the safety of nuclear radiation on the human population.
