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European Commission launches new nuclear safety rules
The European Commission published on Tuesday a draft on nuclear safety law, including obligatory stress test every six years on the dozens of nuclear reactors operating in the European Union aftermath Japan’s Fukushima disaster.
read more... 14/06/2013
Britain’s hopes of a green future in electricity supply vanished
An attempt to include a goal to decarbonise the electricity production in the UK by 2030 was narrowly defeated in the House of Commons on Tuesday, to the dismay of green activists and businesses that had supported the objective as a way to stimulate investments in renewables and low carbon energy.
read more... 06/06/2013
UK could hold enough gas to power the country for 60 years: study shows
Northwestern England could hold enough gas to power UK for about 60 years, according to a report released by British gas producer iGas PLC.
read more... 05/06/2013
The future of nuclear in UK: To be or not to be?
Currently the UK has 16 reactors generating on average about 19% of its electricity and all but one of these will be retired by 2023. The exception is Sizewell B, the UK’s only pressurized water reactor (PWR), which began operations in 1995. The country has a number of reactors which are currently reaching the end of their working life, and it is now unclear how they will be replaced.
read more... 29/05/2013
UK to reject a new EU target on renewable energy
The UK government will reject the EU’s attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU perimeter, considering it as “inflexible and unnecessary”.
read more... 28/05/2013