Výběr
zpráv ze sítě NucNet - 19. týden 2013
- After generating 148 million
megawatt-hours of electricity during
nearly four decades in service, operators
disconnected Dominion’s Kewaunee
nuclear plant from the grid at 11:00
local time on 7 May 2013.
- Japan and Turkey have signed an
agreement that could lead to the
construction of Turkey’s second nuclear
power station with four Atmea1 reactor
units, a design developed by the
Areva-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries joint
venture Atmea.
VVER
2013
Experience and Perspectives after
Fukushima
11-13 November 2013, Prague
US
Nuclear Power Policy
While the USA has more private sector
participation in the production of
civilian nuclear power than any other
nation, the government is heavily
involved through safety and environmental
regulations, R&D funding, and setting
national energy goals.
Výběr
zpráv ze sítě NucNet - 18. týden 2013
- The UK has joined a new 1.6 billion
euros international project whose aims
include the development of nuclear fusion
energy as a long-term solution to dealing
with climate change.
- Japan still needs nuclear energy as a
power source and an “appropriate
political judgment” must be made as
soon as possible on the restart of the
country’s reactors, most of which
remain offline after the March 2011
Fukushima-Daiichi accident, the chairman
of the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum has
said.
Nuclear
Power in the USA
The USA is the world's largest producer
of nuclear power, accounting for more
than 30% of worldwide nuclear generation
of electricity. The country's 104 nuclear
reactors produced 821 billion kWh in
2011, over 19% of total electrical
output. There are now 103 units operable
and three under construction.
Výběr
zpráv ze sítě NucNet - 17. týden 2013
- EDF Energy is cutting the number of
people working on its planned new nuclear
plant in Somerset, England, as talks
continue with the government over a
contract price for electricity to be
produced by the plant.
- Lithuania says it plans to reopen the
project to construct a new nuclear power
plant at Visaginas, on a site next to the
shut-down Ignalinas nuclear station.
Čína
má zájem o plovoucí jaderné
elektrárny z Ruska
Mobilní jaderné elektrárny by
Číňané rádi využili pro
zásobování vrtných zařízení v
oblastech šelfové těžby ropy a plynu
při čínském pobřeží. Čína si
bude chtít objednat několik desítek
lodí.
Rusko
pomůže islamistickému Egyptu s
jaderným programem
Egyptský ministr průmyslu a obchodu
Hatim Sálih oznámil, že Rusko pomůže
jeho zemi s jaderným programem. Ten byl
zmrazen v roce 1986, ale v roce 2006
ještě vláda prezidenta Husního
Mubaraka oznámila, že program znova
oživí.
