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Nuclear companies in cash crisis?

Posted by jossc — 17 June 2009 at 11:43am - Comments

A new report out today casts doubt on the ability of the nuclear industry to deliver its promised new reactors.

French companies EDF and Areva, who are at the forefront of the new worldwide reactor design and building programme, have been making serious investments in foreign markets where they hope to build new reactors, including here in the UK. As a consequence they are heavily in debt.

Article tagged as: areva, climate change, EDF, energy, EPR, nuclear power

New Finnish reactor lacks 'a proper design that meets the basic principles of nuclear safety'

Posted by jossc — 14 May 2009 at 11:16am - Comments

The new EPR site at Olkiluoto, Finland

The OL3 European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) project, under construction at Olkiluoto, Finland, is seen by the nuclear industry as the blueprint for a new generation of reactors they'd like to see being built all over the world.

Already well behind schedule and way over cost, serious problems were uncovered two days ago in the primary coolant pipes, only a week after documents leaked to Finnish media revealed that designs for the most vital and fundamental part of this untried and untested nuclear reactor - the safety systems - are still not yet in place.

Article tagged as: EPR, finland, nuclear

New nuclear reactor's waste is seven times more hazardous

Posted by jamie — 3 February 2009 at 12:47pm - Comments

The construction site of the EPR reactor at Olkiluoto, Finland

The waste from this EPR in Finland will be seven times more hazardous than existing nuclear reactors © Greenpeace/Cobbing

Thanks to Justin at Nuclear Reaction for allowing us to reproduce this scandalous story:

Following the French government's announcement that it wants to build a second EPR (European Pressurised Reactor) comes the news that the nuclear waste produced by this so-called state of the art reactor is far more dangerous than that of ordinary reactors.

Article tagged as: EPR, finland, iodine 129, nuclear, nuclear power, olkiluoto, posiva

Standards are slipping in the nuclear industry?

Posted by jamie — 22 May 2008 at 5:21pm - Comments

A projection near Prague Castle says 'Non merci' to nuclear power

A projection near Prague Castle says 'Non merci' to nuclear power © Horejsi/Greenpeace

Prague, that wonderful city admired by horror film makers and stag parties alike, is currently hosting the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF), a gathering of those involved in shaping nuclear policy across the EU. One of the hot topics at this meeting is safety standards within the nuclear industry and a very scary proposal has been floated to lower standards in many member states.

Article tagged as: areva, ENEF, EPR, nuclear power, nuclear reactors
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