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Pebble Bed’s perilous path ahead

April 1, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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<!--break--> South Africa has run out of money. Will Westinghouse come to the rescue? The plot line for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) project looks very much like one right out of an early silent movie. A dastardly villain has tied our heroine to the railroad tracks, and demands a ransom to free her. Time is running out as an... [read more]

Pebble-bed reactor loses funding

February 25, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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<!--break--> PBMR to lay off 75% of staff The South African government will stop funding research and development work on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). About 600 of the 800 staff will be let go which is expected to trigger an exodus of nuclear expertise from the country. Public Enterprise Minister Barbara Hogan told... [read more]

PBMR Status Update - Memorandum of Understanding With Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

February 4, 2010 by Rod Adams
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<!--break--> Over the past several days, I have read a series of somewhat troubling and negative articles about the PBMR project in South Africa. There is pressure from the government and discussion about whether or not the large project, which employs about 750 scientists, engineers and technicians, will continue to be funded.... [read more]