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2010-02-02

Marroco intends to build NPPs

...to mitigate climate change
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2010-02-01

Second reactor in Krsko (Slovenia)?

Work on new-built in Sweden ongoing

Germany decides on Asse rad waste removal

The rad. waste stored in Germany's Asse radioactive waste disposal facility will be removed
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2009-12-31

Visaginas unit 2 (Lithuania) shut down

The last Lithuanian nuclear reactor was permanently shut down by the end of 2009
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2009-12-20

Arab Emirates accepted bid for 4 nuclear power reactors

Operation of the 5,6 GWe should start in 2020
A South Korean consortium won the bid.
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2009-12-10

Demonstration against transportation of nuclear waste

At the intermediate storage in Ahaus (Germany) a demonstration will take place on Dec. 20, 14:00
More information: http://www.kein-castor-nach-ahaus.de/

2009-11-27

New reactors in Kozloduy (Bulgaria)?

Despite ongoing problems at the Belene construction site a new built at the nuclear site Kozloduy is considered in Bulgaria
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2009-11-03

Finland: EPR I&C systems don't comply with the independence principle

Lithuania: Contract for Ignalina waste repository signed

A consortium led by France's Areva has been awarded a contract to design a near-surface repository for low- and intermediate-level waste (LLW/ILW) at Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power plant.
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2009-11-02

Bids for new reactor in Temelin

Possible new-build in Sweden

Vattenfall has launched a joint-project on low-carbon future energy production. Nuclear new-build is an option
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2009-10-28

GB: Huge NPP in Sellafield planned

RWE officially withdraws from Belene NPP project

Unregistered plutonium found in France

Belgium delays nuclear phase-out until 2025

German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) warns that nuclear power is no climate saver

Recommendation of the UBA: Emission rights have to be taken from the market
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2009-Sept

Belarus wants to build first NPP

New reactor in the Netherlands planned

Traktor trek German anti nuclear demonstration

A big anti-nuclear demonstration took place in Germany on Saturday
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2009-09-01

Working conditions in French NPPs worsen

Areva threatens to put final stages of construction of the Olkiluoto-EPR on ice

Egypt receives nuclear safety consultancy bids

IAEA allowed to visit Iran research reactor

Africa declared nuclear weapon free zone

A treaty has been signed, that officially makes Africa a nuclear weapon free zone

2009-08-12

Poland aims to generate nuclear power before 2021

High chance for Bulgaria to cancel Belene NPP project

According to Deputy Prime Minister Simeon Djankov there is a 80% chance that Bulgaria will cancel the construction of Belene NPP due to shortage in government funds.
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2009-07-10

Italy adopts new energy legislation

"The adoption of new energy legislation in Italy means the official end of anti-nuclear policies. Planning for new reactors can now begin in earnest."
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2009-07-02

STUK requests further clarification of the automation system design for the Olkiluoto 3 project

New Dutch reactor planned

A new unit is planned at the Dutch NPP Borssele. Delta has formally launched a process that will probably lead to an application to build a new nuclear power plant to be in operation by 2018.

2009-06-11

Contracts for completion of Mochovce 2/4 have been signed

Accident in Sizewell A more serious than revealed

Expansion of nuclear fuel repository in Finland approved

SKB today announced the site for a permanent disposal site for used nuclear fuel in Sweden:

It will be at Forsmark
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2009-05-30

Shutdown of Cernavoda (Romania)

Due to a burst water pipe on of the reactors of Cernavoda had to be shut down temporary
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2009-05-28

Link of WHO and IAEA

An agreement made in 1959 gives the IAEA an effective veto on actions by the WHO that relate to nuclear power:
Whenever one of the two organisations wants to do anything in which the other might have an interest, it "shall consult the other with a view to adjusting the matter by mutual agreement".
By the agreement the WHO may have underestimated the real risk of nuclear radiation and the death toll of Chernobyl.
The British radiation biologist Keith Baverstock says that current risk models for nuclear radiation were understating the real hazards.
read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/28/who-nuclear-power-chernobyl

