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In focus with Sir Bernard Ingham
STOP PRESS: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
The time has come to take stock. Energy policy is in a total mess. Not a single one of its five pillars remains intact with the withdrawal of the German companies, RWE and EoN, from the nuclear element.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than 47 million US dollars (36 million euro) in scholarships, fellowships, research grants and university research reactor upgrades to train and educate “the next generation of leaders” in America’s nuclear industry, a statement said.
Global energy consumption will double by mid-century and if demand is to be met the energy mix should include one-third nuclear power, a scientist has said.
A “contract for difference” (CFD) policy needs to be in place in the UK if potential investors are to consider building new nuclear power plants, executives from RWE and E.ON told a House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee today.
The European nuclear industry says it welcomes the fact that “no urgent actions” questioning the continued operation of nuclear power plants in Europe have been identified as a result of stress tests carried out across the EU following the March 2011 accident at Fukushima-Daiichi.
Spain’s Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism says it has started the process of reversing a ministerial order that called for the shutdown of the single-unit Santa Maria de Garoña nuclear plant in 2013.
Most nuclear regulatory bodies and international organisations tried to communicate authenticated data during the crisis at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant, but it proved challenging because reliable information was not always available, a conference heard.
A group representing small and medium businesses in Japan has asked the government to restart the nation’s nuclear reactors to ensure a steady power supply and avoid the possibility of significant increases in electricity charges, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) said.
The future of nuclear energy depends on public understanding of security which means “crisis communications” must not wait until an incident occurs, a conference has been told.
The company overseeing decommissioning at the Sellafield nuclear site in the UK said yesterday it has completed a complex engineering task that was a necessary precondition to moving ahead with the decommissioning of the first generation magnox fuel storage pond.
Japan’s government today approved a restructuring plan for Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) that puts the operator of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant under temporary state control and aims to restore profitability within two years.
