EDF Energy recently hosted two successful regional conferences in Somerset and Suffolk to share its plans for nuclear new build with the local communities. A national conference is now planned for 13 September 2010 in London to further highlight the plans and designs for nuclear installations in the UK.
Cammell Laird and Nuvia are announcing an ambitious partnership agreement today which aims to ‘catapult’ them to the forefront of the UK’s multi billion pound new nuclear build programme.
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Kevin Allars, Director of New Build GDA at the HSE, and Joe McHugh, Head of Radioactive Substances Regulation at the Environment Agency, have today published the second Quarterly Report for 2010 (April–June).
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Your leading article (Monday 2nd August) suggests that the Government does not seem gripped by sufficient urgency in pushing nuclear power and that “green dogma threatens to saddle it with the wrong energy policies”. You are wrong on both counts.
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Jeff Merrifield’s case study of Shaw’s nuclear new build fleet in China. They are building the fleet using the modular construction technique.
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Nuclear Power Delivery UK – the delivery organisation for the Westinghouse-designed AP1000™ nuclear reactor – today signed a contract with Horizon Nuclear Power for preliminary work to be carried out between now and the end of the year, as part of preparatory design studies for Horizon’s proposed new power station in North Wales.
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The board of directors at the Sheffield Forgemasters International has welcomed a recent statement from the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable, which pledges to support the company following the cancellation of an £80m government loan for a 15000 tonne press for nuclear castings.
Growing concern about global warming, driven by the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, prompted governments around the world to recognise nuclear power as a viable production option for competitively priced, clean baseload electricity.
This KPMG publication reviews the continued global increase in nuclear builds in the U.S., Europe and the U.K.. France and a number of Gulf states are actively considering nuclear options.
Frazer-Nash, the systems and engineering technology consultancy, has been awarded a five-year framework contract and three significant work packages by Horizon Nuclear Power, the company which aims to develop and operate around 6,000 MW of new nuclear power stations in the UK by 2025.