Westinghouse, Areva eye India nuclear plants-paper | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
India's Nuclear Power Corp has tentatively picked four suppliers, including U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric and France's Areva (CEPFi.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), for planned new projects, the Hindu Business Line reported on Monday.
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NRC: News Release - 2008-152 - NRC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Vogtle Early Site Permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has issued its final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed Early Site Permit (ESP) for the Vogtle site, about 26 miles southeast of Augusta, Ga. The report contains the NRC's finding that there are no environmental impacts that would prevent issuing the ESP.
The report, NUREG-1872, "Final Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Site," is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1872/index.html. The staff bases its conclusion on its thorough, independent review of an environmental report from the applicant, Southern Nuclear Operating Co. The EIS takes into account consultations with federal, state, tribal and local agencies and consideration of comments received during the public scoping process.
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American Thinker: Gang of 10 on Nuclear Energy
A new faction within the US Senate, the "Gang of 10", have put forward a set of energy policy proposals that they see as a compromise between the "soft energy path" types like Speaker Pelosi and the "hard energy" hawks like Newt Gingrich. Again, oil drilling captures the most attention but there are significant impacts from the Gang's proposals in other areas. Let me address their plans for civilian nuclear power.
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British Energy stalemate puts new nuclear reactors at risk | Business | The Observer
The on-off £12bn takeover saga of British Energy risks delaying plans to build new nuclear reactors on government-owned sites, it has emerged.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), the government-backed body, is waiting to launch a formal auction of land surrounding its sites.
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Gulf Times – India's Tata eyeing $3 billion nuclear venture
With India’s nuclear isolation likely to end soon, energy major Tata Power is busy planning and studying a minimum $3bn (Rs.120bn) foray into nuclear power.
“Tata Power will initially venture into nuclear power either on its own or through a joint venture once the sector is opened up to private utilities,” said Sharaf Ali Bohra, advisor for Tata Power.
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TorontoSun.com - Canada- Nuclear Reaction
Some Canadian energy facts
- In 2007, electricity in Ontario was generated from nuclear (51%), hydro (21%), coal (18%), oil and natural gas (8%) and other alternative sources (2%).
- By 2020, Ontario will need to replace about 80% of its electrical generation (25,000 MW) because of growth in demand and aging plants, about half of which are nuclear.
- Load growth 1997-2007: Ontario's electricity demand has increased from 146 TWh to 154 TWh over the last decade -- less than 1.0% per year and by average 0.5 % per year.*
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Nuclear energy: Miss. at crossroads | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
While both national parties' presidential candidate are touting the theory of more nuclear energy as way to lower dependence on foreign oil, Mississippi is at the crossroads of the issue.
Republican candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., after touring a Michigan nuclear plant, recently said: "If we want to enable the technologies of tomorrow like plug-in electric cars, we need electricity to plug into."
McCain accused Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as opposing nuclear energy. But Obama's aides accused McCain of misrepresenting his position, saying the Democrat was open to more nuclear plants, but only when such issues as security of nuclear fuel and disposal of waste were resolved.
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EADT - Bradwell N-plant 'already decided'
CAMPAIGNERS claimed last night the Government had already decided to build a new nuclear power station on the Essex coast - before public consultation even begins.
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NRC: News Release - 2007-151 - Levy County Application for New Reactors Available on NRC Website
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today made available the public version of a combined license (COL) application for two new reactors at the Levy County site near Crystal River, Fla.
The applicant, Progress Energy, submitted the application and associat
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Westinghouse sees nuclear power growth
Westinghouse Electric Co. yesterday assigned senior executive Ricardo G. Perez to develop the Monroeville-based company's strategy for capitalizing on anticipated worldwide growth in the nuclear power industry.
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11 nuclear power plants to be built by 2030 : SKorea
The government has decided to build 11 more nuclear power plants by 2030, boosting the percentage of power generated by nuclear energy from the current 26 percent to 41 percent. It has also decided to boost the percentage generated by renewable energy sources from 2.24 percent to 11 percent.
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Scoop: Brazil’s Nuclear Ambitions: Worrisome?
Brazilian authorities gave the final go ahead to the civilian nuclear power company, Electronuclear, to continue construction of the country’s third nuclear power plant. Though the decision to revitalize the 22-year-old nuclear reactor, Angra 3, came late last year, plans were finalized in July by the government’s environmental regulatory agency. Electronuclear, a subsidiary of the state-owned energy firm Electrobras, plans to begin construction in February.
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Michigan nuclear plan likely faces heavy cost -
DTE Energy in the next dozen years aims to do something no American utility has managed in a generation: bring a new nuclear plant online.
It's the only one planned today for Michigan, yet DTE will jostle with utilities around the country to meet federal tax credit eligibility -- starting with an application deadline this year -- and to mobilize a supplier base to a large extent now gone or located overseas.
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The Punch: Nigeria seeks safe nuclear energy
Nigeria is committed to implementing international nuclear safeguards and safety regime in the process of generating electricity from nuclear power plants.
This was disclosed by the Director-General, Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Prof. Shamsideen Elegba, at a training course for lawyers on nuclear safety and radiological protection in Lagos on Monday.
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The State | 08/12/2008 | Business group wants delay on nuclear decision
A committee representing commercial and industrial customers wants state regulators to delay hearings on South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.'s request to build two new nuclear reactors.
The South Carolina Energy Users Committee says it needs more time to prepare for the hearings. The Public Service Commission has scheduled hearings in October.
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The Watch Newspapers - Peaceful Paradox Valley Torn Apart by Proposed Uranium Mill
For the 300 or so residents who reside in the sleepy farming/ranching community of the Paradox Valley, everyday concerns in the past have typically included irrigating crops, winter food storage and deciding where to go – Moab or Grand Junction – for major food shopping. Now, in the shadow of a proposal to build a uranium mill in the middle of the valley, there are new concerns for Paradox’s future, pitting neighbor against neighbor.
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NRC sets meeting on new nuke | Wilkes-Barre News | The Times Leader
Agency will explain how it will review PPL’s expected application for a third reactor.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting on Aug. 19 on PPL Corp.’s expected application for a new reactor in Salem Township.
The purpose is to discuss how the NRC will review the application, which will include safety and environmental reviews and a mandatory hearing, NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said in an e-mail. Because it’s been decades since the NRC reviewed new-reactor applications, Sheehan said it’s a good idea to explain to the public how the process works.
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Times-News: Magicvalley: Firm behind nuke plant millions in debt
The company behind a $4.5 billion nuclear power plant proposed for southern Elmore County has lost so much money that it risks going out of business, according to a recently released audit.
The report adds to the perceived financial woes of Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. of Eagle, which recently moved its proposed site from Owyhee County, citing high development and infrastructure costs.
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The Watch Newspapers - News, Sports, Weather, Classifieds, Local Events and Businesses in Telluride, Ridgway, Ouray, and Norwood Colorado, as well as the Communities of the Western San Juans
For the 300 or so residents who reside in the sleepy farming/ranching community of the Paradox Valley, everyday concerns in the past have typically included irrigating crops, winter food storage and deciding where to go – Moab or Grand Junction – for major food shopping. Now, in the shadow of a proposal to build a uranium mill in the middle of the valley, there are new concerns for Paradox’s future, pitting neighbor against neighbor.
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Bernard Ingham: Nuclear shambles shows why Brown and Britain are losing power game - Yorkshire Post
YOU may think I am going soft, but I feel rather sorry for Gordon Brown. In the current torrid political atmosphere, every minor hiccough becomes a disaster to be laid at his door. Take, for example, the French failure so far to buy British Energy (BE), our nuclear generator.
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