Posted by NucNet on 29 November 2016 in NucNet
Researchers at the University of Bristol in the UK have developed a method to turn radioactive graphite blocks, a waste product of nuclear reactors, into artificial diamonds that generate electricity. These diamonds produce a small current that could last for thousands of years. Such long-lived “diamond batteries” could be used in spacecraft, pacemakers....
Posted by NucNet on 28 November 2016 in NucNet
The second stage of public consultation for the planned two-unit Sizewell C nuclear power station in Sussex has begun, developer EDF Energy said in a statement.
Posted by SONE on 31 October 2016 in Newsletters
ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2015-2016. The central theme of this year’s annual general meeting in London this month is best described by Tony Blair’s pre-election rallying cry from 15 years ago: “Our top priority was, is and always will be education, education, education”.
Posted by SONE on 30 September 2016 in Newsletters
The Hinkley C project has finally been approved by the UK Government. Now the real work starts. The Sunday Telegraph’s take on the decision was encouraging. “Hinkley fires up Britain’s nuclear Ambitions” it said when the Government announcement was made.
Posted by SONE on 31 August 2016 in Newsletters
The expression “waiting with bated breath” has two meanings – someone anticipating something attractive happening in the near future and someone fearing the worst. Either of them could apply to the situation we find ourselves in as we wait to hear what Theresa May has decided.
Posted by NucNet on 26 August 2016 in NucNet
Ian Chapman has been appointed chief executive officer of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) earlier this month, according to a statement on the organisation’s website. Mr Chapman will assume the new role on 1 October.
Posted by NucNet on 16 August 2016 in NucNet
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has asked state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Kurchatov Institute national research centre to prepare a proposal by 1 March 2017 on the prospects for using thorium for nuclear fuel, the Kremlin website said. The Kremlin said it wanted to establish a “coordinated position” ...
Posted by NucNet on 9 August 2016 in NucNet
China’s relations with the UK are at a “crucial historical juncture” amid doubts over the future of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, the Chinese ambassador to the UK said in an article for the Financial Times.
The proposed Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant project has experienced controversy in the public since its inception. Some critics have raised concerns about UK infrastructure being foreign owned, being part owned by the French energy company EDF and part funded by China’s CGN Group. To secure the ...
Posted by World Nuclear News on 9 August 2016 in WNN
The Nuclear Institute has announced the appointment of Alastair Laird as interim CEO.
The company planning to build the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station in North Wales has announced the provision of £1m (€1.1m, $1.2m) of funding for Grŵp Llandrillo Menai College.
EDF said in a statement on its website yesterday that it welcomed a decision by the High Court of Paris on 5 August 2016 to reject a request by EDF’s Central Works Committee to suspend the board’s 28 July decision to approve the Hinkley Point C.
Posted by SONE on 30 July 2016 in Newsletters
Within hours of this month’s announcement that the EDF Board had given the go ahead for investment in the £18 billion Hinkley Point C power station project in Somerset the UK Government announced that it needed more time to consider the scheme.
Posted by SONE on 30 June 2016 in Newsletters
The considerable political and economic uncertainties caused by the European Brexit referendum result mean that the UK nuclear energy industry is in for a turbulent time, no matter how hard those responsible for the country’s new build reactor programme try to play down the significance.
Posted by NucNet on 28 June 2016 in NucNet
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is seeing “considerable interest” from French companies in cooperating on Rosatom projects abroad, the director of the company’s international business department Nikolay Drozdov told a workshop on Russian-French cooperation in nuclear energy in Paris.
Posted by World Nuclear News on 28 June 2016 in WNN
French utility EDF and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaboration in civil nuclear power, including MHI taking a stake in Areva NP and joint development of the Atmea reactor design. The MOU was signed today in Paris by EDF ...
