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China General Nuclear plans $2 bn Hong Kong IPO
Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)
China General Nuclear Power, the country's largest nuclear power producer, has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong reportedly worth $2 billion. Ba...
EDF says to re-start UK nuclear reactors by end-2014
Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)
EDF Energy said on Thursday that four of its nuclear reactors, closed in northern England last month after the discovery of a crack, should resume operations by...
India, Australia set to sign nuclear deal as Abbott visits
Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is set to arrive in India on Thursday to sign a long-awaited deal to sell uranium to his energy-starved hosts and strength...
China to help build Argentina's fourth nuclear plant
Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)
China will take part in the construction of Argentina's fourth nuclear power plant, Buenos Aires announced Wednesday. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CN...
Iran answers U.S. sanctions with broad nuclear vision
Sep 02, 2014 (UPI)
Following an announcement of new U.S. sanctions on Iran, an energy official in Tehran said the country is looking to vastly expand its nuclear power capacity. E...
Australia satisfied on India's nuclear safeguards
Sep 02, 2014 (AFP)
Australia is satisfied with the safeguards India has in place to allow the export of uranium to the nuclear-armed nation, Trade Minister Andrew Robb said Tuesda...
Jinxed Finnish nuclear plant to function almost a decade late: Areva
Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)
A jinxed new-generation nuclear reactor for Finland is to begin producing electricity in 2018, nine years late, one of the main partners in the project, Areva o...
Australian PM to visit India for potential uranium deal
Aug 29, 2014 (AFP)
Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday he will visit India next week, where he will reportedly sign an agreement allowing the export of uranium to t...
Westinghouse Aims to Bring Benefits of AP1000 Reactors to Western US
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company and Blue Castle Holdings has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to pursue the development of a two-unit AP1000...
Iran modifies Arak reactor over nuclear concerns
Aug 27, 2014 (AFP)
Iran said Wednesday it has started to modify its Arak heavy water reactor and limit plutonium output, a cause of Western concerns over the country's nuclear pro...
Fukushima operator ordered to compensate for suicide
Aug 26, 2014 (AFP)
The family of a Japanese woman who fatally set herself on fire after being forced to flee the nuclear disaster at Fukushima was awarded nearly half a million do...
Iran opens nuclear fuel plant
Aug 23, 2014 (AFP)
Iran has opened a uranium dioxide factory that will produce fuel for civilian nuclear plants, the head of its atomic energy agency announced Saturday. Ali Akbar...
Westinghouse to Provide Finland's TVO with Advanced Reactor Internal Pumps
Aug 19, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company has received a contract in excess of 40 million euros from Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to deliver 12 advanced reactor internal pu...
Canada, Kazakhstan start nuclear cooperation
Aug 15, 2014 (AFP)
Canada heralded Friday the implementation of a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan that allows nuclear technology to be exported to the forme...
EDF Energy says shuts down nuclear reactors in Britain
Aug 11, 2014 (AFP)
EDF Energy, the British unit of French giant EDF, said on Monday it had decided to shut down four nuclear reactors at two plants in northern England as a precau...
Toshiba orders DCIS technology for Fukushima plant cleanup
Aug 08, 2014 (UPI)
An effort to locate nuclear fuel in a damaged Japanese power complex will be assisted by Decision Sciences International Corporation. The U.S. company said Tosh...
Fukushima operator unveils newest tainted-water plan
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday unveiled a plan to dump scrubbed water directly into the ocean, sparking concerns over whet...
Areva shares fall on first-half loss, lowered outlook
Aug 01, 2014 (AFP)
Shares in French nuclear power group Areva fell heavily on Friday after the group reported a first-half loss and lowered its outlook. Areva shares were showing ...
EDF shares jump on strong first-half results
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
Shares in French electricity giant EDF rose by nearly two percent in trading on Thursday on strong first-half results owing to lower costs and increased nuclear...
Taiwan to shutter near-completed nuclear plant
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan's government said Thursday it would seal off a nuclear power plant due to open next year but repeatedly attacked as unsafe by the public, pending a refer...
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