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Nuclear News: 20 month delay in groundwork for Florida nuclear power

 

Nuclear: Mickey Mouse energy solutionToday's big stories from the nuclear industry:

World Nuclear News: Delay in groundwork for Florida nuclear
’New nuclear power in Florida has been put back by 20 months after regulators
ruled that no excavation may take place ahead of full permission to build.’

Reuters: Turkish nuclear plant assessment ready next week
’ANKARA, May 6 (Reuters) - An assessment of a tender to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant will be submitted to the energy ministry next week, Turkish
Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday.’

Peterborough Examiner: Darlington nuclear plan draws criticism
’Opponents of the construction of new nuclear reactors at Darlington unfurled a
banner and handed out pamphlets at an Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
information session in Peterborough yesterday.’

WCAX.COM: State Sues Over Nuclear Waste
‘The state of Vermont is suing the federal government over nuclear waste at
Vermont Yankee.’

Russia Today: World’s first nuclear ice breaker to become a museum and hotel
’A Soviet legend of the 20th century, the ‘Lenin’, the first civil
nuclear-powered ice breaker, has been moored for good – but only to be reborn
as a museum and luxury hotel.’

NYSE Euronext: Mining: AREVA and Namibia Strengthen Their Strategic Partnership
’AREVA (Paris:CEI) CEO Anne Lauvergeon and Erkki Nghimtina, Namibian Minister of Mines and Energy, today signed an industrial partnership in the presence of Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba.’

Reuters: Tepco may restart nuclear reactor on Friday –Nikkei
’TOKYO, May 6 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) (9501.T) may begin a
trial run of the No. 7 reactor at its quake-hit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear
power plant, the world's biggest, as soon as Friday, the Nikkei business daily
reported on Wednesday.’

Monsters and Critics: Mishap at Hungarian nuclear reactor
’Budapest - In a mishap during maintenance work, a device that measured neutron
flow fell into the Block 4 reactor at the nuclear power plant in Paks, but no
radioactivity was released, plant administrators said Tuesday.’

Winnipeg Free Press: Nuke power should be no-go for energy-rich Alberta
’Before he was killed in an airplane crash in 1984, Grant Notley was a New
Democrat MLA and party leader widely respected by Albertans of all political
stripes. Today his daughter, NDP MLA Rachel Notley, is continuing his legacy of
excellence by holding the provincial government's feet to the fire. Just
recently, she's made headlines by exposing the Conservatives' so-called "public
consultation" about nuclear energy as a complete and utter sham.’

Your Project News: Argentina: Minister says country planning fourth nuclear plant
’Argentina's government is planning to develop a fourth nuclear plant, planning
minister Julio de Vido said.’

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