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Second reading of energy bill

The UK energy bill received a second reading in the country's lower house on 22 January. Business and enterprise minister John Hutton said he hoped for a nuclear renaissance.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-24-2008
Bodman wraps up Middle East odyssey

US energy secretary Sam Bodman has acknowledged the importance of nuclear during a tour of the Middle East. Meanwhile, President George Bush has given his approval to a US-Turkey nuclear cooperation agreement.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-24-2008
Nuclear power is "vital" to Britain

New nuclear power is at the heart of the UK government's low carbon energy bill. Private companies were invited today to propose plans to build new reactors.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-10-2008
Sir Bob: 'Go nuclear, big-time'

Veteran campaigner Sir Bob Geldof has used a hybrid energy blog to call for nuclear power in the UK. He wrote that to really save the planet "we have to go nuclear" and "we're going to go with it, big-time."

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-13-2007
Iranian weapons programme halted since 2003

A consensus report by US intelligence agencies has concluded that Iran halted work on developing nuclear weapons in 2003, reversing the conclusion of a 2005 report.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-04-2007
Canada's day for deals

Canada's silence on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership ended yesterday with the announcement that it would join the scheme. A range of deals with the Russian nuclear industry were also announced.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-30-2007
Australian election maintains positive uranium outlook

The change of government in Australia from John Howard's Liberal Coalition to the Australian Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd is not expected to change, for the worse, the country's uranium mining and exploration policies or investment climate for uranium and may change them for the better.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-25-2007
Russia and USA confirm plutonium plan

The USA and Russia have confirmed a plan to dispose of 34 tonnes of surplus plutonium from Russia's weapons program in fast reactors, rather than as MOX, and to continue the development of advanced GT-MHR reactors.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-20-2007
Iran's cooperation sufficient, but not proactive

Iran is using 2952 centrifuge machines to enrich uranium, contrary to the decisions of the UN Security Council. The country is cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency, but only in a reactive way 'insufficent for full implementation of verification work'.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-16-2007
NEA calls on governments to plug nuclear skills gap

Member states of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have unanimously adopted a statement on the need for qualified human resources in the nuclear field, reflecting their concerns about difficulties in recruiting qualified specialists.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-14-2007

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