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Ukraine crisis fuels debate on Moscow bid to expand Czech nuclear plant
Mar 03, 2014 (AFP)
Russia's moves in Ukraine on Monday sparked splits among Czech officials on Moscow's bid for a multi-billion-dollar contract to expand a Czech nuclear plant. Sp...
Hundreds protest dropped charges over Fukushima crisis
Mar 01, 2014 (AFP)
Hundreds rallied in Tokyo Saturday to protest Japanese prosecutors' decision to drop charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with no one yet punished nearly ...
Radiation affects 13 US nuclear plant employees
Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)
A total of 13 employees of a New Mexico underground nuclear waste site were exposed to radiation, test results showed Wednesday. The workers tested positive for...
France's Areva posts 3rd straight annual loss
Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)
France's state-controlled nuclear energy conglomerate Areva on Wednesday posted 2013 results showing its third consecutive annual loss and forecast lower revenu...
Obama approves Vietnam nuclear deal
Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama Monday approved a civilian nuclear pact with Vietnam which could lead to the sale of US reactors to Washington's energy-hungry former war...
Iran seeks new Russia reactor in exchange for oil
Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)
Iran's ambassador to Moscow on Monday said Russia could build the Islamic republic a second nuclear power reactor under a proposed oil-for-goods swap that has r...
Fukushima should eye 'controlled discharges' in sea: IAEA
Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday urged Japan to consider "controlled discharges" into the sea of contaminated water used to cool the crippled reactors at Fuk...
Japan to abandon troubled fast breeder reactor: report
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
Japan will scrap plans to generate electricity at its multi-billion dollar experimental Monju fast breeder reactor, a media report said Friday, in a move that c...
Abe hails election of pro-nuclear Tokyo governor
Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday welcomed the election of a conservative governor of Tokyo in a result analysts say will help boost Abe's economic reform age...
Govt-backed pro-nuclear candidate wins Tokyo governor vote
Feb 09, 2014 (AFP)
The establishment candidate backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe romped home in Sunday's election for governor of Tokyo in a result which analysts said would boo...
Hungary approves controversial nuclear project with Russia
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Hungarian lawmakers approved Thursday a controversial Russian-financed extension of the country's only nuclear power plant, despite concerns in Hungary and Brus...
France admits Niger has 'legitimate' demands in uranium talks
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
France on Wednesday admitted that former colony Niger's demands for more revenues from uranium mining are "legitimate", as the two countries pursue tough negoti...
Westinghouse Eyes Poland's Plan To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company welcomes yesterday's decision by the Polish government to adopt its new program for nuclear power, which will pave the way for the...
Niger, Areva tussle over future of uranium mining
Feb 02, 2014 (AFP)
Niger's government and French nuclear giant Areva are engaged in tough talks on the future of uranium mining in the west African country, whose leaders want mor...
Fukushima operator books $7.54 bn profit on bailout, rate hike
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
Tepco, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Friday it booked a whopping $7.54 billion April-December profit owing to an electricity ra...
UK plant gets all-clear after radioactivity levels rise
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
Britain's Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant was given the all-clear on Friday after "elevated" levels of radioactivity were detected. The plant in northern ...
Tokyo governor race kicks off with focus on nuclear power
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
The race to become the next governor of Tokyo kicked off Thursday in an election widely seen as a referendum on Japan's energy policy, almost three years after ...
Japan researchers use cosmic rays to see nuclear fuel
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
Japanese researchers said Thursday they had succeeded in using cosmic rays to find nuclear fuel inside a reactor, a technology that might be helpful in the comp...
Westinghouse To Build Three AP1000 Nuclear Reactors In UK With Nugen
Jan 22, 2014 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that Toshiba Corporation has agreed in principle to buy a 60 percent share in the NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) Moors...
Bolivia's Morales eyes nuclear power
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
Bolivia's President Evo Morales said Wednesday he wanted to produce nuclear energy, even though his country is South America's poorest. "This year, we are going...
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