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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.
France is planning to establish a fast breeder reactor (FBR) programme by 2012 with a demonstration unit operational by 2020, a conference in Paris has been told.
Despite the global recession the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revised upwards its projections for nuclear power generating capacity in the medium term.
Doubts about the future of the US Yucca Mountain repository programme concern questions of policy rather than the technical aspects of the project, the international conference Global 2009* in Paris was told today.
Russia is aiming for nuclear energy to account for up to 80 percent of domestic electricity generation by the end of the century, it was confirmed today.
The worldwide nuclear energy revival is "here to stay", the head of France's Areva group told the opening day of an international conference in Paris today.
Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has disputed claims concerning the continuation of work at the construction site of the country’s Olkiluoto-3 (OL-3) reactor unit.
The EU is “well-positioned” to become an energy technology leader thanks to proven experience with nuclear energy, a large share of renewables and the start of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, according to a new publication.
A Finnish local authority has approved an application to expand the country’s Olkiluoto final disposal facility to accommodate spent fuel from a proposed third unit at the Loviisa nuclear plant.
British construction company Costain Group said its profits for the first half of 2009 fell a third but its order book had grown 25 percent over the last year, partly because of opportunities in the nuclear energy sector.
