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Europe new nuclear experience casts shadow over Hinkley
2014-03-25 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With two new UK reactors planned at Hinkley Point C in Somerset and three years after the meltdowns at Fukushima in Japan, it is worth considering whether the design, procurement, construction, and management of nuclear power plants is sufficiently reliable to allay public concern over radiation and value for money. In the case of the reactor design chosen for Hinkley C, the French-designed European Pressurised Reactor (EPR), there is not yet a finished power plant to judge by. The two plants...
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