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25 October 2012 US Nuclear Plant to Close After Failing to Attract a Buyer The 38 year old nuclear power plant at Kewaunee in the United States is due to close in April 2013 after it failed to attract a buyer. The 566 MW unit was put up for sale in April 2011 by the large nuclear utility Dominion Resources. The lack of interest in the power plant was according to its owners due to poor economics as a result of the region’s low wholesale electricity prices. According to the New York Times, the decision was viewed as an indication that closures of older coal stations (…)
Antony Froggatt, 5 October 2012 UK: China Pullout Leaves Nuclear Uncertainty Guest Post on EnergyDesk, Greenpeace UK China pull out leaves nuclear uncertainty 3^rd Oct 2012 Antony Froggatt Antony Froggatt is Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources at Chatham House and co-author, with Mycle Schneider, of the World Nuclear Status Report The European power and utilities sector is facing an unprecedented need for capital investment as European generation assets come to the end of their economic life. The UK government is intent on building a new (…)
30 September 2012 Iberdrola Exits Nuclear in the UK Iberdrola Exits Nuclear in the UK The UK Government has been actively promoting the construction of new nuclear power and following a competitive process in 2009, three nuclear consortiums Electricité de France (EDF), Horizon and NUGeneration (NuGen) were allocated sites for new nuclear construction. However, in September 2011, the UK utility, SSE, exited the NuGen nuclear group by selling out to partners Iberdrola and GDF-Suez. Then at the end of September 2012 it was reported that (…)
20 September 2012 Japan’s Nuclear Phaseout Strategy Raises More Questions Than It Answers The Japanese government on 14 September 2012 announced, as expected (see Japanese Government Expected to Announce Zero Nuclear Option), that it adopted an “Innovative Strategy for Energy and the Environment”, for a zero nuclear power future by the 2030s. However, due to lack of clarity, the government statements immediately gave way to speculations as to the schedule for the shutdowns, the future of the plutonium fuel industry and of the reactors under construction. The English language (…)
19 September 2012 UK: ’No Nuclear Power at Any Price’ Says Lobby Group In a strange turn of events a pro-nuclear lobby group has written to the Chancellor in the UK to block any price deal with companies building nuclear stations “unless and until you are absolutely satisfied the nation is getting value for money”. According to UK daily The Telegraph, Supporters Of Nuclear Energy (SONE) have argued that the suggested ‘strike price’ (a fixed price for the generation of nuclear electricity) of around £130 per megawatt hour (more than double the current baseload (…)
15 September 2012 French President Advances Closure of Oldest Plants President François Hollande has announced the closure of the two oldest of the 54 French nuclear power plants by 2016, previously planned for 2017 and confirmed the goal to drastically reduce the share of nuclear power from 78% in 2011 to 50% in 2025. However, no long term closure schedule has been presented yet. The president, who spoke at the opening event of the national Environmental Conference on 14 September 2015 in Paris, also announced ambitious targets for energy efficiency and (…)
15 September 2012 Canada: Quebec’s Only Reactor to Close A spokesperson for the newly elected government of Quebec confirmed that it will keep its pre-electoral promise and close the province’s only nuclear reactor by the end of 2012, when the current operating license runs out. Owner Quebec Hydro had originally planned to refurbish the 635 MW Gentilly-2 heavy water reactor starting in 2013 and the previous liberal government had accepted the plan. But an analogous upgrading at New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau plant had turned out years late and (…)
12 September 2012 US: Exelon Withdraws Victoria Licensing Request Exelon, the largest nuclear operator in the US, has decided to withdraw the application for an Early Site Permit (ESP) for new nuclear construction in Victoria County, Texas. In a statement dated 28 August 2012, the company stated: “The action is in response to low natural gas prices and economic and market conditions that have made construction of new merchant nuclear power plants in competitive markets uneconomical now and for the foreseeable future.” Exelon had originally submitted an (…)
12 September 2012 Japanese Government Expected to Announce Zero Nuclear Option The Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun reveals on 12 September 2012 that the government could announce within days its decision to adopt a zero-nuclear policy that would see all nuclear reactors shut down by 2030 at the latest. The country, which has officially shut down only four Fukushima Daiichi reactors after the 3/11 disaster of its 54 reactors. However, currently only two units at Ohi are operating (see Japan : Second Ohi Reactor Restart) as massive opposition, locally and nationally, (…)
11 September 2012 Atomstroyexport Claims €1 Billion in Compensation for Belene The Russian nuclear builder Atomstroyexport has announced on 11 September 2012 that it is to claim “not less than €1 billion” from the National Electricity Company of Bulgaria (NEC) in compensation for the termination of the Belene project (see Bulgarian Government Abandons Belene Nuclear Project) as most of the large components, including the pressure vessels, steam generators and pressurizers had been completed or were nearing completion. Many other components had also been fabricated and (…)

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