Nuclear News Roundup Apr 05, 2017
A national poll has shown that 83% of the residents of the United Arab Emirates "highly favour" of the country's planned use of nuclear energy as part of its electricity generation mix. The UAE's Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec), which commissioned market research company Kantar TNS to conduct the survey, said today the figure was an increase of 13% since the last poll conducted in 2013. world-nuclear-news.org
Is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) having second thoughts about the sale of the unfinished Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant in Jackson County, Alabama? nuclearstreet.com
Japanese conglomerate Toshiba announced Wednesday that French utility Engie had decided to back out of the Moorside project, selling its 40 percent stake in NuGen to Toshiba for $139 million. nuclearstreet.com