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Westinghouse strikes deal to build Bulgaria nuclear reactor
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
Bulgaria's outgoing government greenlighted on Thursday a last-minute deal with Toshiba's US nuclear engineering unit Westinghouse to build a new reactor at the...
Ex-TEPCO execs should be charged over Fukushima: panel
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
An independent legal panel on Thursday called for criminal charges to be brought against three former executives of the Fukushima nuclear plant operator for the...
Dismantling Germany's nuclear industry, piece by piece
Jul 30, 2014 (AFP)
Eyes fixed on a screen, joystick in hand, the operator of a remote-controlled saw painstakingly dismantles metal rods at one of Germany's mothballed nuclear rea...
Japanese get anti-radiation pills ahead of nuclear restart
Jul 28, 2014 (AFP)
Japanese officials are handing out radiation-blocking iodine tablets to people living in the shadow of two nuclear reactors slated to restart this year, undersc...
China, Canada to build two nuclear reactors in Romania
Jul 25, 2014 (AFP)
Canada's SNC-Lavalin and China Nuclear Power Engineering Company announced a deal Friday to build two nuclear reactors in Romania. The Candu reactors will be bu...
Fukushima Accident Underscores Need to Act on Nuclear Plant Hazards
Jul 25, 2014 (SPX)
A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academy of Sciences concludes that the overarching lesson learned from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclea...
Report finds gaps in US nuclear disaster plans
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
US nuclear plants must better prepare for the risk of natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis and floods, said a report Thursday on lessons learned from Ja...
A noble gas cage
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
When nuclear fuel gets recycled, the process releases radioactive krypton and xenon gases. Naturally occurring uranium in rock contaminates basements with the r...
Westinghouse Acquisition to Expand Nuclear, Oil and Gas Business
Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric has announced its intent to purchase 100 percent ownership of Mangiarotti S.p.A., an Italy-based manufacturer of components for the nuclea...
Japan nuclear watchdog says two reactors safe to switch back on
Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that two atomic reactors were safe enough to switch back on, marking a big step towards restarting the country's nuclear...
Westinghouse Tech Addresses Nuclear Industry Concern
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the successful installation of its spent fuel pool level instrumentation system at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, operated...
Sophisticated radiation detector designed for broad public use
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Nuclear engineers at Oregon State University have developed a small, portable and inexpensive radiation detection device that should help people all over the wo...
Japan city launches legal bid to halt reactor build
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
A Japanese city on Thursday sought a court injunction to prevent a nuclear plant from being built, in a country that remains deeply suspicious of the technology...
Improved method for isotope enrichment would better secure supplies
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a new method for enriching a group of the world's most expensive chemical commodities, stable isot...
Single Optical Fiber Combines 100s Of Sensors To Monitor Harsh Environments
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
By fusing together the concepts of active fiber sensors and high-temperature fiber sensors, a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has created an...
Westinghouse Extends New-plant Market with Specialized Seismic Option
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it is developing a specialized option of its AP1000 nuclear power plant for use in locations with higher seismi...
Fukushima operator eyes wholesale power market in Europe: report
Jun 26, 2014 (AFP)
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant wants to start operations in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, a report said Thursday, as it looks...
Angry scenes as Japan's TEPCO shareholders demand end to nuclearw
Jun 26, 2014 (AFP)
Furious shareholders in the company that runs Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power station joined campaigners Thursday to demand the permanent closure of th...
Hungary approves 10 billion euro Russia loan for nuclear upgrade
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
Hungarian lawmakers approved Monday a multi-billion-euro loan from Russia for an upgrade of the country's only nuclear power plant, a deal critics say increases...
Fukushima operator restarts water decontamination system
Jun 22, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday restarted its trouble-plagued water decontamination system for the first time in three months, the utility sa...
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