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UK’s Kingsnorth coal power plant closed today
The Kingsnorth coal plant in Kent has closed today, E.ON’s plant has stopped working already in December, but today it has officially closed. After forty years of producing electricity, the 2,000MW plant, has begun a two year decommissioning process which could lead to demolition.
read more... 29/03/2013
Nuclear pact signed between Japan and UK
Following the first Cameron’s visit in Japan, the British Prime Minister and his Japanese counterpart, Yoshihiko Noda, have signed a civil nuclear cooperation pact on building, decommissioning, decontamination and expertise share of nuclear plants.
read more... 13/04/2012
Swiss government votes to phase out nuclear power by 2034
Nuclear power supplies 40% of Switzerland’s electricity, but under the pressure from the largest anti-nuclear protest of the last 25 years, at which participated about 20,000 people, the Swiss government has proposed a complete decommissioning of nuclear power by 2034.
read more... 26/05/2011