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Alex Parker

Ageing nuclear plants - are they safe by today's standards? - 1 views

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    Last year the Swiss nuclear regulator requested that the Convention on Nuclear Safety mandate that the safety of existing nuclear power plants should be in line with standards for new nuclear power plants. In February the Convention declined. Was it right to do so?
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Oldbury Nuclear Power Station - Power Technology - 0 views

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    Oldbury Power Station, a 434MW, twin nuclear reactor station, was decommissioned in 2012. At the time it was the world's oldest operating nuclear power reactor and the UK's first nuclear power station to use pre-stressed concrete pressure vessels instead of steel. The plant entered service in 1967.
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Zaporizhye Nuclear Power Plant - Power Technology - 1 views

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    The 6,000MW Zaporizhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), located in Energodar in the south-eastern part of Ukraine, is the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe and the fifth biggest in the world. It is owned and operated by Ukraine's national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom and is one of the four operational NPPs in the country.
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Ningde Nuclear Power Plant - 1 views

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    Ningde Nuclear Power Plant is located in Ningde, Fujian Province of China. It is the first island type nuclear power plant in China and also the first on the Taiwan Strait's west coast
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US Senate introduces bill to disclose nuclear information sharing - 1 views

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    US Senators have introduced legislation that directs the executive branch to disclose which companies it allows to share nuclear information with countries looking to build nuclear reactors. The bill was introduced by Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Todd Young with Democrats Tim Kaine and Edward Markey.
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Leaving Euratom: the UK's nuclear countdown begins - 1 views

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    The UK Government's intention to leave Euratom when it exits the EU throws up a number of acute risks for the British nuclear industry. What exactly are the dangers involved, and how can the UK best navigate life as a nuclear operator outside of the Euratom Treaty?
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Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant - 0 views

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    Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant is located in Donggang Town, Wafangdian, in the Liaoning Province of China. HNPP is the first Chinese power plant to use seawater desalination technology for providing coolant water.
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Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station - 0 views

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    The 894MW Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station produces approximately 40% of the total power consumed by the north-western region of Ohio state.
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US DOE provides $6.5bn loan guarantee for two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle - 0 views

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    20 February 2014 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will approve approximately $6.5bn in loan guarantees for the construction of two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle electric generating station, also known as Plant Vogtle, in Georgia.
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Bristol octocopter to take the sting out of Fukushima nuclear radiation monitoring - 2 views

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    Inspired by the pilots that placed themselves at risk to monitor radiation levels following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a team from Bristol University has developed a drone with Thunderbirds-style adaptability to make radiation monitoring safer.
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Iran nuclear sanction relief: bane or boon? - 1 views

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    Iran's enormous energy reserves could transform the country into a major economy, but for this to happen nuclear-non proliferation must be adhered to if international sanctions are to be lifted. Kumar Nishant, GlobalData's Associate Project Manager for Power, reports.
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Making Sellafield safe: counting the cost of nuclear decommissioning - 1 views

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    A report from the UK's Public Accounts Committee claims that clean-up costs at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing field have risen by £2.5bn in the last year. Julian Turner analyses the complex decommissioning process and asks why the mammoth project continues to be beset by delays.
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Moorside nuclear power plant: far from a done deal - 1 views

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    Plans in Cumbria to build Europe's largest power plant have been cemented after Toshiba and GDF Suez signed a deal to develop the site. But big questions remain over the design of the plant and the future of the nuclear power industry in the UK.
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UK nuclear waste - where it's generated, contained, transported and stored - 1 views

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    It will be decades before the UK Government builds a long-term storage for the country's radioactive nuclear waste; but where is this waste produced, contained, transported and stored in the interim, and just how much of it is there? Via an interactive map, Future Power Technology, provides the answers to these questions.
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Minute mercenaries - tackling nuclear waste with microbiology - 1 views

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    Groundbreaking research showing the potential of microbes to treat radioactive waste has shed light on how toxic materials could be disposed of in the future.
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