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EBRD to provide additional 350 mln euros for Chernobyl safety project
Dec 05, 2014 (XNA)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide an additional 350 million euros (about 435.12 million U.S. dollars) for the Chernobyl n...
US rejects criticism of historic Ukraine nuclear deal
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
A top US official hit back on Friday against accusations the West has failed to live up to promises made exactly 20 years ago to Ukraine in exchange for it givi...
Britain eyes nuclear overhaul despite French delays
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
Britain is pressing ahead with an overhaul of its ageing nuclear plants despite trouble at home with the French firms leading the drive and doubts after the Fuk...
China General Nuclear raises $3.16 bn in Hong Kong IPO: report
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
China's largest nuclear power producer raised US$3.16 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong, a report said Wednesday, with investors hoping to bene...
Japan Uncertain About Its Growing Nuclear Waste
Dec 03, 2014 (Sputnik)
A nuclear waste recycling plant in Rokkasho, Japan, was supposed to start operating back in 1996, but is yet to open, Foreign Policy said. Japan Nuclear Fuel Li...
Maxatomstrom offers 100% nuclear power plan beginning
Dec 03, 2014 (SPX)
MAXATOMSTROM launches Germany's first nuclear power plan at the start of the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru. The plan consists solely of nuclear pow...
Ukraine nuclear plant short circuit adds to power woes
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
Ukraine said Wednesday a short circuit at a nuclear plant posed "no threat" but had added to electricity shortages at a time when the country is struggling to k...
Turkey Gives Green Light to Russian Nuclear Power Plant Project
Dec 02, 2014 (Sputnik)
The Turkish ecology ministry has given a green light to the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant project designed by Russia, a ministry spokesman told RIA Novosti Monday....
Britain signs deal for nuclear plant project
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
Britain on Tuesday agreed to provide a financial guarantee to a Franco-Japanese joint venture which is seeking to build Europe's largest new nuclear power devel...
Australia opens door to nuclear energy
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday opened the door to the use of nuclear energy as Australia faces growing pressure to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Au...
Second unit at Fuqing nuclear plant to start operation in August
Dec 01, 2014 (XNA)
The second unit of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in east China's Fujian Province, is expected to start operation and be connected to the power grid in August n...
TEPCO starts cementing tunnels to solve Fukushima water issue
Nov 28, 2014 (Sputnik)
The Fukushima power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on Tuesday announced that it was starting to cement the underground tunnels near the sec...
Westinghouse Inks Multi-Party Agreement To Develop Nuclear Power In Turkey
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company, China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Electricity Generation Company (EUAS) have announced an agreement ...
China: successful commissioning of Taishan EPR reactors full-scope simulator
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
CORYS has announced the successful installation and commissioning of the Taishan plant's full scope simulator at the on-site training center, in the Guangdong p...
Slovakia, Czech Republic see future perspective on nuclear energy
Nov 25, 2014 (XNA)
Nuclear energy will form the basis of Slovakia's energy mix in the long term, Slovak Economy Minister Pavol Pavlis said on Monday. Speaking at the 2014 Central ...
Understanding nuclear reactor fuel behavior during a severe event
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
A new discovery about the atomic structure of uranium dioxide will help scientists select the best computational model to simulate severe nuclear reactor accide...
Jordan says able to export uranium by 2020
Nov 24, 2014 (XNA)
Jordan will be able to export uranium by 2020, chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Khaled Toukan said Tuesday. Jordan is home to 65,000 tons of uran...
Iran refuses to give ground on key Arak reactor
Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)
Iran's nuclear chief on Thursday ruled out further negotiations on the design of a reactor that the West fears could be used to produce plutonium for an atomic ...
South Korea urged to build facility for nuclear waste by 2055
Nov 20, 2014 (XNA)
A South Korean public-debate commission on Tuesday asked the government to build a facility by 2055 to permanently dispose of spent nuclear fuel after a year- l...
Much to lose for Iran's Rouhani if no nuclear pact
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
The Iranians conducting nuclear talks with world powers seem loath to use the word "compromise", but with much to lose President Hassan Rouhani may yet be pushi...
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