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In focus with Sir Bernard Ingham
Up to our ears in debt but value for money still has no appeal
Well, now we know how much Chancellor George Osborne is committed to value for money in energy policy. Not much. True, in his autumn statement he halved subsidies for solar panels but only because their cost has come down substantially. He also brought in £250m energy cost relief for intensive energy users who are supposed to be a prime target for reducing carbon emissions, thereby complicating energy policy still further while usefully helping to retain heavy industry in the UK.
A joint venture company has been formed aimed at evaluating the possible construction of a number of European pressurised water reactor (EPR) units in Italy.
Finland will need additional generating capacity to satisfy increasing demand for electricity over the next 10 to 30 years, according to a new survey of executives in the country’s major industrial companies.
The UK should aim to generate 35 to 40 percent of electricity from nuclear power beyond 2030, according to a report on energy security commissioned by prime minister Gordon Brown.
A joint venture company has been formed aimed at evaluating the possible construction of a number of European pressurised water reactor (EPR) units in Italy.
The generic design assessment (GDA) process that could pave the way for construction of a new generation of nuclear power plants in the UK is on track for completion within the next two years.
The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) saw its income rise by more than a third in the financial year 2008-2009, partly because of higher sales from two of the country’s oldest nuclear power plants.
The European Nuclear Safety Regulations Group (ENSREG) has recommended the creation and implementation of national radwaste and spent fuel management programmes within the EU.
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company, the Nuclear Power Institute of China and the China North Nuclear Fuel Corporation to assess the use of thorium fuel in Candu nuclear reactor units.
The incoming director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said there should be no “rush” into developing a multinational framework that guarantees stable supplies of nuclear fuel.
