 Temelín nuclear power plant – one of the country’s more unusual tourist attractions
(Radio Prague: Mon, 14 Jan) The southern Bohemian nuclear power plant Temelín has long been a thorn in the side of anti-nuclear activists. Its operator, the power utility ČEZ, insists that the Soviet-designed plant is perfectly safe and is now working to improve its image. It has launched an advertising campaign to attract visitors to its information centre, which seems to be bearing fruit, as Jana Gribbinová from the ...
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 Blue Star bags order from Nuclear Power
(Business Standard India: Tue, 15 Jan) Blue Star has bagged a Rs 38 crore order for airconditioning India’s first indigenously designed 500 Mw fast breeder reactor from Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for the Kalpakkam project.
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 Nuclear Energy Revival Raises New Safety Concerns
(Addict 3D: Sun, 13 Jan) Proponents for nuclear power say new reactors have better fail-safe mechanisms, but many countries hopping on the nuclear bandwagon have abysmal industrial safety records, and even some supporters are skeptical that the next generation of reactors could be foolproof.
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 Pressing the button on nuclear power
(Financial Times: Thu, 10 Jan) The UK’s decision to back construction of a new generation of nuclear power plants makes it an important testing ground. Investors wanting to build and operate plants will benefit from the streamlined planning process and licensing regime announced on Thursday. But key ingredients are still missing.
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French majors to jointly develop Emirates nuclear power project
India and China agree to promote bilateral civil nuclear energy cooperation
