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Mini-nuclear power plants will be allowed almost anywhere outside built-upareas, as ministers relax planning rules to allow a “reawakening” ofatomic electricity. Under plans to quadruple capacity in the next quarterof a century, ministers want a fleet of “small modular reactors” to bebuilt across Britain alongside large power plants. Unlike conventionalplants, small modular reactors do not…

Yeah. It's happened already. And many thanks to the American media (CNN) for letting me know. Not that it was discussed in the Australian Parliament or anything like that. But don't worry. Our Defence Minister Richard Marles has it all in hand. I believe that he's going to make an announcement to the Australian public soon. So no need to…

Following the December 2023 revelations in The Guardian alleging misconductamongst some officers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and a ‘toxic workculture' amongst police and civilian staff employed at the Sellafieldnuclear complex, the Chair of the UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authoritieswrote to the Chief Constable outlining our concerns and offering him an‘opportunity' to respond. The letter…

EDF Energy is once again in talks with Somerset Council to negotiate anincrease in workers on the site. Cllr Leigh Redman, Bridgwater Town Councilspokesperson for Nuclear Issues, said that the original development consentorder (DCO) signed by the secretary of state, indicated that at peak thenumber of workers on site would be 5,600. This number was…

EDF looks to delay closure of four UK nuclear power plants  Four of Britain’s dwindling fleet of nuclear power plants look set toremain on stream for at least a further two years, EDF Energy announced onTuesday, as the French state-owned operator said it aimed to halt sevenyears of declining output. The UK’s nuclear generating capacity…

 Last year saw a record number of UK newspaper editorials opposing climateaction – almost exclusively from right-leaning titles – new CarbonBrief analysis shows. The analysis is based on hundreds of UK nationalnewspaper editorials, which are the formal “voice” of the publications.The 354 editorials published in 2023 relating to energy and climate changeadd to thousands more…

 The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven byhuman-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weatherevent. Last year was about 1.48C warmer than the long-term average beforehumans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels, the EU's climateservice says. Almost every day since July has seen a new global…

 Unplanned outages at Hartlepool nuclear power plant's two 620-MW reactorsare set to last until Feb. 4 and Feb. 6, UK operator EDF Energy said intransparency notes Jan. 8. Production at the County Durham site innortheast England had ceased Jan. 6 "for maintenance activities", EDFEnergy said. No further details were available. The outage at Hartlepoolcompounds UK…

 EDF Energy is planning to extend the life of four nuclear power stationsin the UK and step up investment in its British nuclear fleet. The Frenchenergy company said it would make a decision on whether to extend the lifeof the four UK plants with advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) – Torness,Heysham 1 and 2, and Hartlepool…

While Emmanuel Macron continues to affirm his attachment to the atom,Yannick Jadot, Marine Tondelier, Eric Piolle and Sandra Regol are callingon France not to get stuck again in costly and dangerous dependence on thisenergy. At the end of 2023, first in a forum, then in his wishes to theFrench, President Macron reaffirmed his attachment to…