Mr Jones said he was committed to working towards securing a new generation nuclear power station at Wylfa on Anglesey.
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However, projections remain unclear because of rising gas prices and uncertainty over a new generation of nuclear power stations.
It may be in our best interest to pursue them in building the next generation of nuclear power plants.
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But before a new generation of nuclear power plants can spring into being, Mr Davey must also sign the second.
French President Jacques Chirac recently announced plans for yet another generation of nuclear power stations, which would come on line by 2020.
We are moving forward on a new generation of nuclear power plants, although we want to make sure that they are safe and secure.
Prime Minister Tony Blair told the CBI last November that the new Energy Review would consider the development of a new generation of nuclear power stations.
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The government's has said it wants the first of a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain to be built by 2019, however plans have been put in to question, following the recent decision by energy companies RWE and E.
Sir David King, Tony Blair's chief scientist, recently argued that one further generation of nuclear power stations is needed (in Britain at least) to buy time, in order to keep down emissions of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, while new carbon-free non-nuclear technologies are developed.
Meanwhile, the weaker yen means higher costs for rising imports of natural gas, which is priced in dollar terms, to help compensate for the loss of nuclear power generation capacity after most atomic power plants remain closed after the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan.
Both nuclear-power generation and nuclear-fuel production enjoy economies of scale.
It forecasts that the total global generation capacity of nuclear power plants could increase from 368 gigawatts in 2005 to 519 gigawatts in 2030.
But some sense that letting foreign firms build the next generation of nuclear-power plants is now coming to be seen as a globalised step too far.
Proposing an urgent question to Mr Huhne on 11 October 2011, Mr Flynn accused the government of colluding with the energy companies to ensure the accident in Japan did not derail plans for the next generation of UK nuclear power stations.
The leaders of Japan wanted electric power generation to power their economic development and nuclear power seemed like a natural for a country without much coal or any oil.
He said yellowcake uranium is a commonly traded commodity used for nuclear power generation.
His admonitions since Fukushima have been about disaster preparedness, not foreclosing on nuclear power generation itself.
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Radioactive materials used in nuclear power generation must be isolated from human or environmental contact for thousands of years.
Burma has abandoned research into nuclear power generation, its defence minister says.
It has also been a leading supplier of nuclear power generation equipment.
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The government sees the identification of a suitable deep geological store as an essential part of its future nuclear power generation programme.
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They are clamoring for a complete shutdown of nuclear power generation.
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The decision was seen as a compromise between those who support a quick halt to nuclear power generation and others who want to build more plants.
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Working toward a goal of increasing its nuclear power generation to 5% of its energy needs, from less than 2% currently, over the next decade, China has 20 reactors under construction and plans for an additional 120 in pipeline.
Due to large overcapacity in power generation, the central hydroelectric, nuclear and fossil-fired power stations are now competing in a free market.
And we're going to have to build a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in America.
One of the factories will construct vast internal components for the next generation of Britain's nuclear power stations.
The resulting disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant led to a shut-down of the country's full nuclear power-generation capacity.
Finally, it's high time for the U.S. to really rethink its nuclear option for power generation.
On Tuesday, the government is expected to approve planning permission for EDF Energy to build the first new nuclear power plant for a generation.
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