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...were largely a success: by 1971, the UK government had commissioned and wholly financed a further 10 nuclear power stations known as “Magnox” due to the magnesium alloy that was used to cover the fuel rods...
...Other manufacturing companies imported slab, semi-finished flat chunks of steel, as well as rebar, rods used to reinforce concrete in construction projects....
...UK Steel said the removal of the protections will have an adverse impact on the manufacture of steel sections at Teesside, tubes in Hartlepool and wire-rod made in Cardiff, Scunthorpe and Rotherham....
...Thames Water has been a lightning rod for criticism of the industry, which has been accused of piling up debt and failing on maintenance while rewarding shareholders through hefty dividend payments....
...Decades-worth of spent fuel rods had been packed into cooling tanks at the site – each full of radioactive isotopes, including several types of plutonium....
...John Authers, Long View columnist and Sylvia Pfeifer, energy editor, discuss BP's efforts to change investors' perceptions....
...Sylvia Pfeifer, energy editor, analyses her interview with chief executive Samir Brikho as he explains the company's vision and whether he will see it through....
...Samir Brikho, chief executive, explains to Sylvia Pfeifer, energy editor, where it wants to beef up its operations, the future of the North Sea and the oulook for Libya oil production....
...Juergen Grossmann, RWE’s outgoing chief executive, said the decision, coupled with a tax on nuclear fuel rods, had led to “substantial financial burdens” and cost the company some €900m in operating profit...
...Some of the gravest dangers at Fukushima involve decades-worth of spent fuel rods crammed into cooling tanks at the tsunami-stricken site, each packed with lethal levels of radioactive isotopes, including...
...On Saturday morning, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said fuel rods inside the reactor’s core had become partially exposed due to receding coolant water....
...Avoid creating rods for your own back.” It was a point not lost on Paul Walsh, chief executive at Diageo, which last week reduced its full-year profit guidance....
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