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8 March 2017
Digital Journal (
US
): Georgia Power suspends plans to build nuclear power plant
Georgia Power suspends plans to build nuclear power plant The Digital Journal, 7 March 2017
BY
KAREN
GRAHAM
Atlanta - In another setback for the nuclear industry in the United States, Georgia Power has announced they will suspend plans to build a nuclear power plant near Columbus, Georgia. In a letter to the Georgia State Public Service Commission (
PSC
) last week, Georgia power told regulators it was shelving its plans to build a nuclear power plant in Stewart County, saying it no (...)
2 February 2017
African Business Magazine (
UK
): Going nuclear: Africa’s energy future?
Going nuclear: Africa’s energy future? African Business Magazine, 31 January 2017 David Thomas At the height of the Second World War, as scientists from the United States and Germany desperately competed to develop a super weapon with which to administer the knockout blow, the
US
army gained access to a remote mine in the Belgian Congo’s Katanga region. Near the backwater town of Shinkolobwe, its name erased from maps under strict military orders, miners had uncovered what one (...)
31 January 2017
The Economist (
UK
): Construction of most nuclear‑power reactors is behind schedule
Construction of most nuclear-power reactors is behind schedule The Economist, Jan 30
th
2017, 18:24
BY
THE
DATA
TEAM
THE
boom in nuclear energy began in the 1950s, when America, Russia, Britain and France rushed to develop reactor technologies for electricity generation. By the late 1970s around 230 reactors were under construction. However, following the accidents at Three Mile Island in 1979 and Chernobyl in 1986, fears about safety led governments in Europe and America to halt (...)
31 January 2017
Power Engineering (
US
): Ten Nuclear Plants Came Online in 2016, 55 under construction
Ten Nuclear Plants Came Online in 2016, 55 under construction Power Engineering, 30 January 2017 By Editors of Power Engineering Ten new nuclear reactors came online in 2016, half of which were in China, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. Of the remaining five, one each were in India, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. The new Watts-Bar 2 reactor by the Tennessee Valley Authority was activated 43 years after the start of construction, which is a (...)
28 January 2017
Zawya/Reuters (
UAE
): Investing in Africa’s Renewable Energy Sector
Investing in Africa’s Renewable Energy Sector Zawya/Reuters, Business Islamica 26 January, 2017 Growing appetite for foreign direct investment in Africa’s renewable energy sector promises to help address the continent’s surging power demand. Africa desperately needs more electricity, with economic projections indicating rapid growth for many of its constituent nations. The African Union forecasts that the continent’s collective
GDP
will multiply six-fold between 2010 and 2040. To (...)
16 January 2017
Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany): “Wir brauchen andere Energie‑Konzepte” [Interview mit Mycle Schneider]
“Wir brauchen andere Energie-Konzepte” Frankfurter Rundschau, 13. January 2017 Von
THORSTEN
KNUF
Energie-Experte Mycle Schneider über den Niedergang der Atomkraft, den Siegeszug der Erneuerbaren und die Frage, warum Sonnenlicht viel besser als jede
LED
-Leuchte ist. Sechs Jahre nach der Reaktorkatastrophe stecken viele Atomkraft-Konzerne in einer tiefen Krise. In Deutschland soll der letzte Meiler bis Ende 2022 vom Netz gehen. Befürworter der Technologie führen allerdings ins Feld, (...)
6 January 2017
Les Echos (France): Nucléaire : les retards, loin d’être une exception française
L’an dernier, dix réacteurs neufs ont été connectés, presque tous en Asie. Les deux tiers des tranches en construction accusent des retards. Nucléaire : les retards, loin d’être une exception française Les Echos, Le 05/01/2017 à 06:00 Mis à jour à 10:02 Veronique Le Billon Les pays d’Asie et d’Europe de l’Est continuent à truster le marché de la construction neuve de réacteurs nucléaires. L’an dernier, dix nouveaux réacteurs ont été connectés au réseau électrique, dont cinq en (...)
29 December 2016
Wall Street Journal (
US
): Toshiba Shares Plunge Further Over Problems at Nuclear‑Power Subsidiary
Toshiba Shares Plunge Further Over Problems at Nuclear-Power Subsidiary Japanese conglomerate warns it might take multibillion-dollar write-down stemming from cost overruns at Westinghouse Wall Street Journal, Updated Dec. 29, 2016 11:46 a.m.
ET
By
REBECCA
SMITH
and
KOSAKU
NARIOKA
TOKYO
—Toshiba Corp. seemed poised to profit from a global nuclear power revival when it paid $5.4 billion to win a bidding war for Westinghouse Electric Co. in 2006. Today, that bet threatens to sink (...)
16 December 2016
Politico (Belgium): Europe’s radioactive embrace
Europe’s radioactive embrace All signs point to an
EU
political call to not fight Russian deal to build reactors in Hungary. Experts are mystified. Politico, 12/14/16, 7:22
PM
CET
Updated 12/16/16, 3:13
PM
CET
By
DAVID
M.
HERSZENHORN
,
SARA
STEFANINI
AND
NICHOLAS
HIRST
EU
leaders are poised to green-light Hungary’s controversial deal with Russia to build two new nuclear reactors, shrugging off a series of concerns that might be expected to set off political and economic air-raid (...)
14 December 2016
Wall Street Journal (
US
): Coverup at French Nuclear Supplier Sparks Global Review
Coverup at French Nuclear Supplier Sparks Global Review Inspectors say Areva unit’s files suggest manufacturing flaws in critical parts were covered up for decades Wall Street Journal, Dec. 13, 2016 5:30 a.m.
ET
By
MATTHEW
DALTON
and
INTI
LANDAURO
in Paris and
REBECCA
SMITH
in San Francisco Inspectors from the
U.S.
and other countries are investigating a decadeslong coverup of manufacturing problems at a key supplier to the nuclear power industry, probing whether flaws introduced (...)
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