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Costs soar for new nuclear power plants Strict safety guidelines cause construction delays at nuclear plants in Finland and Taiwan	Joseph Romm	06 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Bloomberg has a very long article on the troubles plaguing Finland's Olkiluoto-3, 'the first nuclear plant ordered in Western Europe since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.' The plant has been delayed two years thanks to 'flawed welds for the reactor's steel liner, unusable water-coolant pipes and suspect concrete in the foundation.' It is also more than 25 percent over its 3 billion euro ($4 billion) budget. The article notes: If Finland's experience is any guide, ...
Topics: energy, Finland, nuclear power, Taiwan, United Kingdom (all these topics)

The Finnish Line		05 Apr 2002	Daily Grist
The Finnish Line From the department of creative activism: You've heard of hunger strikes, but what about baby strikes? Hundreds of Finnish women have signed a petition declaring that they will not bear children for the next four years unless the country's Parliament scraps plans to build a fifth nuclear reactor in their homeland. The protest has a precedent: In 1986, following the Chernobyl disaster, some 4,000 Finns signed a simila ...
Topics: Finland, nuclear power (all these topics)

Swedish Neatballs		15 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Swedish Neatballs Sweden is setting the world's standard for balancing economic growth with environmental protections, according to a report released last week by the Swiss-based World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Canadian International Development Research Center. The report used standards-of-living indicators such as quality of social services, ...
Topics: business, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, green living, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United States (all these topics)

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