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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.
Russia expects to build 12 nuclear reactor units in other countries by 2020, Atomenergoprom deputy director Vladislav Korogodin told a forum in Ukraine.
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has reached an agreement with Electricite de France (EDF) for the joint marketing of land at its Wylfa, Bradwell and Oldbury sites.
24 Sept (NucNet): Electricite de France (EDF) confirmed today that it
has made an offer for British Energy, saying the bid has the support of
the British Energy board and represents an "exciting opportunity".
24 Sept (NucNet): The UK government has given further details of
today's announcement by Electricite de France (EDF) that it has made an
offer to acquire British Energy (BE).
23 Sept (NucNet): The use of the International Atomic Energy Agency's
(IAEA) "systematic, integrated and tailored review services" and
compliance with IAEA safety standards should be a prerequisite at every
stage of a state's nuclear power development, the agency's
director-general Mohamed ElBaradei told the board of governors
yesterday.
23 Sept (NucNet): A team assembled by the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) has completed a two-week review of Germany's nuclear
regulatory system, identifying good practices within the system and
giving advice on some areas for further improvement.
18 Sept (NucNet): The UK nuclear industry has welcomed what it called
"a strong statement" from secretary of state for business, enterprise
and regulatory reform John Hutton in which the minister said new
nuclear development is "indispensable" to the UK.
19 Sept (NucNet): Brazil's nuclear energy company Eletronuclear has
submitted a national energy plan to the government that includes
proposals to build four 1,000-megawatt nuclear units and to complete
Angra-3.
19 Sept (NucNet): The production forecast for 2008 from the combined
operations of Canada's McArthur River and Key Lake uranium mines has
been revised downwards, Cameco Corporation said today.
