Boris gives the green light on £20bn Sizewell C nuclear plant: Government opens talks with French energy giant EDF on funding Suffolk power station By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 07:27 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 07:44 GMT, 14 December 2020 The government has opened talks with energy firm EDF on the construction of … Read more
Sizewell C nuclear power station, thrown into doubt as China ponders pulling out of £20bn project By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 11 December 2020 China is considering pulling out of the Sizewell C nuclear plant in a move that throws the future of … Read more
The great plane robbery: Thieves strike Russia’s nuke-proof ‘Doomsday jet’ flying command center and steal radio equipment Thieves broke into one of Russia’s rare Ilyushin Il-80 Maxdome aircraft on Friday They stole 39 pieces of equipment from the plane in a major security breach The plane was being given an upgrade at the time of the … Read more
Iranian parliament backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uraniaum after assassination of chief scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Draft bill calls on government to end UN inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities Government has said it considers the proposal ‘neither necessary nor useful’ Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on a major road outside Tehran on Friday … Read more
Iran parliament’s backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uraniaum after assassination of chief scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Draft bill calls on government to end UN inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities Government has said it considers the proposal ‘neither necessary nor useful’ Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on a major road outside Tehran on Friday … Read more
Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed using a remote controlled machine gun left inside a car which then blew up, sources within the country have claimed. Fakhrizadeh was shot at least three times by the gun, positioned in a Nissan pickup that was parked alongside the road he was travelling on, before it blew … Read more
Firms lined up to work on EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk say they need green light from Government by Christmas to protect 25,000 jobs By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 Firms lined up to work on EDF’s Sizewell C … Read more
Iranian nuclear scientist is ‘injured in attempted assassination near Tehran’ reports in Iran claim By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 14:16 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 14:26 GMT, 27 November 2020 A nuclear scientist dubbed ‘father of the Iranian bomb’ has been injured in an assassination attempt, state-run media reports. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi – a … Read more
The £132bn bill to make our nuclear sites safe: Decommissioning will cost a fortune and could take up to 120 years, report warns Committee said decommissioning was an ‘afterthought’ when industry started Decades of poor record-keeping has left authorities knowing too little Report into nuclear safety blames a ‘weak government oversight’ By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
Nuclear plans are ‘a canvas half-painted’: Critics warn Government’s power stations pledge lacks detail By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 22:22 GMT, 18 November 2020 Britain’s nuclear industry has welcomed a Government pledge to build new power stations but urged ministers to outline a more detailed … Read more