The British government is seeking to take control of a key site in Walesearmarked for a nuclear power plant as part of wider plans to revampnuclear technology for the UK. State-owned Great British Nuclear is inearly-stage discussions with Hitachi, owner of the land in Wylfa inAnglesey, an island off north Wales, to buy the site…
South East Holderness' Cllr Lyn Healing and Cllr Sean McMaster said the area had already experienced creeping industrialisation in recent years Hull Live, Joseph Gerrard, Local Democracy Reporter, 10 Feb 24 Local politicians have called for East Riding Council to walk away from talks on proposals for a site to house radioactive nuclear waste deep beneath…
Energy Intelligence Group, Fri, Feb 9, 2024, Grace Symes, London As France faces two major nuclear efforts the refurbishment and life extension of EDF's domestic operating fleet and a major nuclear newbuild program there are already signs that the country's nuclear workforce is struggling to keep up. With 10-year safety reviews, or decennial visits (DVs),…
MURIEL BOSELLI, Paris, France, 08 Feb 2024 19:48 (Montel) The latest setbacks at the UK’s new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant have cast a shadow over Europe's nuclear revival, experts told Montel, with one former EDF executive saying France’s nuclear industry was “on a slow descent to hell”. A feud between Paris and London over who…
Nuclear power officially labelled as ‘strategic’ for EU’s decarbonisation, By Paul Messad | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Anne-Sophie Gayet, 7 Feb 24 The Council of EU member states and the European Parliament agreed on Tuesday (6 February) to label nuclear power as a strategic technology for the EU’s decarbonisation, following months of intense negotiations in Brussels over the Net-Zero Industry Act…