While some European countries as Germany or Switzerland have decided to phase out nuclear power following the Fukushima accident, the French Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) concluded that there is “no objective reason” to shut down nuclear power plants in France.
read more... 09/01/2012
According to a newspaper report released on Monday, Spain’s incoming centre-right government may allow Garona, an aging nuclear power plant, to remain operational beyond the 2013 deadline set by its predecessors, the Socialist Party. It means Spain will be out of step with countries like Germany, which already closed several nuclear plants following Fukushima’s nuclear disaster.
read more... 05/01/2012
The Slovak nuclear energy regulator announced recently that the country’s four nuclear reactors passed the stress tests with the results presented in a 178-page report. No deficiencies were identified which could query the further safe operation of the existing nuclear plants.
read more... 04/01/2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved a 45 million euros loan for the Serbian state-owned company, Elecktroprivreda Srbije (EPS), which will be allotted for building seven new hydropower plants and for modernizing 15 existing small hydropower ones.
read more... 04/01/2012
Greece, the debt-land country, augmented its power prices in average by 9.2 percent in order to reflect the real cost of energy generation under the terms of an EU/IMF bailout. The changes came into force as from January 1, 2012.
read more... 03/01/2012