Articles

• Political delay to support nuclear damaging UK economy

  A report by the UK Centre for Policy Studies claims British Government measures to support new nuclear could have the opposite effect. Could a dash to set a Carbon Price Floor actually discourage plant construction?

  Wed, 2012-01-04 15:57
• Nuclear decommissioning and new build: can the UK do both?

  The UK government needs to take nuclear disposal seriously as the country’s decommissioning supply chain competes for talent with a build-out programme and the oil and gas industries.

  Tue, 2012-01-10 23:02
• Final repositories: deep knowledge in the Nordics

  For all the concern worldwide about what to do with spent nuclear fuel, so far only Sweden and Finland have got around to working out where to bury it. What have they learned to date?

  Wed, 2012-01-18 10:31
• Communities core to US repository plans

  With US plans for a deep geological repository now on hold, maybe the US could learn from the experience of European countries, and their communities-led approach, that are leading the way in waste disposal.

  Tue, 2012-01-24 18:02
• Nuclear new build: getting communities on your side

  Local opposition is something of an occupational hazard in new nuclear programmes. That is why developers should spare no efforts in trying to build relations with the community.

  Wed, 2012-02-22 11:17
• No truth in UK plans to call nuclear ‘renewable’

  A recent press report that seemed to indicate nuclear was going to get the same treatment as renewable energy in the UK was inaccurate according to the UK's Energy and Climate Change Secretary. But it did in fact highlight that the UK is still very committed to nuclear and renewables.

  Wed, 2012-03-14 12:07
• Hot debate over plasma-based disposal

  Interest is growing over the potential of plasma-based processing to reduce the volumes and costs used in radioactive waste disposal.

  Tue, 2012-03-27 22:30
• Europe’s nuclear phase out markets learn costly lessons from Japan

  What can Germany, Switzerland and others take from the Japanese experience of living without nuclear power?

  Tue, 2012-04-03 14:17
• What the new safety regime means for US nuclear plant operators

  Fukushima has forced the US nuclear operators to look long and hard at security arrangements. Now the dust has settled, what has changed for the industry?

  Wed, 2012-05-09 05:26

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