2009-05-21

Dramatic cost increase in nuclear power built

... according to a study of the MIT
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2009-05-20

Start of assembly of world's first floating NPP

in St Petersburg
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2009-05-08

Yucca mountain terminated

The budget request for the final repository project in Yucca mountain (USA) has been terminated
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2009-05-01

Environmental OK for Visaginas nuclear plant

Plans to build a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania have received approval from the country's Ministry of Environment.
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2009-04-28

Plans for nuclear power station to replace wind farm in Great Britain

(information distributed by no-nukes list)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/28/haverigg-turbines-nuclear-power-plant

2009-04-25

Earthquake in Bulgaria at planned site for Belene NPP

No new nukes in the US?

Energy Regulatory Chief Says New Coal, Nuclear Plants May Be Unnecessary
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2009-04-21

Appeal against Lithuanian EIA

NGOs filed an appeal against the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment report by the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment.
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2009-04-15

Sites of potential new for nukes in UK named

The UK government has published a list of eleven potential sites for new nuclear power plants, which have been nominated through the Strategic Siting Assessment process.
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2009-04-01

No THTR in South Africa

The plans to construct the Thorium High Temperature Reactor (THTR) near Cape Town have been cancelled. 980 million US-dollar will have been invested into the project by 2010.
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2009-03-20

Nigeria plans to start nuclear programme

No new reactors needed in Finland?

The Finnish minister of economic affairs Mauri Pekkarinen said in an interview that no new reactors were needed after Olkiluoto-3. Currently the applications for three new reactors are in progress.
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2009-03-12

Change in financing plans for new NPP in Lithuania

Completion of NPP in Brazil?

An environmental licence has been given for the completing of a power reactor in Brazil.
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2009-03-05

Obama dumps Yucca Mountain final repository

Scoping of EIA for Mochovce 3,4 is published.

An English version is available under:
http://eia.enviroportal.sk/detail/atomova-elektraren-mochovce-vver-4x-440-mw-3-stavba
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2009-02-06

Russia offers Siemens a co-operation on nuclear power.

Sweden plans to lift ban on nuclear power

The Swedish government announced that it wanted to overturn its nearly 30-year-old decision to phase out nuclear power and perhaps replace the 10 NPPs still in operation with new ones. read more

2009-02-04

New NPPs for India

French nuclear company AREVA and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) signed a declaration of intent to build NPPs in India.
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2009-02-02

Restart of uranium mining in Czech Republic?

Diamo has submitted a proposal for the restart of uranium mining at historic mine site of Straz pod Ralskem
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2009-01-29

Second EPR for France

The French president Nicolas Sarkozy announces the intent of France to build a second EPR (European pressurized reactor) in France.
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2009-01-26

Siemens announces its intent to sell its stake in the nuclear joint venture Areva NP. The majority shareholder Areva SA will be the buyer of the shares.

2009-01-24

300 demonstrate in Oulu against nuclear power and uranium mining projects

Recommissioning of Bulgarian NPP?

The Bulgarian parliament announced that Bulgaria plans to recommission the two reactors in Kozloduy, which have been shutdown in 2007.
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2009-01-23

Stutdown of reactor 1 in Temelin

Poland plans the construction of NPPs

The Polish government announced that it planned to build two new nuclear reactors for maintaining the security of energy supplies. Currently there are no NPPs operating in Poland. The Å»arnowiec Nuclear Power Plant project, which was supposed to be Poland's first NPP, was abandoned after protests in the early 1990ies, although it was nearly finished at that time.

2009-01-14

AREVA-Siemens estimates Olkiluoto 3 will be completed in summer of 2012

Recomissioning at Bohunice?

Due to the Russion stop of gas supply the head of the Slowakian government Fico announces the recommissioning of the reactor in Bohunice that has been shutdown in Dec. 2008.
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2008-12-18

The Slowakian Government plans to build a new NPP (V-3) at the Bohunice NPP-area. The French company AREVA has been commissioned with the construction works.