nuclear power

1. Britain’s new nuclear age?
2. Lib Dems say nuclear is too expensive
3. Environment Agency attacks Blair
4. Sustainable Energy: Tories to outflank Blair?
5. When does a carbon price become a hidden subsidy
6. EDM 2412: nuclear waste trains
7. Scotland leads dash for renewables
8. Terrorism fears over new reactors
9. Radioactive waste report not a ‘green light’
10. Electricity is not the same as energy.
11. Nuclear decommissioning – Caithness-style
12. Uranium – is there enough?
13. Micropower and the law

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Summary

In May 2006, CoRWM released its draft recommendations (PDF) on the management of radioactive wastes. The committee, which was set up by the government to find a long-term management plan for nuclear waste, concluded that the best available approach is "geological disposal" - more commonly called deep dumping.

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A brief review of a confidential leaked EdF document

Summary

This is a brief review of a confidential EdF document that has been leaked to the public domain in France.

The EdF document relates to the projected performance of the AREVA designed Generation III EPR reactor. The first of this reactor type is presently being built at Olkiluoto in Finland and construction of a second EPR is expected to commence shortly at the established nuclear power station site at Flamanville in France.

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