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Hinkley deal makes no economic sense - Greenpeace

Last edited 21 October 2015 at 3:00pm
21 October, 2015

Commenting on the agreement struck by French-owned EDF and China’s CGN today to build a fleet of new nuclear reactors at Hinkley and other two locations in the UK, Greenpeace UK chief scientist Dr Doug Parr said:

 “With this deal George Osborne is not so much backing the wrong horse as betting billions of consumers’ money on a nag running backwards. There’s no end in sight for the nuclear industry’s dependence on billion-pound handouts whilst the renewable sector is on the verge of going subsidy free. Backing the former and punishing the latter makes no economic sense whatsoever. Our grandchildren will one day wonder why their bills are propping up a foreign-owned, outdated, and costly nuclear industry instead of supporting cutting-edge UK firms producing cheap clean energy.

Article tagged as: china, EDF, EPR, hinkley C, hinkley point

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

Sellafield plant may have to shut

Last edited 17 February 2009 at 3:47pm
17 February, 2009

The troubled plutonium and uranium reprocessing plant at Sellafield may have to shut down.

The Sellafield mixed oxide plant (SMP) cost the taxpayer £472 million and was intended to turn plutonium and uranium recovered from used nuclear fuel into usable fuel for overseas nuclear reactors.

Article tagged as: energy, EPR, mox fuel, NDA, nuclear power, nuclear waste, sellafield

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

Planned nuclear reactors will produce seven times more hazardous waste

Last edited 2 February 2009 at 5:12pm
2 February, 2009

Nuclear waste from the reactors likely to be built in the UK will be up to seven times more hazardous than that produced by existing reactors.

The admission was made in an 'environmental impact assessment' report by nuclear company Posiva. Posiva are responsible for managing the waste which will be produced by the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) currently being constructed in Olkiluoto, Finland.

And an independent nuclear consultant has warned that this will increase the costs of nuclear energy, as waste storage and safety expenses will rise above expected levels.

Article tagged as: areva, EDF, EPR, nuclear, nuclear power, posiva, press releases

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