Nuclear news
Brussels complaint threatens nuclear new build
Complaint to European Commission on the legality of UK nuclear policy could stall massive new build programme
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Hinkley Point one step closer as design gets thumbs-up
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Shepley Engineers appointed to £26m Sellafield framework
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Application for first UK nuclear plant since 1980s
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Nuclear industry welcomes final Weightman report
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Government to back new generation of nuclear plants
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Hendry: 'UK needs £200bn investment in energy infrastructure'
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Magnox appoints EC Harris to support nuclear decommissioning project
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EDF nuclear plans hit by judicial review
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MPs back policy for new energy schemes
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Weightman urges UK nuclear industry to get the basics right
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Shard's Ainsworth to advise EDF on nuclear new build
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Inspector supports UK nuclear despite Japan disaster
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Green Investment Bank 'must be able to borrow'
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Rolls Royce to build factories in Rotherham
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Former Powergen boss to head nuclear regulator
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Chancellor launches £3bn green bank fund
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Japan's nuclear crisis sparks fears of delays to new UK reactors
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Huhne demands UK nuclear report
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Kier and Bam Nuttall set to win £100m Hinkley job
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Green investment bank could be funded by nuclear sale
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New nuclear reactor design to gain approval this week
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Morgan Sindall opens Cumbria office to bid for nuclear work
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Work to begin on £100m nuclear waste store
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Industry welcomes nuclear report findings
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Consultants chosen for deep nuclear waste store
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'UK firms will win 90% of nuclear work,' says minister
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Head of nuclear decommissioning quits
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MPs approve plans for new energy and nuclear projects
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EDF to revise timetable for Hinkley plant in the autumn
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Government reveals sites for new nuclear power plants
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Nuclear report could raise costs of new build power plants
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Costain awarded nuclear patent
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Nuclear reactor design sign-off delayed after Japan crisis
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Nuclear report delayed due to Japan crisis
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Sir David King says no nuclear delay
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EDF "to learn" from Japanese nuclear crisis
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Huhne refuses to rule out nuclear delays
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UK contractors caught in Japan quake
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New infrastructure director appointed at Sellafield
Features
Alan Cumming: Worth the energy
EDF is planning the UK’s first new nuclear plant in 30 years. But it needs contractors with the right skills. Alan Cumming, EDF’s procurement boss, tells Building why it’s worth training up - and that you don’t need a French name to win the work
New industrialists: Waste and power station design
Dark satanic mills were once, in fact, exuberant celebrations of technology and design. Now Cabe’s new guidelines on power stations and waste facilities will try to put the architecture back into industry
Psychic power: The future of nuclear
In one way, the future for nuclear energy looks assured. In another, it’s at the mercy of all sorts of possible problems. Olivia Boyd shuffles the cards and identifies five of the biggest
The race to build Britain's nuclear reactors
Japanese-owned nuclear giant Westinghouse is in a race with France’s Areva for the UK’s £20bn nuclear reactor market. And it looks like it’s falling behind. We asked the man spearheading the bid if he was worried...
Nuclear alert: Future of £50bn new build plan
In the weeks following fukushima, the UK nuclear industry is already under review. what does this mean for the future of £50bn new build plan?
EDF nuclear boss talkin' about his generation
Alan Cumming wants your help building EDF’s third-generation nuclear power plants, which, if all goes to plan, means four multibillion-pound projects and more than 150 contracts up for grabs
Nuclear programme: The age of proliferation
Programme update: Over the next two decades, the nuclear industry is set to provide 64,000 man-years of construction-related work – enough to keep a lot of companies very busy indeed. David Rogers and Thom Gibbs look at who’s best placed to make the most of the bonanza
Nuclear power station in Olkiluoto, Finland: The 1.6 billion watt baby
320,000 m³ of granite blasted away, 12,000 m³ of concrete poured in one go: the team building Europe's first nuclear reactor in a decade aren't messing around. Still, the most complicated thing is the paperwork. Thomas Lane reports from Finland
Comment
(Nuclear) Reaction time
The Fukushima disaster has put pressure on Europe’s politicians to act expediently, says Alastair Stewart. But the signs are that the UK government will stick to its guns and go nuclear
Nuclear contracts: Ending in tiers
The second of our three-part series on the nuclear decommissioning sector looks at the target-cost clauses of tier two contracts – their benefits and pitfalls
Going nuclear: contracts for decommissioning work
Everything you wanted to know about the nuclear decommissioning sector but were afraid to ask – explained to you in a three-part series starting with this overview
Nuclear new-build: Proceed (with caution)
The nuclear new-build programme has a lot to offer, as long as you can navigate the regulatory and contractual minefield surrounding it
Legal energy: nuclear power stations
Paul Cowan A nuclear power station is about the hardest project it is possible to undertake. Here are the legal implications
