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E.ON to post the heaviest loss in its history on German nuclear phaseout
Germany’s biggest utility E.ON has registered the heaviest loss in the company’s history in 2011, being hit hardly last year by German government’s decision to close eight of Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
read more... 15/03/2012
Czech Republic to temper its nuclear expectations
The Czech Republic has tempered its nuclear ambitions to build five nuclear reactors in the country, being scaled back to just two units, even if Germany and Poland may have been counting on those nuclear reactors to supply electricity. Germany has halted eight of its oldest reactors, intending to close another nine by 2022, aftermath the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
read more... 17/02/2012
UK: new generation of nuclear reactors could recycle radioactive waste into fuel
While many nations around the world are abandoning nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, the UK is planning building new power reactors that will be able to recycle nuclear waste into new-generating fuel.
read more... 03/02/2012
U.S. DOE to support small nuclear reactor designs
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recently outlined its plans to support the design and licensing of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and to promote their use for power generation. The Obama administration supports SMRs as a form of low carbon energy and for job creation.
read more... 24/01/2012
Slovak nuclear energy passes stress tests
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