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South Africa starts process to build 9,600MW of nuclear power plants
2015-05-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
The South Africa Government intends to initiate a process to build a series of six nuclear plants, which is expected to supply 9,600MW of additional power for the country.
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Japan regulator grants safety approval for 890MW reactor at Ikata Nuclear Power Plant
2015-05-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) in Japan has given the green light to restart a reactor at the Shikoku Electric Power operated Ikata Nuclear Power Plant, which was shut down after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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Fear itself: nuclear energy's image problem
2015-05-15 01:00:00| Power Technology
Despite nuclear energy's potential as a low-carbon replacement for baseload fossil fuel generation, the public remains sceptical. What are the roots of political apathy and public hostility to nuclear power, and could a widespread rejection of atomic
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Amec to provide robotic system for ITER nuclear power project in France
2015-05-13 01:00:00| Power Technology
The European Union's agency Fusion For Energy (F4E) has selected Amec Foster Wheeler to provide neutral beam cell remote handling system for the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) fusion reactor in Cadarache, France.
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New chapter in Earth history: Fallout from nuclear weapons tests marks dawn Anthropocene?
2015-05-11 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: An international group of scientists has proposed that fallout from hundreds of nuclear weapons tests in the late 1940s to early 1960s could be used to mark the dawn of a new geological age in Earth history -- the Anthropocene. The study, led by Dr Colin Waters of the British Geological Survey, published new research in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The research involved 10 members of the Anthropocene Working Group that is chaired by Professor Jan Zalasiewicz of the Department of Geology...
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