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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Moorside nuclear plant braced for potential Toshiba pullout

Moorside nuclear plant braced for potential Toshiba pullout
One of the new nuclear plants that Britain is relying on for energy security in coming decades has been plunged into doubt as Toshiba reviews the ...https://www.ft.com/content/fc9d036e-ea44-11e6-967b-c88452263daf
 
 
 

Fears grow over Toshiba's Cumbrian nuclear plans

NW Evening Mail -
FEARS continue to grow over plans for Cumbria's planned new power plant, after it was reported a key mover is "unlikely" to get involved in future building work outside Japan. The News & Star revealed this week that Toshiba - which has a 60 per cent ...http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/Fears-grow-over-Toshibas-Cumbrian-nuclear-plans-a74f2f54-2775-4b44-9ff6-d3c14a7c5a76-ds

Toshiba Looks for Ways to Withdraw from Nuclear Plant Construction Business

hankyung.com (press release) (registration) - ‎20 hours ago‎
After incurring a sizeable amount of losses in overseas nuclear power plant construction businesses, Toshiba plans to reduce the scale of its nuclear plant business. There is forecast that Toshiba would not only sell its stake in its nuclear plant unit ... http://english.hankyung.com/business/2017/02/04/0820501/toshiba-looks-for-ways-to-withdraw-from-nuclear-plant-construction-business

Next Generation Nuclear Reactors Stalled by Delays

Financial Tribune -
Costly delays, growing complexity and new safety requirements in the wake of the triple meltdown at Fukushima are conspiring to thwart a new age of nuclear reactor construction. So-called generation III+ reactors were supposed to have simpler designs ...https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/58814/next-generation-nuclear-reactors-stalled-by-delays

Risks mount for global nuclear plant builders

Nikkei Asian Review -
TOKYO -- Cost overruns stemming from delays and stronger safety measures have emerged as an existential threat to nuclear plant contractors. At first glance, the global market appears to be growing at a strong clip. Seventy-four reactors with an ...http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Risks-mount-for-global-nuclear-plant-builders

Blow to UK nuclear strategy as Toshiba considers pulling out of Cumbria plant

The Guardian - ‎Feb 3, 2017‎
The Moorside site, near Sellafield, above, is part of the government's strategy to build new nuclear plants to fill the energy gap. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share ...https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/03/toshiba-exit-could-scrap-plans-for-new-nuclear-power-plant-in-cumbria

Toshiba 'pulls plug' on £10bn nuclear plant in Cumbria: Accounting scandal has left Japanese firm in disarray

This is Money -
The future of one of Britain's biggest nuclear power stations has been thrown into doubt after Toshiba looked set to pull the plug on the £10billion project. The Japanese giant, which has a 60 per cent stake in the planned NuGen nuclear project in ...http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-4189890/Toshiba-pulls-plug-10bn-nuclear-plant-Cumbria.html
 Future of NuGen nuclear project in jeopardy as Toshiba may pull out
domain-B - ‎6 hours ago‎
The future of one of the UK's biggest nuclear power stations has been thrown into doubt after Toshiba's plans to pull out of the £10-billion project. The Japanese giant has taken a 60-per cent stake in the planned NuGen nuclear project in Moorside ...http://www.domain-b.com/companies/companies_t/Toshiba/20170204_project.html

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