Forum Archive Index - June 2003

[Robin Benson <rob@hammerheadmedia.co.uk>]

Apologies for replying with a bunch of links, but they might give  
readers an idea as to how the nuclear energy situation has panned out  
in the UK (and where British Energy have been). No energy source is  
immune from mismanagement, and appearing to be cheap but coming back to  
bite you in the bum -- especially nuclear, which doesn't equate to  
cheap in the long term when all costs are considered.

Sellafield customers in trouble
http://www.bellona.no/en/energy/nuclear/sellafield/26509.html

British Energy announces huge losses
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,858781,00.html

Nuclear phase out in UK
http://www.bellona.no/en/energy/nuclear/sellafield/28047.html

Gaping hole in British Energy nuclear cleanup fund
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19048/newsDate/13- 
Dec-2002/story.htm

  "spreading the pain":

British Energy troubles called lesson for Point Lepreau
http://www.energyprobe.org/energyprobe/ 
index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=5334

" ... Renewed public skepticism about official safety assurances is not  
the only thing putting the brakes on the MOX program. In the weeks  
before the accident, the British newspaper The Independent disclosed  
that workers at the British Nuclear Fuel (BNFL) MOX fuel plant at  
Sellafield had falsified quality control data for 22 lots of MOX  
pellets destined for the Takahama 3 reactor. This revelation was bad  
news, especially in light of the fact that a shipment of eight MOX fuel  
assemblies manufactured at the same plant was already on its way to the  
Takahama 4 reactor. If they were defective, the pellets might cause a  
number of problems. ... "
http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/2000/ma00/ma00lyman-dolley.html

Solid gold hits -- substitute "rail" for energy as required ...

British Energy pleads for state bailout
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2240233.stm

Taxpayers Shoulder British Energy Burden
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:bf2hsxGxdzQJ:xtramsn.co.nz/ 
business/0,,5086- 
1960679,00.html+british+nuclear+energy+trouble&hl=en&start=10&lr=lang_da 
%7Clang_en%7Clang_sv&ie=UTF-8

Robin

On Sunday, Jun 1, 2003, at 07:41 Europe/London, Jim Insley wrote:

> Hi macdunk.
>  Atomic power is a cheap system for stationary power
>  
>         Where did you get that idea? And would you invest in a NZ  
> company proposing to use nuclear power?
>          But the 'greed and stupidity' bit I just HAVE to agree with.
>  
>    Cheers Jim.


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