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Israel seeks commercial reactor from France

March 9, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Start-Up Of first commercial nuclear plant by 2025 (NucNet) Israel is proposing that its first commercial nuclear power plant  start operations within the next 10 to 15 years, the country’s infrastructure minister told NucNet March 5th. Uzi Landau, Israsel’s Infrastructure Minister, (right) who addressed the International... [read more]

No more fish stories at Indian Point

February 9, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Green groups must scale back baiting the public because the fact don’t support their claims (NucNet) There are “no significant differences” between radioactive strontium 90 (Sr-90) levels in fish caught near the Indian Point nuclear power plant compared to fish caught further upstream in the Hudson River, a new report shows. The 31-... [read more]

Next generation of nuclear reactors in Europe

January 30, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Leading nuclear fuels and materials science expert talks about what has to be done to get ready to build them (NucNet): NucNet Editor Mathieu Carey talks to Dame Sue Ion OBE * about the future of materials science and the emergence of China and India as global nuclear energy players. NucNet – Firstly, you have spoken very positively... [read more]

UK new nuclear build will not get government subsidies

January 22, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Taxpayers off the hook for cost of new plants (NucNet) The British government will not use taxpayers’ money to subsidize  the construction of new nuclear power plants, Philip Hunt, (right) minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Jan 21. In an online question and answer session with ‘The Guardian’... [read more]

MOX & commercial nuclear updates from Japan

January 21, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Two reactors start using it. With these reports Idaho Samizdat is pleased to announce the start of posting selected dispatches via NucNet from the World Nuclear Organization. (NucNet) (Jan 18) The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has given permission for the Tohoku Electric Power Company to use uranium-... [read more]

William Ramsey on emerging nuclear markets

November 10, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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Nuclear Becomes ‘A Real Business Opportunity’ For China and IndiaThis is the full text of an interview with William Ramsay, (right) director of the energy program at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales. He talked Nov 9 to NucNet about emerging nuclear markets in China and India, and the future of Yucca Mountain. [... [read more]