![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]()
London (AFP) Sept 11, 2008 German energy group EON, which wants to build nuclear power stations in Britain, on Thursday signed an agreement enabling it to connect with the British national power network, an EON spokesman said. The deal, signed with the British group National Grid, calls for the eventual connection of a new nuclear reactor that could be built next to a reactor already in service in Oldbury, near Gloucester in western England. "We clearly want to build new nuclear power stations in the UK; we have a shortlist of sites that we're looking at at the moment and this is kind of dotting the i's and crossing the t's" if we decided to build a station at Oldbury, a spokesman for EON UK told AFP. "But it doesn't mean that we have an application for a new nuclear station at Oldbury," he added. The British government decided at the start of the year to build new reactors to replace the country's ageing nuclear power facilities in a bid to bolster national energy security. Related Links
![]() ![]() Rising fuel prices, environmental improvements and planning for additional carbon-free nuclear power to meet future growth will increase the cost of electricity next year, Progress Energy Florida has announced. |
![]() |
|
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement |