Latest news
TEPCO seeks extra funds for Fukushima compensation
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which is the Fukushima power plant operator, asked the Japanese government for additional aid equivalent to 690 billion yen (£5.6 billion) in order to help meet its obligations to disaster victims.
read more... 27/12/2011
TEPCO: Dismantling Fukushima will take about 40 years
Japan’s government announced today that it aims to decommission the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in up to 40 years, adding that it will take up to 25 years to gather the nuclear fuel that was dispersed inside the reactors.
read more... 21/12/2011
Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act introduced by the U.S. House of Representatives
The Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act (H.R. 3680) was recently introduced by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Diana DeGette in the U.S. House of Representatives. It comprises several amendments to be applied on small and conduit hydropower facilities, as well some changes to be made in the licensing process.
read more... 20/12/2011
Small reactors to play a key role in the USA future energy supply
According to new studies from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), the future of U.S. nuclear power generation could rely on small modular reactors rather than on giant facilities.
read more... 19/12/2011
EDF Energy to increase its nuclear investment in UK
While the majority of energy companies are phasing out the nuclear energy, EDF Energy announces that it will increase its current 300 million pound investment on UK nuclear plants in order to adopt extra safety rules imposed by the British energy watchdog, following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
read more... 16/12/2011