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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.
Diligence and vigilance must continue in preparation for the construction of new nuclear power plants worldwide, according to a new publication by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Senior executives from some of the world’s biggest nuclear utilities were in Paris this week for a meeting with leaders of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO).
RWE Npower has secured options to buy land at two sites for possible nuclear power generation on the Cumbrian coast in north-west England. The company has also received a grid connection offer for one of the sites.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a finding of ‘no significant impact’ on the final environmental assessment for the remote-handled waste disposition project at its Idaho site.
Further steps are needed to protect people from radioactively contaminated material that can end up at scrap yards, including material from the demolition or decommissioning of nuclear installations, experts at a conference in Spain have said.
The environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for a proposed new nuclear plant in Finland meets relevant legislative requirements in terms of its content, according to the country’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE).
Recommendations for future operations at the Petten high-flux reactor (HFR) in the Netherlands have been published today by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
A new report published in the US has outlined the research that is needed in an effort to deploy nuclear energy in the decades ahead and to make sure it has a prominent role in meeting the nation’s energy needs.
