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16 May (NucNet): A five-party agreement has been finalised that will extend uranium enrichment operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky for another year.
16 May (NucNet): Global energy consumption will double by mid-century and if demand is to be met the energy mix should include one-third nuclear power, a scientist has said.
15 May (NucNet): A “contract for difference” (CFD) policy needs to be in place in the UK if potential investors are to consider building new nuclear power plants, executives from RWE and E.ON told the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee today.
14 May (NucNet): The European nuclear industry says it welcomes the fact that “no urgent actions” questioning the continued operation of nuclear power plants in Europe have been identified as a result of stress tests carried out across the EU following the March 2011 accident at Fukushima-Daiichi.
14 May (NucNet): A conference in the US aims to help nuclear professionals understand power uprate projects such as those being carried out at nuclear plants by Entergy, Dominion and Constellation Energy.
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