Nuclear Weapon 110 - Problems at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in the United Kingdom

         The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the United Kingdom has just order a review of the costs and construction schedule for an important facility intended to enrich uranium to weapons grade for Trident nuclear submarines. Project Pegasus is the name of the billion dollar project being built at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire.

Nuclear Reactor 180 - France Nuclear Agency Gets Clean Bill of Health from the International Atomic Energy Agency

         France has invested heavily in nuclear power reactors and now gets about fifty percent of its electricity from nuclear reactors. It is difficult to pin down exactly how much electricity France generates and consumes from nuclear power plants because it also exports some of the nuclear generated electricity. The French government runs the EDF company which manages fifty eight reactors.

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