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Niger’s consciousness awakening over national resources – By Celeste Hicks African Arguments | African Arguments
▻http://africanarguments.org/2014/02/27/nigers-consciousness-awakening-over-national-resources-by-celeste-
“We’re seeing a real awakening of people’s consciousness on this issue; something is happening” says Boubacar Soumane, communications manager for EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) Niger. As yet another deadline looms for an agreement between Areva and the Nigerien state on the contract for the French nuclear giant’s uranium operations at Arlit (on February 28th), the issue is clearly capturing the public imagination.
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Almost every week there have been demonstrations on the streets of the country’s main cities – particularly Niamey and Agadez. The protestors, although their numbers are generally small, call for a better deal for Niger citing the now well-known figure that Areva’s annual turnover is four times the size of Niger’s entire national budget – some 9 billion Euros against 2 billion Euros (Oxfam report).
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‘Illegal UK state aid’ probe hits nuclear plans | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/12/illegal-uk-state-aid-probe-hits-nuclear-plans
By Paul Brown
An EU investigation into the UK’s financial support for new nuclear power stations is dividing Europe, with critics saying London is flouting EU rules by offering illegal subsidies.
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LONDON, 12 December – A full-scale investigation is being launched into whether Britain’s deal with French nuclear giant EDF, backed with money from Chinese nuclear generators, to build new stations at Hinkley Point in the west of England, is illegal state aid.
The investigation by the European Commission is a serious blow to the nuclear industry in Europe and across the western world, because it delays any expansion of the industry for at least a year and may possibly permanently damage its prospects.
#climat #nucléaire #royaume-uni
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- Lyco @lyco 13/12/2013
  
  One curious aspect of the saga is that the British Government pledged before the last election that nuclear power stations would be built only if they could compete with other forms of generation without subsidy. They then spent two years negotiating with EDF and agreed to pay £92.50 per megawatt hour for the electricity over 35 years, double the existing price of electricity.
  The Government is therefore gambling that the price of electricity will double before the station starts up and that it will therefore not have to pay the subsidy. Among the issues the commission will be looking at is whether the deal gives EDF and its Chinese backers excess profits at the expense of British consumers.
  
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