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Duke Energy's Lee Nuclear License Application Accepted By US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Charlotte NC (SPX) Mar 05, 2008Duke Energy has received confirmation from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that its combined construction and operating license (COL) application for the proposed William States Lee III Nuclear Station has been approved and docketed for the next stage of review. Our nuclear development project team spent more than 21 months working on this application to ensure quality ... more Toshiba, IHI in talks over nuclear plant tie-up: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 29, 2008Japan's Toshiba Corp. and heavy machinery manufacturer IHI Corp. are in talks over a possible business tie-up in energy systems, including nuclear power plant construction, a report said Friday. IHI may spin off its energy plant business into a new company that would then be partly owned by Toshiba, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing unnamed company sources. The two companies aim to ... more Four million without power in Florida 
Miami (AFP) Feb 26, 2008Some four million people were without power across southern Florida on Tuesday after reactors went down at a nuclear power plant, US media and police said on Tuesday. Four million people had lost electricity across a wide area including Miami and traffic signals were malfunctioning, causing congestion on roads and forcing some shops to close. "We have a massive power outage in Miami, but ... more Coal-Fired Power Industry Now In Similiar Position To Nuclear Power In 1970s 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 27, 2008With rising construction costs, regulatory uncertainties, environmental concerns and other growing risks, the U.S. utilities with more than 100 proposed new coal-fired power plants now face comparable risks and uncertainties to those that derailed the U.S. nuclear power industry in the 1970s, according to a major new report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., for the Interfaith Center on ... more Greenpeace says will challenge completion of Slovak nuclear plant 
Bratislava (AFP) Feb 23, 2007The Slovak branch of environmental organisation Greenpeace said on Tuesday it will launch a legal challenge against plans by Slovakia's biggest electricity producer to complete two blocs of a nuclear power plant. Greenpeace said it would challenge state institutions for not carrying out an environmental impact assessment of Slovenske Elektrarne's plans to complete two reactors at an existing ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Feb 20, 2007 Four Baltic nations -- Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland -- have decided to build a powerful nuclear plant together. The initiative belongs to Lithuania, the only partner that knows what a luxury it is. In the Soviet Union, it had a two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power plant on the banks of Lake Druksiai near the town of Ignalina. Lithuania had plenty of energy and exported it to ... more India must pass by July key India-US nuclear deal: US senators 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 20, 2008India must complete by July all steps needed to conclude a nuclear technology deal with Washington to ensure the US Congress approves it before the presidential polls, three US senators said on Wednesday. The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal has been held up due to stiff opposition from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Communist allies who prop up the minority Congress-led government. ... more Areva declares interest in Turkey nuclear plant project 
Istanbul (AFP) Feb 18, 2008French nuclear giant Areva said Monday it was interested in a planned tender for the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant. "We are going to meet the (Turkish) energy minister (Hilmi Guler) and we will clearly indicate to him that the Areva company is interested," Gabriel Saltarelli, head of the company's commercial affairs in Central and Eastern Europe, told reporters here. ... more Outside View: Russian nuke plant for India 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 15, 2007 Russia and India have upgraded their unique cooperation in building civilian nuclear facilities by initializing an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of four additional energy units at the Kudankulam nuclear power station in Tamil Nadu and on joint work at other sites. Deputy Director of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency Nikolai Spassky and head of the Indian Nuclear Power ... more Namibia hopes to build nuclear power station: official 
Windhoek (AFP) Feb 15, 2008Namibia hopes to construct a nuclear power station within ten years to ensure independent power supply in the face of a regional electricity crisis, a government official said Friday. "We are thinking of nuclear-generated energy," Joseph Iita, permanent secretary of the ministry of Mines and Energy told AFP. "The political position is already there, we are working with the Americans ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2008U.S. nuclear power plants posted all-time record highs in electricity production and efficiency in 2007, according to preliminary figures released by the Nuclear Energy Institute. U.S. nuclear plants generated approximately 807 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity last year, exceeding by more than two percent the previous record-high of 788.5 billion kwh of electricity set in 2004. ... more Energy Department FY09 Budget Request Reflects New Focus On Nuclear Power 
by Staff WritersWashington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 Portending the nations intensifying need for additional sources of clean, reliable electricity, the Department of Energy has released its fiscal year 2009 budget request that seeks a 79 percent increase in funding for the Nuclear Power 2010 program and that extends the period during which companies that build new nuclear power plants can apply for federal loan ... more Lithuania, Poland to sign power deal spurring nuclear plan 
Vilnius (AFP) Feb 4, 2008Lithuania and Poland said Monday they were poised to sign a deal linking their electricity supply grids, resolving a key sticking point in related talks on constructing a new nuclear power plant. "I have been invited to visit Warsaw on February 12. We plan to sign documents on the construction of the energy bridge between Lithuania and Poland during the visit," Lithuanian Economy Minister ... more Thailand opens study on possible nuclear plant 
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 1, 2008Thailand has launched a three-year study to decide whether the kingdom should build a nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy needs, a top energy official said Friday. The study, which will cost about 1.8 billion baht (54.5 million dollars), will include a survey of potential sites, developing safety regulations and a public education campaign, said Kopr Kritaykirana, an adviser to th ... more Areva says it is ready to build 12 reactors in South Africa 
Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2008French nuclear giant Areva said on Thursday it was ready to build up to 12 next-generation power plants in South Africa, where massive electricity shortages shut down the key mining industry this month. Areva said that in addition to an earlier plan to build two nuclear power plants in South Africa, announced earlier this month, it would now offer 10 more of its third generation systems thro ... more
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