Sentences with phrase «new nuclear construction»

Another potential problem stems from Heseltine's confirmation that «private finance is unlikely to be available for new nuclear construction».

Vogtle is the nation's first new nuclear construction in decades.

We have agreed a process that will allow Liberal Democrats to maintain their opposition to nuclear power while permitting the government to bring forward the national planning statement for ratification by Parliament so that new nuclear construction becomes possible.

Environmental Progress, an independent research organization, based its assessment evaluation and ranking of planned and proposed new nuclear construction projects around the world, not plants already under construction.

«One might combine climate and proliferation concerns with a way of attaching carbon credits to new nuclear construction in countries that took certain kinds of agreements around enrichment and reprocessing,» Moniz said.

Yesterday's document stated: «We have agreed a process that will allow Liberal Democrats to maintain their opposition to nuclear power while permitting the government to bring forward the national planning statement for ratification by parliament so that new nuclear construction is possible.»

Liberal Democrats have long opposed any new nuclear construction.

A State Council meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao has put a halt to new nuclear construction and approval.

Given the financial failures of French nuclear giant Areva and Japanese - owned and U.S. - based Westinghouse, Korea's withdrawal from nuclear would leave only Russia and China in the global competition for new nuclear construction.