A Nuclear Renaissance?
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- Nuclear renaissance. // Professional Engineering;9/20/2006, Vol. 19 Issue 17, p33
The article focuses on the call to reinvigorate the nuclear industry in the government's energy review in Great Britain. The review emphasizes the contribution of nuclear power stations in meeting the country's energy policy goals. Also, the review suggested for the private sector to initiate,...
- NUCLEAR FALLOUT�. // Personnel Today;6/5/2007, p2
The article informs that the union for scientists and engineers has warned that skills shortages could wreck the British government's nuclear-reliant energy policy. Two separate reports in 2006 have found that an overwhelming majority of companies in the nuclear industry were experiencing skills...
- Assessment of Nuclear Technology: A Lesson of Tarapur. // Philosophy & Social Action;Oct-Dec2005, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p55
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- A real lack of energy? Atkinson, James // Contract Journal;7/19/2006, Vol. 434 Issue 6584, p9
The article reflects on the results of the review of the nuclear energy policy in Great Britain. He expects that the costs of designing, building and managing nuclear power plants will be covered by the private sector. He cites that there is no guarantee that the sector will obtain return on...
- The Czech Nuclear Power Industry in the European Context. Dr�bov�, Dana // Czech Business & Trade;2005 Supplement, p10
This article discusses the Czech Republic's nuclear power industry within the context of the European Union's (EU) energy policy. The EU recognizes that it has no reasonable replacement for nuclear power plants in the next five decades. Safe use of nuclear energy in the country rests on three...
- COMMENT: Nuclear Nonsense. // Progressive;Nov91, Vol. 55 Issue 11, p8
The article presents the author's observation on the nuclear power issue in the U.S. Almost everyone seems to have gotten the word about the disadvantages and dangers of nuclear power. In the mid-1970s, two out of three Americans favored building more nuclear power plants. By the time President...
- Tough times for the forces of reaction. // Marketing Week (01419285);12/1/2005, Vol. 28 Issue 48, p21
The article discusses the problem with communicating nuclear energy benefits in Great Britain. The current generation is prepared to believe that there is no chicanery to which the nuclear industry won't descend in supporting an untenable reputation. It would be accurate to depict the Energy...
- U.S. President's National Energy Policy. Cheney,, Richard B. // Nuclear Plant Journal;Jul/Aug2001, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p47
Presents an excerpt of the 'National Energy Policy' report prepared by the National Energy Policy Group headed by United States Vice President Richard B. Cheney. Percentage of nuclear energy used in the US electricity generation; Improvement of the performance of nuclear energy plant...
- Government trawls for views on nuclear. Dooley, Trevor // Utility Week;5/17/2002, Vol. 17 Issue 20, p8
Reports on a consultation in which the U.S. Department of Trade and Industry asked respondents to consider the feasibility of Great Britain's carbon emissions reduction targets without nuclear power. Comment of Energy Minister Brian Wilson on the consultation; Overview of nuclear policy...
