1. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries set up Fast Breeder reactors
Mitsubishi have set up a company (Mitsubishi FBR) to develop fast breeder reactors for a Japanese national nuclear . They plan to have a demonstration reactor running by 2025 and plan commercial units by 2050. Fast breeder reactors can either be set up to generate more fuel than they use - or can be configured to 'burn' some used nuclear fuel waste products.
MHI only recently announced that they would be developing a fast reactor design that would be used to burn waste products for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, a US-led initiative designed to help address concerns about proliferation.
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2.Belgian government retaining nuclear power as an economic and low-carbon source of baseload electricity
A report commissioned by the Belgian government to help guide energy policy to 2030 has backed retaining nuclear power as an economic and low-carbon source of baseload electricity.
Belgium's Energy Challenges towards 2030 by the Commission on Energy said that to meet current and future energy needs, avoid a doubling of electricity prices and reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, Belgium must scrap its policy to phase out nuclear power.
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3.)UK to Dispose of Radioactive Wastes
The UK has begun a consultation on how to choose a site to permanently dispose of its radioactive wastes. The idea is that the public are involved from the very start - having already commented on ways to store the nasty stuff last year through the CoRWM consultation. If everyone has a chance to input to the methods of choosing a site, that should make the next stage - choosing a site - more transparent. The government hopes to build trust so that more communities volunteer to play host to the waste facilities.
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