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Westinghouse and Sebata Group cooperate to develop nuclear power plants in South Africa
2013-10-25 01:00:00| Power Technology
Westinghouse has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South-African EPC company Sebata Group in preparation for the potential construction of AP1000 nuclear power plants in the country.
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Russia Floats Plan for Nuclear Power Plants at Sea
2013-10-23 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Back in the early 1970s, U.S. utility companies, frustrated with growing public unease about nuclear power that made it difficult for them to find sites for new plants, came up with a wild brainstorm. Why not put full-sized nuclear power plants on barges and position them offshore, where they wouldn't be in anyone's backyard, unless you counted fish? The scheme never took off, according to a recent article by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission historian Thomas Wellock. Financing proved to be as...
UK nuclear power enters new age with Hinkley deal - with householders footing the bill
2013-10-22 02:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The French and Chinese investors in Britains first new nuclear power station in two decades will receive a guaranteed price of 90-95 per megawatt hour of energy produced, the Department of Energy is expected to announce today. The agreed strike price, which will ultimately be footed by households, promises to be controversial because it is double the current market price for electricity and it comes as energy suppliers are imposing inflation-busting hikes in domestic bills. The guaranteed...
VIDEO: Will nuclear power bridge energy gap?
2013-10-21 23:58:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for 20 years will be at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
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UK nuclear power plant contract: 80bn deal or no deal?
2013-10-21 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardians: The British energy secretary, Ed Davey, has signed the first new nuclear contract with French state-backed utility firm EDF, admitting only a clairvoyant could know the true cost to the taxpayer of the 35-year contract because of the uncertainty of future energy prices. Energy academics said on Monday that the deal was a gamble, but estimated the cost would be at least 80bn over the life of the two new reactors to be built in Somerset, or roughly 3.5m a day for each reactor at current rates....
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