Centre to set up two nuclear power plants.
Byline: Manika Gupta NEW DELH: The UPA Government will to go ahead with its plan to set up two major nuclear power plants, one each in Rajasthan and Gujarat. The two plants with four heavy water reactors of 700 Mw capacities each will add 2800 Mw nuclear...

Westinghouse wins deal to build 4 nuclear power plants in China.
Byline: EMMA GRAHAMHARRISON BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) -- China and the United States agreed a deal on Saturday allowing Westinghouse Electric Co. to build four civilian nuclear power plants in China, nudging out French rival Areva to win a contract estimated at $ 8 billion. ...

TXU Announces Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plants.
ENERGY RESOURCE-31 August 2006-TXU Announces Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plants(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Texas energy company TXU Corp. today announced that it plans to file applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for combined Construction and Operating Licenses (COLs) that would add two to six...

Making renewable energy practical: can we reliably, efficiently, and economically store energy to make solar and wind power viable options to replace fossil-fuel or nuclear plants?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Few things get our attention more quickly than a loss of electric power. Many of our activities cease the instant energy from a generator many miles away stops supplying the electricity to light our homes or businesses, run our computers, lift our elevators, operate the...

Brave nuclear world? The planet is warming, and proponents of nuclear power say they've got the answer. Are nuclear plants the climate cavalry? First of two parts.
A few miles down an idyllic New England country road dotted with handsome homesteads and gentleman farms in central Connecticut sits the Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant--or what's left of it. After shutting down in 1996, the 590-megawatt reactor is nearing the end of its decommissioning, a process spokesperson...

Nuclear reactors invade the Middle East: a race for nuclear power in the countries of the Middle East region has been spurred by Iran, which has invited international offers for the construction of two more atomic power plants despite international controversy.
IRAN'S FRENZIED ATOMIC energy construction programme backed by the development of a long-range, nuclear-capable delivery system has plunged the Arab Middle East and Turkey into a headlong race to match its capacity. The rulers of the region still talk of atoms for peace and nuclear water-desalination and medicine. But...

Uncertainty clouds long-term future of operating nuclear power plants.
Long-term prospects for the 107 operating plants that supply more than 20% of the Nation's electricity are increasingly unclear, the congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) concluded. Since 1989, six nuclear power plants have been retired early, well before the expiration of the 40-year operating licenses granted by the...

Leukemia rate high near nuclear plants.
Leukemia death rates among U.S. children living near nuclear reactors rose sharply in the past 20 years. A study in the November 2008 issue of the European Journal of Cancer Care found the greatest mortality increases near the oldest nuclear plants, while declines were recorded near plants...

Nuclear power still not safe.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Ed Fadeley The news account of John McCain's plan to build or remodel 100 atomic plants stated that the Republican presidential candidate regards nuclear power as a "clean, safe alternative to traditional sources of energy." That is not true, unless the government keeps...

Westinghouse, Progress Energy Sign EPC Contract for Two AP1000 Nuclear Plants.
- Third U.S. EPC Contract - Commercial Operation to Begin in 2016 PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it and its partner The Shaw Group Inc.'s Power Group have signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract (EPC) with Progress Energy...