By electrifying more track and contracting nuclear power supplies from EDF Energy the UK rail network operator will reduce fossil fuel use over the next ten years.
The British nuclear industry is on the verge of its renaissance, a London conference heard today, despite many uncertainties that remain now and for the future.
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By electrifying more track and contracting nuclear power supplies from EDF Energy the UK rail network operator will reduce fossil fuel use over the next ten years.
Some 27 hectares of land at Harwell nuclear research site has been released from the last remaining nuclear regulations by the UK parliament. The land will be reused as part of a technology park. 48.jpg "Hunterston B (Richard Webb)-48")
UK utility EDF Energy is to extend by seven years the life of four of its Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors - two each at Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B.
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has today completed the transfer of its Capenhurst site to Urenco subsidiary Capenhurst Nuclear Services.
The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted a site licence for EDF Energy's planned Hinkley Point C power station. It is the first new site licence to be awarded for a UK nuclear power station in 25 years, although further consent will be needed before construction can begin._80x48.jpg "Atlantic Osprey, 26 September 2012 (Fred Dott - Greenpeace) 80x48")
Nuclear material transporter International Nuclear Services has secured an injunction against further "irresponsible and unsafe actions" by Greenpeace towards its operations.
Sellafield Ltd is to be prosecuted over alleged mistakes made in radioactive waste disposal that saw four bags of low-level waste sent to conventional landfill. Some charges relate directly to the shipment, while others concern working practices.