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EUROPE: New Safety Concerns Raised Over Nuclear Plants

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:28 -0000

PARIS, May 12 (IPS) - Some international organisations and governments in industrialised countries are pushing for further development of nuclear power, but amidst growing doubts over the safety of several nuclear installations.

Concerns have arisen particularly over nuclear power stations in France, Germany, and Bulgaria.

Environmental organisations such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth (FoE) are condemning the involvement of French bank BNP Paribas in construction of the nuclear power station at Belene near the Danube River in northern Bulgaria.

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New Reactors and Waste Dump for east shore of Lake Huron

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:51:48 -0000

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission released draft guidelines on April 7th for the environmental review of two separate projects proposed for the Bruce Nuclear Station near Kincardine, on the eastern shore of Lake Huron.

Bruce Power Inc. and Ontario Power Generation are the proponents for the projects. Bruce Power is proposing the construction of up to four new nuclear reactors at the existing Bruce Nuclear Site, located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, north of Kincardine. The project is expected to generate approximately 4,000 megawatts of electricity to the Ontario grid.

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EDF faces challenge over nuclear technology - Times Online

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:07:21 -0000

EDF, the French utility, could face a legal challenge over the technology it has decided to use in building Britain’s latest generation of power stations.

EDF announced last May that it planned to employ Areva, the French nuclear energy group, but its decision, which was made without giving rival reactor manufacturers an opportunity to bid for the contract, could be illegal under European law, according to Ros Kellaway, partner and head of EU competition law in Eversheds

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Georgia Power to pay $6.4B for new nuclear reactors | ajc.com

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:49:04 -0000

Georgia Power will pay approximately $6.4 billion to Westinghouse Electric to build its share of two proposed 1,100-megawatt nuclear reactors at the utility's Vogtle plant south of Augusta, the utility said Wednesday.

If approved, the plants promise customers higher power bills starting in 2018 . Customers would pay an additional $12 a month on a typical 1,000 kilowatt-hour bill, the company said. That amount is expected to decline over time, the company said.

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Ewen MacAskill on whether the Syrian nuclear pictures were faked | World news | The Guardian

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:28:26 -0000

The CIA published three aerial photographs last week purporting to show a Syrian nuclear reactor, bombed by Israel last September. But are the pictures all that they seem? Doubts about their authenticity have been raised by Professor William Beeman, head of anthropology at the University of Minnesota, who has had a long involvement with the Middle East.

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Nuclear plants get good reviews- NJ.com

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:03:31 -0000

LOGAN TWP. The operator of the three nuclear power reactors in Lower Alloways Creek Township received generally good grades during the annual review of plant performance by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission here Wednesday night.

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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Syria's 'covert nuclear scheme'

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:09:42 -0000

full CIA footage of Israeli bombing of puported Syrain nuclear reactor

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National Geographic: Inside Chernobyl, The Long Shadow of Chernobyl

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:29:09 -0000

In the wan light of a snowy spring morning, belongings scattered on the floor of an abandoned kindergarten speak of a time before the children of Pripyat lost their innocence. Musty sandals and ballet slippers for tiny feet. Cardboard pictures of Lenin as a young boy and as a youthful leader—the Soviet equivalent of baseball cards. In the next room, dolls in various states of dress and dismemberment, lolling on metal cots where the children once napped. Finally, on the gymnasium wall, photos of the children themselves—doing calisthenics, climbing monkey bars, balancing on boards.

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EvaucationPlans.org: Vermont Yankee, evacuation plans, & more

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:19:08 -0000

Everything you need to know about the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor!

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Kyiv Post. Officials confident Chornobyl poses no safety threat

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:35:54 -0000

Private and government officials responsible for the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s safety said they are gradually making progress.

It’s been 22 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident occurred on April 26, and 200 tons of radioactive material remains entombed in the fourth reactor.

Despite warnings from nuclear watchdogs that Chornobyl still poses an environmental hazard, officials said confidently the plant is secure from any further accidents.

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