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Four nuke plants to start by 2014
2 hours ago ago from Infoseekchi
Source: By Wan Zhihong and Chen Jialu (China Daily) China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG), one of the country's two major nuclear power plant operators, plans to start operation of four plants between 2013 and 2014, the company said yesterday. The four nuclear power projects are Taishan and Yangjiang nuclear power plants in Guangdong province, Fangchenggang plant in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and Ningde ...
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4 hours ago ago from SUWARJI GUNTURGENI
by Inra Sumahamijaya on 24/07/09 at 8:10 am | 1 Comment | Print article | Email article AP1000-china-majarimagazine Nuclear reactor development in China Development of nuclear power in the world the first time based on the AP1000 reactor technology from the U.S. Westinghouse Electric announced by China in April 2009 yesterday. Development that began with 5200 cubic meters of poured cement in the island province of Zhejiang Sanmen ...
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13 hours ago ago from Energy from Thorium
Here are two articles. Both are in the New York Times. Both are written by Matthew Wald. Both are about "nuclear power" (meaning light-water reactors in this case). But they are separated in time by twenty years: The Nuclear Industry Tries Again, Nov. 29, 1989 Every plant of the more than 100 ordered since 1973 has been canceled, and many others are approaching retirement. But reactor manufacturers say that fears of global warming - the ...
Related contentWired features Kirk Sorensen, Thorium and the LFTR
15 hours ago ago from The Nuclear Green Revolution
Kirk Sorensen, a young NASA Engineer, is an important figure in the internet discussion of energy issues. His may lead a revolution that will change the lives of every person on Earth. Kirk's principle contribution is to revive interest in the Thorium fuel cycles , and in the use of the liquid salt reactor concept that Oak Ridge scientists developed two generations ago . Last summer Kirk traveled to Manchester, England where he spoke before a ...
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3 hours ago ago from Fine Structure
Wired is currently running an article about Thorium nuclear reactors, an idea pioneered by Alvin Weinberg at Oak Ridge in the 1950s. Thorium is apparently a better nuclear fuel than Uranium, Uranium only won out in the 60s because the result of Uranium reactors - highly dangerous and weapons-grade plutonium - was in demand for the upcoming arms race against the Soviets. Thorium reactors are based on similar principles to todays reactors; ...
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Nuclear Power, Long Dormant, Gets Wake-Up Call
22 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON When experts on power grid reliability asked themselves recently how a cleaner energy future would look, seven of eight regional councils imagined how their systems would work with 10 percent wind power. A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. Only one, representing the southeastern United States, chose a radically different option: doubling nuclear power capacity. Thirty years after the ...
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