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India PM fails to strike nuclear deal in Russia
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed Monday to strike a long-delayed nuclear power deal with Russia during talks with President Vladimir Putin that also ...
Britain commits to new nuclear power plant
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
Britain on Monday paved the way for its first nuclear plant in a generation, to be built by state-owned foreign firms, underlining the government's controversia...
Britain, EDF strike deal on nuclear project: source
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
The British government and French energy giant EDF have agreed on a deal to build two latest generation nuclear reactors in Britain, an informed French source s...
Britain to allow Chinese majority stakes in nuclear projects: Osborne
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Britain will allow Chinese companies to take majority stakes in nuclear power projects in the country, finance minister George Osborne said Thursday. Osborne ma...
Mitsubishi says to defend $4bn claim over US nuke plant
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Thursday it would defend itself against a $4 billion damages claim in the US over a shuttered nuclear power plant amid ...
Japan to seek Fukushima decommissioning ideas overseas
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Japan is to solicit proposals from both domestic and overseas nuclear experts and firms for how best to decommission Fukushima's ruined reactors, officials said...
Post-Fukushima, Asia still drives global nuclear growth
Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)
Safety concerns in the wake of the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan have done little to curb Asia's ambitious plans for expanding the role of nuclear power i...
Once-in-a-decade typhoon heads for Japan nuclear plant
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
A typhoon described as the "strongest in 10 years" closed in on Japan on Wednesday, on a path that will take it towards the precarious Fukushima nuclear power p...
IAEA to advise Japan on Fukushima clean-up
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency met Japanese officials Monday as part of a mission to assess clean-up efforts at the crippled Fukushima nucl...
Nuclear power still key to Japan energy mix: officials
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Nuclear power is set to remain a key part of Japan's energy profile despite the safety concerns raised by the Fukushima disaster, senior Japanese energy officia...
Japan nuclear export parts not safety checked: report
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Japan neglected carrying out safety checks on at least 40 percent of nuclear reactor parts exported over a decade, a report said Monday, in the latest controver...
UK energy sector expecting 'massive' international investment
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
Britain is close to securing "massive" international investment in its energy sector, Energy Secretary Ed Davey said on Sunday. Davey told BBC's Andrew Marr pro...
Thousands protest against Areva in Niger
Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of people in Niger protested Saturday against French nuclear firm Areva, which has been mining uranium in the impoverished country for nearly 50 years...
Austrian leaders hail EU decision on nuclear power subsidies
Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)
Austrian leaders this week hailed an EU decision to exclude nuclear power from new guidelines for member states in establishing renewable energy subsides. Austr...
S. Korea finds forged reactor safety documents
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
South Korean nuclear reactors have been abruptly shut down 128 times over the past decade because of faulty parts, officials said Thursday, amid a scandal over ...
US, Vietnam sign civil nuclear deal
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
The United States signed a civilian nuclear pact with Vietnam on Thursday under which Hanoi committed not to produce ingredients for atomic weapons, US official...
Six Fukushima workers doused with radioactive water
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Six workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant were doused with radioactive water from a desalination system Wednesday, the plant's operator said...
Russian warhead fallout keeps America warm
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Uranium fuel from 20,000 disarmed Russian warheads is generating about half of US nuclear power in a spinoff from a landmark disarmament accord, a top US offici...
Report says U.S. could face shortage of nuclear reactor material
Oct 09, 2013 (UPI)
The United States could be facing a shortage of lithium, an element vital to the operation of many of the country's nuclear reactors, a study says. The study fr...
UN atomic agency praises British nuclear safety
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
The UN atomic agency on Wednesday praised Britain's improvements to its regulatory framework for nuclear safety but said more needed to be done. Following a 10-...
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