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New poll: UK public are unfamiliar with the nuclear industry
03 December, 2009
Let’s get on with it
13 November, 2009
Plans to build new nuclear power plants in the UK gives us an incentive to clear up old reactor sites and to re-evaluate the country’s current decommissioning plans. We have the technical capability to decommission nuclear reactors today – why wait? By David Bradbury, George Elder and Susan Hewish
Interview: the middle link
28 August, 2009
Doosan Babcock's director of nuclear new build Glen Little speaks to NEI about its efforts to improve the further reaches of the UK supply chain. The UK engineering services and manufacturing company has worked for generations in the UK nuclear power generation industry, and is scaling up to support Westinghouse's AP1000, when a deal is signed in the UK.
Guarantees are key
27 July, 2009
Government support will be key for new nuclear build projects to take off during the credit crunch, according to a new report. In the USA, where loan guarantees are few and far between, state aid offers an alternative. By Caroline Peachey
Halfway to the Finnish
27 July, 2009
Some 25 years after it began, Finland’s high-level waste disposal programme is on schedule. Posiva is preparing a construction licence application and if all goes well operation should be on track for 2020. By Timo Äikäs
EDF meets with UK suppliers
01 July, 2009
China’s experimental fast reactor: commissioning on schedule
29 June, 2009
Pebble bed reactor – safety in perspective
29 May, 2009
Dr Albert Koster, PBMR (Pty) senior consultant, nuclear safety, replies directly to criticisms of the PBMR reactor in NEI’s March 2009 issue.
Yucca: Not an option?
27 May, 2009
As a candidate, Barack Obama was never a fan of Yucca Mountain, so news of the cut in the facility’s funding from now-president Obama’s administration was no surprise. Spent fuel from the USA’s 118 operating and shut down reactors may now be destined for long-term surface storage. By Chris Gadomski
