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Russia resurrects floating nuclear power
2013-12-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Russia is planning to deploy its first floating nuclear power plant in 2016, establishing a new way of powering remote Arctic communities. While the Russian Government pushes ahead with the plant's construction and considers how its energy could be u
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Economy minister says nuclear energy remains an important power source for Japan
2013-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asahi Shimbun: Nuclear energy will continue to be a key power source for Japan, according to the basic energy plan the central government intends to compile by the end of December. At a Dec. 6 news conference, Toshimitsu Motegi, the economy, trade and industry minister, had the following to say about the role of nuclear energy: "From the standpoint of stable supply (of electricity), reducing costs (incurred for power generation) and as a measure against global warming, we are moving toward making it an important...
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Japan to Announce Nuclear Power Is Still 'Important' in Draft Energy Plan
2013-12-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: The Abe administration plans to say in a draft of the national medium-term energy plan that nuclear power should continue to be "important" in supplying electricity despite the Fukushima nuclear crisis, sources said. The draft was to be presented Friday to a meeting of a panel tasked with compiling the so Basic Energy Plan before the end of December. The plan will become official after securing Cabinet approval, possibly early in the new year. According to the sources, the draft will say nuclear...
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Horizon Nuclear Power announces new contracts in UK
2013-12-05 12:36:21| Power Technology
Horizon Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of Hitachi, has awarded key contracts to three UK based companies, AMEC, Atkins and Cavendish Nuclear, for the provision of engineering and related technical services.
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The six U.S. nuclear power plants most likely to shut down
2013-11-13 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The nuclear power industry is melting down in America, and in the rest of the Western Hemisphere too. Nuclear plants still generate nearly 20 percent of electricity in the U.S. But a report by investment research firm Morningstar in its latest Utilities Observer publication warns about the sector`s risks. The report says "the nuclear renaissance is on hold indefinitely" in the West thanks to low electricity prices, largely driven by the natural-gas fracking boom but also by new renewable energy...
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