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11 April 2017
Montel (Norway)
UK
nuclear plant faces axe after Engie stake sale – analysts
UK
nuclear plant faces axe after Engie stake sale – analysts Montel, 20:09, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 By James Allen (Montel) French utility Engie’s plan to sell its entire holding in the Nugen nuclear joint venture to Toshiba has cast fresh doubt on the already embattled
UK
project, analysts told Montel on Tuesday. “It is clear that Toshiba/Westinghouse won’t build at Moorside alone, if at all, as they want to get out of nuclear new build,” said Antony Froggatt, a senior research (...)
8 April 2017
L’Echo (Belgium)
La débâcle des géants du nucléaire Westinghouse et Areva
Westinghouse et Areva se battent pour leur survie, alors qu’il y a peu ils étaient encore numéros un et deux incontestés du nucléaire. Et Engie vient de renoncer à un méga-projet au Royaume-Uni. Autopsie d’une débâcle dans une industrie dont l’avenir s’est désormais déplacé à l’est. L’Echo, 07 avril 2017 09:12 Christine Scharff Longtemps, Westinghouse a symbolisé la suprématie américaine. Quand la Belgique a construit ses premiers réacteurs commerciaux, c’est tout naturellement vers (...)
30 March 2017
Bloomberg (
US
): Westinghouse Shifts From Building to Dismantling
Westinghouse Shifts From Building to Dismantling Bloomberg, 29 mars 2017 à 22:56
UTC
+2 by Tiffany Kary “Westinghouse proudly states on its website ‘we are nuclear energy.’ If Westinghouse was nuclear energy, Westinghouse’s bankruptcy illustrates that there are no prospects for major new nuclear plants,” said Mycle Schneider, a nuclear industry analyst. Toshiba Corp. bought Westinghouse in 2006 as a bet on the future of nuclear power, a hope that soured after Japan’s 2011 Fukushima (...)
30 March 2017
The Guardian (
UK
): Westinghouse bankruptcy move casts shadow over world nuclear industry
Westinghouse bankruptcy move casts shadow over world nuclear industry Plight of
US
firm, which has technology in about half world’s reactors, deals blow to building of new plants The Guardian, Wednesday 29 March 2017 09.20
BST
Adam Vaughan The
US
bankruptcy filing by nuclear giant Westinghouse has been branded a major blow to the prospects for new atomic power globally. The nuclear arm of Toshiba proudly states “we are nuclear energy” on its website, a boast underpinned by its (...)
29 March 2017
Wall Street Journal (
US
): Toshiba’s Westinghouse Electric Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Toshiba’s Westinghouse Electric Files for Bankruptcy Protection Chapter 11 raises questions about the fate of four half-finished nuclear reactors in the
U.S.
By
RUSSELL
GOLD
in Austin, Texas, and
MAYUMI
NEGISHI
in Tokyo Updated March 29, 2017 4:59 p.m.
ET
Westinghouse Electric Co. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, setting off a showdown between the nuclear power company’s Japanese parent and a major
U.S.
utility, and threatening to drive a wedge between allied (...)
26 March 2017
The Observer (
UK
): Foreign companies flock to build nuclear plants in the
UK
Foreign companies flock to build nuclear plants in the
UK
A South Korean firm is just the latest to be lured by Britain’s atomic amibitions as safety concerns and cost stalk the industry The Observer, Saturday 25 March 2017 16.00
GMT
By Adam Vaughan Nuclear energy faces an uncertain future globally as concerns over safety and cost dog the industry. But in the
UK
, foreign investors are queueing up to back projects. The latest is South Korea. Its biggest power company is in talks to (...)
22 March 2017
Safe Haven (Canada): Death of Uranium and Renaissance of Vanadium (in Energy Storage)
Death of Uranium and Renaissance of Vanadium (in Energy Storage) SafeHaven.com By: John Lee | Mon, Mar 20, 2017 I have owned shares of uranium mining companies in the past, anticipating the inevitable rebound of nuclear energy following the Fukushima nuclear plant accident. However, through my recent research into the renewable energy sector and vanadium batteries, I became bearish on nuclear energy and sold my shares in Energy Fuel Inc. (
TSX
:
EFR
) and Fission Uranium Corp. (
TSX
: (...)
17 March 2017
Reuters (
UK
): Areva factory ill‑equipped to make nuclear parts ‑ French watchdog
Areva factory ill-equipped to make nuclear parts - French watchdog Reuters,
REGULATORY
NEWS
| Thu Mar 16, 2017 | 6:39pm
IST
* Creusot Forge machinery inadequate for making huge parts * Areva stopped commercial production at factory last year * Areva wants to restart plant this summer * Nuclear watchdog must give permission for restart * Critics say oversight of French nuclear industry needs review By Geert De Clercq
PARIS
, March 16 Creusot Forge, a supplier of nuclear (...)
11 March 2017
Tagesschau (Germany): Wie hat Fukushima die Welt verändert?
Sechs Jahre nach
GAU
Wie hat Fukushima die Welt verändert? Tagesschau, Stand: 11.03.2017 01:42 Uhr Von Jürgen Döschner,
WDR
Die jüngsten Hiobsbotschaften kamen ausgerechnet aus den drei führenden Atomkraft-Nationen: Frankreich, Japan und den
USA
. Der Aktienkurs des französischen
AKW
-Betreibers
EDF
brach nach einer Kapitalerhöhung ein; die Atomsparte des japanischen Technologiekonzerns Toshiba meldete mehr als fünf Milliarden Euro Verlust - Ursachen waren Verzögerungen und (...)
11 March 2017
Catch News (India): Six years on, Fukushima disaster is still unfolding. Why does India refuse to heed the warning?
Six years on, Fukushima disaster is still unfolding. Why does India refuse to heed the warning? Catch News, Updated on: 10 March 2017, 19:22
IST
By Kumar Sundaram Nuclear meltdowns don’t have anniversaries. In almost every other kind of industrial accident, repair, reconstruction and resumption of normal life can start from the next day. In case of a nuclear accident, the radiation spewing from damaged reactors makes any semblance of normalcy impossible for decades.
THE
ACCIDENT
IS
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