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| Shearon Harris nuclear plant shut down because of cracking |
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Duke Energy Progress shut down the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County after the company discovered that the reactor vessel showed early indications of corrosion and cracking. |
| newsobserver 16 May |
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| Bay Bridge rod troubles extend to base |
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The base of the new Bay Bridge eastern span's signature tower is secured by more than 400 high-strength steel rods that were galvanized under conditions Caltrans barred as putting them at risk of cracking. |
| SFGate.com Mon 13 May |
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| Pembroke firm Mustang Marine to create 100 boat building jobs |
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More than 100 new jobs are set to be created with the £1.5m expansion of a boat building company in Pembrokeshire. Mustang Marine, which also repairs boats, is constructing a new boat building hall in Pembroke Port. |
| BBC News Tue 14 May |
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| Port of Ardersier seeks to switch from oil to wind |
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Developers are seeking the go ahead to turn a former oil fabrication yard in the Highlands into a manufacturing 'super-hub' for renewables |
| scotsman.com Sat 11 May |
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| Criminal probe opened into Texas fertiliser plant explosion |
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Paramedic who was among the first responders to blast that killed 14 people and wounded 200 is arrested for allegedly possessing a pipe bomb |
| NDTCabin Sat 11 May |
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| Severn Barrage: Five firms join Hafren Power project |
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Five major companies, including engineering giant Arup, have signed up to work on the £25bn project. |
| BBC News Thu 9 May |
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| Japan signs Turkey nuclear deal |
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The Turkish government has signed a deal with a Japanese-French consortium to build a new nuclear power station. |
| BBC News Sat 4 May |
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| Royal Dutch Shell wins huge UAE gas deal |
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Anglo-Dutch company Shell has beaten France's Total to a multi-billion-pound deal to develop a gas field with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). |
| BBC News Wed 1 May |
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| BP rebuked over North Sea oil leak |
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Norway's oil and gas safety authority blames poor maintenance and serious breaches of regulations for Ula incident |
| Guardian Tue 30 April |
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| Scottish Coal cuts 590 jobs at mines in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife |
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Almost 600 people have been made redundant, following the collapse of one of Scotland's biggest coal-mining companies. |
| BBC News Sat 20 Apr |
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| HS2 Euston station total rebuild plan scrapped |
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Plans to demolish and rebuild the UK's sixth-busiest railway station for the HS2 high-speed project have been dropped. North London's Euston station will now be developed by improving the existing station. |
| BBC News Fri 19 Apr |
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| Wylfa: Anglesey nuclear reactor plans move forward |
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Nuclear regulators have signed an agreement marking the start of plans to build new reactors in north Wales. |
| BBC News Fri 12 Apr |
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| Woodside Petroleum shelves $40bn Australia LNG project |
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Australia's second biggest oil company, Woodside Petroleum, has put a $40bn (£26bn) proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on hold. |
| BBC News Fri 12 Apr |
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| BP and partners announce $500m Clair field appraisal |
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A consortium of oil companies is to invest more than £330m in an appraisal drilling programme which could lead to further development of a giant North Sea field. |
| BBC News Thu 28 Mar |
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| Government extends new nuclear power station timetable by five years |
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Britain's hopes of a nuclear renaissance looked further off than ever on Tuesday after the Government abandoned its longstanding ambition to have 16 gigawatts of new reactors running by 2025. |
| Telegraph Mon 26 Mar |
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| Lights out warning as SSE cuts its power generation |
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SSE, the big-six energy provider, is cutting back or closing operations at five coal, gas and biomass-fired plants, including Ferrybridge in Yorkshire and Keadby in Lincolnshire. |
| Independent Fri 22 Mar |
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| Didcot A Power Station switched off after 43 years |
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Oxfordshire's Didcot A Power Station is to be turned off later today after 42 years of service. |
| BBC News Fri 22 Mar |
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| UK nuclear power station given green light |
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The Government has granted EDF planning permission to build the first UK nuclear power station in almost two decades. |
| Daily Telegraph Tue 19 Mar |
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| EDF subsidy to put UK on nuclear path |
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The Government is understood to have agreed a 35-year subsidy to French energy group EDF to build the first in a new wave of nuclear power stations. |
| Independent Sun 10 Mar |
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| Two years on the deadly battle to save Fukushima |
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It will take another 40 years to clean up the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster. David McNeill reports on the progress so far |
| Independent Thu 7 Mar |
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