
World Nuclear News :: Who says nuclear can't do combined heat and power?
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Site licenses have been granted for the new Seversk nuclear power plant in Russia's Tomsk Oblast. One role for the plant will be to heat the local city.

Diego
i'm a physics
engineer from a third world contry and my realm is high energy physics,
I'd be quiete eager to study and research about nuclear fusion as a new
form of energy. but here in colombia are no universities interested in
that and studying abroad it's a problem because of money. does anybody
know abuot studentship or sponsorship in uk or canada???

World Nuclear News :: The pace of nuclear development in China is staggering. Anywhere else in the world this kind of thing would be massive news. In China? Business as usual.
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Chinese planners are moving ahead with three new nuclear power plants based on AP1000 reactors - the first to be developed after technology transfer from Westinghouse.

World Nuclear News will be at the UK Young Generation Network dinner tonight

World Nuclear News a subtle but very significant move from Greenpeace
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The latest manifesto from Greenpeace UK is the first ever with no explicit anti-nuclear policies. It was launched with the tagline "Change the politics. Save the climate."

World Nuclear News is concerned after a call to the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change: "Press 1 if your enquiry concerns energy; Press 2 if your enquiry concerns climate change"

World Nuclear News Belgium's doing what Germany will have to
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Politically motivated shutdowns of nuclear power plants look set to be put off for at least ten years, after an official report said the country could not manage without nuclear.

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Angela Merkel has been returned as Chancellor of Germany to form a pro-nuclear coalition and give nuclear power a future in the country. The first steps to recognising nuclear energy's role will have to come soon.

World Nuclear News wonders which other cities (outside of France!) get such a large proportion of power from nuclear
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The Daya Bay nuclear power plant will continue to figure large in the Chinese region's power supply after the approval of a 20-year contract extension. Some 70% of the plant's output is routed to Hong Kong, making up 25% of electricity.

World Nuclear News Should some emotion be used to humanise the nuclear sector?
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A nuclear plant as the setting for a new hit TV series? Popular entertainment media could prove to be more effective at engaging public support and acceptance for nuclear energy than past industry attempts to convince the world of nuclear's merits.

World Nuclear News is gearing up to report from the WNA Symposium in London this week

World Nuclear News "The vessel is powered by two reactors and comes complete with a heated swimming pool, a cinema, two gymnasiums, two saunas and a basketball court as well as guard dogs to protect the crew from polar bears and rocket launchers to break up tough bits of ice."
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A group of arctic researchers are aboard the nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal in search of a new home.

World Nuclear News
will be observing the climate camp tomorrow, part of which will start from St. James's Square where WNN is based. http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/london -2009/swoop
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On Wed 26th August, the Camp for Climate Action will take back the city of London in a massive public swoop. Everyone is welcome to join us, as we converge on the secret location where the camp will rise

World Nuclear News - big money that used to be spent on gas is now going into nuclear
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The purchase of an EPR simulator has revealed the seriousness of GdF Suez's ambitions in nuclear power. The company is building a portfolio of projects, including majority ownership and operating rights.
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