North Korea Nuclear Test [from www.metacafe.com] NUCLEAR ENERGY: Areva to build reactors, supply nuclear fuel to China media say French nuclear energy giant Areva will conclude several major contracts with China during President Hu Jintao’s state visit to France this week, including deals to construct two nuclear reactors and for the supply of nuclear fuel, media [...]

About 3 weeks ago there was a report saying that wind turbines were inefficient and liable to breakdown. In the Times of 10th July there is a report headed “British Energy Nuclear Power Output Slides” Evidently nuclear power output fell by 17% during the second quarter.  There was a glitch at Sizewell ‘B’ nuclear power station [...]

Ah well, the Govenment have sold yet another piece of the family silver!  On 23rd April I wrote about the fact that our nuclear power industry was virtually up for grabs.  Well, the Russians didn’t get the contract. (After last night’s programme on the aftermath at Chernobil thank heavens they didn’t). The prize goes to [...]

It seem odd to me that after watching a TV programme on the decommissioning of Calder Hall,  the world beating nuclear reactor that was a British ‘First’,  that this is yet another race we have lost. Partly because of the ‘nibmby’ attitude of the prospective neighbours to alternative energy generation systems we have played back into [...]

British Energy Forced to cut Training Times in Half This is because of an acute shortage of staff 40% retiring in the next 10 years. Surely they knew this would happen? What ever happened to forward planning? (My comment) Documents seen by TheTimes show that some of the group’s programmes to train staff to “Suitably [...]