CIVIL NUCLEAR - INDO DAILY

Westinghouse extends nuclear fuel deal with Ukraine

Apr 11, 2014 (AFP)

US nuclear power giant Westinghouse Electric, a unit of Japan's Toshiba, said Friday it has extended its contract to supply fuel to Ukraine's nuclear power plan...

Japan to keep using nuclear in new energy plan

Apr 11, 2014 (AFP)

Japan on Friday said nuclear power would remain an important source of energy as the government approved a new Basic Energy Plan, the first policy of its kind s...

Czech energy firm scraps nuclear plant expansion

Apr 10, 2014 (AFP)

Czech energy giant CEZ said Thursday it was scrapping the planned construction of two new reactors at its Temelin nuclear plant, citing "turbulent" conditions i...

French prosecutor probes Areva buy of Canadian miner

Apr 10, 2014 (AFP)

France's financial prosecutor has opened a preliminary probe into state-controlled nuclear giant Areva's controversial 2007 purchase of a Canadian uranium miner...

Czech Moravian-Silesian Region Fundamental To Temelin AP1000

Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)

Westinghouse Electric Company president, Europe, Middle East and Africa Yves Brachet and a high level delegation visited the city of Ostrava, the industrial hea...

Study on element could change ballgame on radioactive waste

Mar 26, 2014 (SPX)

Groundbreaking work by a team of chemists on a fringe element of the periodic table could change how the world stores radioactive waste and recycles fuel. The e...

US, Japan in historic plutonium return deal

Mar 24, 2014 (AFP)

Japan pledged Monday to return hundreds of kilos of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium given to Tokyo for research during the Cold War era, in the first major ...

Shale could be long-term home for problematic nuclear waste

Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)

Shale, the source of the United States' current natural gas boom, could help solve another energy problem: what to do with radioactive waste from nuclear power ...

Greenpeace stages audacious protest at France's oldest nuclear plant

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

Dozens of Greenpeace activists sneaked into France's oldest nuclear power plant Tuesday to highlight alleged security weaknesses at atomic facilities, prompting...

AREVA and Novinium to Provide Cable Rejuvenation Services to the Nuclear Industry

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

AREVA has signed an exclusive agreement with Novinium to offer the nuclear industry cable rejuvenation technology and the related services. This partnership wit...

UN nuclear watchdog chief says atomic plants never '100%' safe

Mar 17, 2014 (AFP)

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday his agency would keep working to improve safety after the Fukushima crisis, but no atomic plant could be "100 pe...

Fukushima nuclear workers rally against plant operator

Mar 14, 2014 (AFP)

Fukushima nuclear plant workers rallied outside the headquarters of operator Tokyo Electric Power on Friday, complaining they were forced to work for meagre pay...

Russia agrees to build at least two more nuclear plants: Iran

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

Russia has signed a preliminary agreement to build at least two more nuclear power plants in the Iranian port city of Bushehr, Iran's official IRNA news agency ...

Germany plans to extend nuclear plant security zones

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

Germany plans to widen the security perimeters around its remaining nuclear power plants, the environment ministry said Monday, nearly three years to the day af...

Tens of thousands stage anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo

Mar 09, 2014 (AFP)

Tens of thousands of citizens turned out for an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo on Sunday, as the nation prepares to mark the third anniversary of the Fukushima dis...

Thousands rally for end to nuclear Taiwan

Mar 08, 2014 (AFP)

Tens of thousands marched in Taiwan Saturday to call for an end to nuclear energy on the island, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima atomic disaster...

The Power of High Efficiency Clean Energy, the Nuclear Solution

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

Nuclear Supply Chain procurement strategies and vendor management practices are an increasingly crucial aspect of nuclear operating companies' operations. Spend...

Greenpeace protests Europe's ageing nuclear plants

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Greenpeace activists broke into the grounds of nuclear plants in six European countries Wednesday, urging governments to close down ageing reactors on safety gr...

Ukraine tightening nuclear security

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Ukraine is reinforcing security measures at its nuclear power plants in response to Russian threats, Ukraine's ambassador told the UN atomic agency in a letter ...

Fire hits Japan nuke plant, no radiation leaks: operator

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

A minor fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in western Japan on Wednesday but there was no fear of a radiation leak, a utility spokesman said. An electricit...