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Hutton out of UK nuclear new build

Government shuffle creates a new agency responsible for energy and climate change John Hutton, the UK's tireless advocate for new nuclear power plants, is out of the business. He's been shifted to the Defense ministry and replaced by Ed Miliband (right) who heads up a new department...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-05-2008
Italian and British leaders to work on nuclear

The prime ministers of Italy and the UK held meetings in London yesterday, agreeing to work together on nuclear energy. Both countries have seen dramatic policy changes to come to be among the most pro-nuclear in the world.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-11-2008
Westinghouse gets set for UK construction

Three agreements have been signed by US-based reactor company Westinghouse toward new build in the UK. They could see up to 80% of work on British AP1000s carried out by domestic firms.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2008
Draft criteria set for siting new UK reactors

The UK government has set out the draft criteria and process for assessing where new nuclear power plants could safely and securely be constructed in England and Wales.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-22-2008
Nuclear a 'no brainer' for Britain

The UK business and enterprise minister, John Hutton, made one of his most pro-nuclear speeches yet when he addressed the Nuclear New Build 2008 conference in London today. He said the need for nuclear is a "no brainer" for the government and that in replacing retiring nuclear plants, "like...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-28-2008
UK announces prioritized GDA process

The UK government has announced the start of an operator-led prioritization process to select no more than three nuclear reactor designs to proceed to the next stage of Generic Design Assessment (GDA). This is to allow the nuclear regulators to focus their resources on those designs which are most capable...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-20-2008
Irish entrepreneur wants to build a nuclear plant near Belfast

According to a Saturday, January 19, 2008 article on the Belfast Telegraph web site titled Nuclear power plan for Ulster Robert Andrews, the founder of Andronics , a satellite communications and location tracking company, has stated his interest in building a new nuclear power plant in Northern Ireland...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-19-2008
Reuters Report on New Nuclear Build in the U.K.

Found this clip on YouTube today that gives a nice overview of the decision by the U.K. government to approve a new generation of nuclear power plants. As for the Greenpeace spokesman who claimed that replacing gas-fired generation with nuclear-generated electricity wouldn't make a dent in greenhouse...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-15-2008
Toshiba Corporation - Owner of Westinghouse - Welcomes the UK Government's Statement on Nuclear New Build

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The UK Government ’ s approval of new nuclear reactors is a major boost for the Toshiba Corporation - which two years bought Westinghouse of the US and became the owner of the AP1000 reactor which is the market leader and has already been approved by the US Government for use...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 01-11-2008
Britain backs new nuclear power plants

LONDON - The British government on Thursday approved construction of the first new nuclear power plants in a generation, saying atomic energy could help fight climate change and secure the country's energy supplies in an increasingly unstable world. Read More>>>

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 01-11-2008

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