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Financing new build
01 November, 2008
Capital-intensive projects such as the construction of nuclear power plants involve a number of players and many potential risks for investors. By David Boyd

A busy year for SWU
01 September, 2008
The SWU marketplace has seen a plethora of events that will impact the market for many years. By Ruthanne Neely, Cheryl Moss Herman and Jonathan Hinze

Valuing new nuclear sites
01 September, 2008
In this extract from his book, Nukenomics: The commercialisation of Britain's nuclear industry, Ian Jackson discusses the land value of existing nuclear sites in the UK.

Fuel failure phaseout
01 September, 2008
EPRI has developed a series of guidelines to help eliminate fuel failures at nuclear power plants, with the aim of achieving INPO’s goal of zero fuel failures by 2010.

Mining the supply gap
01 September, 2008
The increased demand for nuclear power over the last few years has led to increased activity in the uranium supply market, stimulating mine development and expansion plans. By Julian Steyn

Room for expansion
01 September, 2008
Over the next few years the conversion market must undergo expansion to meet the growing industry requirements. By Julian Steyn and Sergey Danilov

The biggest deal
22 August, 2008
As soon as it was looking as if China had chosen Westinghouse technology on which to base its next generation of nuclear plants, Areva then signed the largest ever nuclear deal with the country. By James Bodgener

Eurobarometer’s agenda
22 August, 2008
A recent European survey showed a marked increase in support for nuclear power, with opinions now almost equally divided between those for and against.

Korea’s competitiveness
02 July, 2008
South Korea has recently celebrated its 30th anniversary of commercial nuclear power operatio. By Myung-Jae Song

The American way
11 June, 2008
While announcements of new signed EPC contracts in the USA are somewhat premature, the industry has recently moved much closer towards the long-awaited nuclear renaissance.

Location, location, contamination
27 March, 2008
The UK government’s strategy to sell cleaned up nuclear sites to commercial property developers is highly unrealistic unless taxpayers are willing to pay out tremendous sums for complete decontamination. By Ian Jackson

Buried costs
27 March, 2008
In this extract from his new book, Nukenomics: The commercialisation of Britain's nuclear industry, Ian Jackson looks at the radwaste disposal market and how it influences the economics of new nuclear build.

Mixed messages
05 March, 2008
The current promotion of the UK National Skills Academy for Nuclear appears to run contrary to the recent closure of a multi-million pound nuclear education centre that shut due to lack of interest. By Corrina Thomson

Getting the gloves on
22 February, 2008
Complex problematic sites like Dounreay require a range of decommissioning tasks – from the simple size reduction of gloveboxes to removal of stuck breeder elements from an ageing reactor. By Corrina Thomson

Ecosystem awareness
13 February, 2008
A draft report on using reference animals and plants for assessing the impact of radiation on the environment is currently out for consultation. By Corrina Thomson

New unclear liabilities
28 January, 2008
The UK government has given the green light to new nuclear build. But how robust are the country’s plans for dealing with the waste from new plants?

Unfit for purpose
18 January, 2008
A recent European report into decommissioning and waste funds in member states has found funds in some countries are not nearly enough, and have been misused.



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