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State-owned company refused disclosure of security arrangements for Chinese plant the Bradwell nuclear station could be modelled on

The Chinese state-owned company planning a nuclear power station in Essex refused to share the security arrangements for a Chinese nuclear plant with the British authorities, it has been revealed.

Inspectors from the UK nuclear regulator visited the China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) in Shenzhen earlier this year, as part of the four-year approval process for the reactor the company wants to build at Bradwell.

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My friend and colleague David Tayler, who has died aged 53, was a geographer, geologist and passionate conservationist who devoted his life to connecting people with landscapes. Through this he changed countless lives. Most of his career was spent in the Yorkshire Dales, running conservation, education and outreach projects.

Born to John, a local government worker, and his wife, Margaret (nee Tyler), a teacher, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, he attended the local comprehensive, Desborough school (now Desborough college). There, particularly on geography and geology field trips, he developed a lifelong affinity with landscapes, wildlife and botany. He never lost that early sense of joy and wonder at the natural world and a desire to inspire it in others.

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Tesla's big battery - already half complete - signals the speed of the energy transition. “This is what the future will look like,” Musk says. "And the faster we get there the better." The contrast with the Federal government, brandishing lumps of coal, could not be greater.

Polar tourism is a booming business but sea-ice experts have warned conditions in the Antarctic are becoming more unstable and unpredictable for shipping.

At Nyarugusu in the Geita district in north-west Tanzania, life is a constant struggle, one that is made infinitely harden by the absence of running water. Photographer Sameer Satchu travelled to the area and recorded these images of daily events at a medical facility, the Nyarugusu Dispensary, for Water Aid

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More than 100,000 people have fled their homes as they wait for Bali's Mount Agung to erupt.

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Cei Newydd/New Quay, Ceredigion Waterfalls flowed wide and white on to the foreshore, shedding excess water from the landscape

The steep path up to the headland was scoured to the bedrock by the recent storms, with banks of debris built up at the breaks of slope like shoals in a stream. Long grass at the margin was flattened and the turf had been peeled back from the edges of the rock by the passage of water.

Recent rain, a series of startlingly abrupt and intense showers, had made me wonder whether a walk on the coast path was a good plan – but the view northwards along the coast more than justified the risk of a soaking.

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A crystalline form of a synthetic molecule enhances the activity of microorganisms producing more methane, the main component of natural gas or biogas.

New low cost flexible panels can be printed and assembled in odd shapes and mass produced.

School student Angelina Arora experiments with alternatives for plastic bags and becomes finalist for BHP award.

The loss of ice has allowed a recent research trip to use yachts, rather than ice smashing trawlers. The reduced ice is loss of habitat to many large animals.

The first return migrations of whale sharks to Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia have been documented. While Ningaloo is protected, many areas where these giant endangered fish swim are unprotected waters.

From eggs to football jerseys, tens of millions of pounds raised could hire wildlife wardens for animal protection.

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From the murky waters of the Murray River emerges a rare monster with an underbelly of red berries and claws of ghostly white.

Tesla’s electric semi-trailer is expected to be unveiled next month - described by Elon Musk as a “beast”. The Tesla innovation is expected to boost the profile of an Australian-owned electric drive system.