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Key UK government ministers are involved in discussions over how to support the construction of new NPPs with some senior Treasury (economic and finance ministry) officials hostile to any direct state subsidy, the Financial Times reported on 13 February.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-ministers-look-at-nuclear-finance-options-5741614
Electricite de France (EDF) is seeking additional funding to finance its planned GBP18bn ($25.8bn) nuclear plant at Hinkley Point C in the UK. EDF's board had been due to discuss the issue at its meeting on 27 January to finalise its decision on building two EPR units at Hinkley Point, but the issue was taken off the agenda, according to press reports. A final investment decision could now be announced on 16 February when EDF is scheduled to report its annual results.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 28 January 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-delays-hinkley-point-decision-4795697
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has a problem with the world’s largest stocks of reactor-grade plutonium. The international association Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy view this as a one-time opportunity to benefit several advanced nuclear energy developments, none of which are acknowledged by DECC. By Brendan McNamara
Weak, short distance radiation makes it warm; so it is safe to hold but not to swallow. UK reactor grade plutonium is unsuitable for making weapons. And small-scale uses of UK plutonium could never go critical
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmarter-uses-for-plutonium