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Bolivia to develop nuclear power: president
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
Bolivian President Evo Morales said Thursday that, with Argentina's help, his country was working to develop nuclear power. "We are working on nuclear energy fo...
US envoy Kennedy tours Fukushima nuclear plant
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy toured the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant for the first time Wednesday, pledging continued US help with the clea...
Six suffer burns at controversial India nuclear plant: reports
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
Six workers suffered significant burns on Wednesday at a Russian-backed nuclear power plant in southern India plagued by years of protests before its opening, r...
Obama sends Vietnam nuclear deal to Congress
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
The US Congress on Thursday began its review of a nuclear agreement with Vietnam which advocates say would create billions of dollars in trade but has triggered...
Fewer US nuclear plants could curb climate change fight
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
Nuclear power plants in the United States increasingly risk closure amid growing competition from cheap natural gas, which experts said could hamper President B...
Westinghouse Expands to Meet Latin America's Energy Needs
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the formation of Westinghouse Electric do Brasil Ltda in Rio de Janeiro to better serve its customers and partners, ...
Fukushima operator books $4.3 bn profit on bailout, rate hike
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Wednesday it booked a $4.3 billion annual net profit owing to an electricity rate hike and a massi...
Exelon buys Pepco for $6.83 bn in energy deal
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
US nuclear power generator Exelon Corp announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to buy power company Pepco Holdings for $6.83 billion in cash. Pepco...
Taiwan uses water cannon to disperse anti-nuclear protesters
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan police on Monday used water cannon to dislodge hundreds of demonstrators blocking a main road in the capital to demand the scrapping of a controversial n...
Using antineutrinos to monitor nuclear reactors
Apr 28, 2014 (SPX)
When monitoring nuclear reactors, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has to rely on input given by the operators. In the future, antineutrino detecto...
Construction halted at Taiwan nuclear plant after protests
Apr 27, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan said Sunday it would stop construction at a controversial nuclear power plant after tens of thousands of protesters blockaded a main street in the capita...
Thousands rally in Taiwan against nuclear plant
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of protesters staged a sit-in near the presidential palace in Taiwan's capital on Saturday to oppose a controversial nuclear power plant and show supp...
Westinghouse and Ontario Power Gen Sign Agreement to Service Global Nuclear Markets
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company and Ontario Power Generation, Inc. (OPG), through its subsidiary, Canadian Nuclear Partners (CNP), have announced an agreement tha...
Taiwan anti-nuclear activist starts hunger strike
Apr 22, 2014 (AFP)
Former Taiwanese opposition leader and anti-nuclear activist Lin Yi-hsiung Tuesday launched an indefinite hunger strike in protest at a nearly completed nuclear...
Taiwan premier rejects call to scrap nuclear plant
Apr 21, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah on Monday rejected a call from the main opposition party to scrap a nearly completed nuclear power plant, despite planned protest...
Iran says Arak nuclear reactor row all but resolved
Apr 19, 2014 (AFP)
Iran's dispute with world powers over its unfinished Arak heavy water reactor has been "virtually resolved," it said Saturday, less than a month before nuclear ...
Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis
Apr 17, 2014 (SPX)
When an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant complex in 2011, neither the quake nor the inundation caused the ensuing contamination...
Areva says in line to build British nuclear waste plant
Apr 15, 2014 (AFP)
French nuclear power group Areva said on Tuesday it was part of a consortium retained for a major contract in Britain to handle radioactive metallic waste. The ...
German court orders nuclear fuel rod tax to be reimbursed
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
A court in Hamburg ruled Monday that a nuclear fuel rod tax imposed on Germany's power suppliers must be reimbursed until its compatability with European and do...
Iran needs 30,000 new centrifuges for fuel: official
Apr 13, 2014 (AFP)
Iran will need 30,000 of its new generation centrifuges to meet domestic fuel demands, far more than the current number, its nuclear chief said Sunday. Ali Akba...
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