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The nuclear industry took part in the UN climate talks this week at a time when the subject is no longer merely climate change, but climate emergency. At a side-event organised by Nuclear for Climate, panellists described how nuclear power is an essential part of the global response to that emergency.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 07 December 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-for-Climate-speaks-at-COP-25
Nuclear energy is a mature and proven low-carbon source of electricity, with a 60-year track record of providing reliable and safe operation. Further innovation and technological development will enable even wider applications aimed at deep decarbonisation of economies around the world and supporting sustainable development. This was the message of King Lee, director of the Harmony Programme at World Nuclear Association, to delegates at the UN side event for Sustainable Development Goal 9, held today at COP25 in Madrid.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-Nuclear-energy-innovation-for-clean-growth
Kyrgyzstan's parliament on 2 May voted to ban uranium exploration and mining despite previously issuing licences to foreign companies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 07 May 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskyrgyzstan-bans-uranium-mining-as-environmental-remediation-work-begins-7195677
Alstom has opened a new $300 million production facility in Tennessee to supply steam turbines, gas turbines, large turbo-generators and related equipment for the North American fossil fuel and nuclear power generation market. The factory, which will create 350 jobs, will also be used to retrofit existing steam turbines.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 25 June 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsalstom-opens-us-turbine-facility