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Fessenheim- France’s oldest nuclear power plant to close by 2016
French Environment Minister Philippe Martin, in an interview with Le Journal de Dimanche, has announced that the country's oldest nuclear plant of Fessenheim, northeastern France, is expected to be closed by the end of 2016, as promised also by the French president Francois Hollande during the electoral campaign.
read more... 24/07/2013
European Commission to enact potential nuclear power subsidies
The European Commission is set to enact new draft guidelines for subsidies to nuclear power projects.
read more... 23/07/2013
The future of nuclear in UK
Currently the UK has 16 reactors generating on average about 19% of its electricity and all but one of these will be retired by 2023.The country has a number of reactors which are currently reaching the end of their working life, and it is now unclear how they will be replaced.
read more... 22/07/2013
China boosts nuclear capacity
China's installed nuclear power capacity in 2015 will reach 42 GW, accounting for 10% of the world's total, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
read more... 17/07/2013
Germany's dependence on coal to continue for a long time
Germany intends to reduce reliance on imported oil and has started the phase-out of aging nuclear power stations, meanwhile the German government has adopted a target of achieving 20% of the country's energy share from renewable sources by 2020.
read more... 11/07/2013