CIVIL NUCLEAR - INDO DAILY

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

South Africa and the European Union on Thursday sealed a 100 million euro ($130 million) nuclear energy deal which will initially light up 300,000 rural househo...

Japan's former premier sues PM Abe

Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said Tuesday he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the e...

Greenpeace activists held after French nuclear plant break-in

Jul 15, 2013 (AFP)

Police on Monday arrested 29 Greenpeace activists who snuck into a nuclear plant in southern France, in the latest break-in by the environmental group aimed at ...

China cancels plans for uranium plant

Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)

China has canceled a proposed $6 billion nuclear fuel processing project in the Southeast, following protests against the facility. "The Heshan government respe...

Radioactivity found in Swiss lake near nuclear plant: report

Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)

Scientists have discovered a radioactive substance in sediment under a Swiss lake used for drinking water and situated near a nuclear plant, the Le Matin Dimanc...

India's protest-hit nuclear plant to generate power: reports

Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)

India's largest nuclear plant, dogged by violent protests and multiple delays, has commenced operations to start generating electricity, reports said Sunday. Th...

Planned China nuclear plant axed after protest: report

Jul 13, 2013 (AFP)

Plans for a nuclear processing plant in southern China have been cancelled, media reported Saturday, following the latest in a series of protests that reveal gr...

Distant quakes trigger tremors at US waste-injection sites

Jul 12, 2013 (SPX)

Large earthquakes from distant parts of the globe are setting off tremors around waste-fluid injection wells in the central United States, says a new study. Fur...

Fukushima leaking radioactive water into sea?

Jul 11, 2013 (UPI)

Comments by the head of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority indicate the Fukushima nuclear plant may have leaked contaminated water into the sea for two years....

Japan atomic watchdog suspects Fukushima ocean leak

Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday the crippled Fukushima reactors are very likely leaking highly radioactive substances into the Pacific Ocean. Members of...

Japan nuclear operators ask to restart reactors

Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)

Japanese power companies on Monday asked for permission to restart 10 nuclear reactors, a move that could presage a widespread return to atomic energy more than...

Toxic radiation again in groundwater at Fukushima: TEPCO

Jul 07, 2013 (AFP)

Toxic radioactive substances have once again been detected in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said on Sunday, the lat...

S. Korean nuclear reactor shuts down

Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)

A South Korean nuclear reactor shut down Friday after a technical malfunction, operators said, at a time when the government is already warning of serious power...

Fukushima operator rebuked over nuclear restart plan

Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)

The boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday met local leaders to ask for their blessing to restart the world's biggest nuclear plant after a public tongue-la...

Westinghouse Completes First SMR Fuel Assemblies And Will Begin Testing

Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)

Westinghouse Electric Company has completed the manufacturing and assembly of two nuclear fuel test assemblies for the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR) ...

Two Japan nuclear reactors can stay online: watchdog

Jul 03, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said the only two reactors currently working in the country can stay online for now, even without meeting strict new safet...

Westinghouse Lauds Efforts Of US Government In Support Of New Nuclear Construction In India

Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)

Westinghouse Electric Company has lauded the efforts of a range of United States government officials and agencies in helping Westinghouse and other U.S.-based ...

Fukushima operator to ask for OK on reactor restarts

Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)

Fukushima operator TEPCO said Tuesday it would ask Japan's nuclear watchdog for permission to restart reactors at the world's largest atomic power station, its ...

Small fire at Japan crippled nuclear plant: TEPCO

Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)

A fire broke out in a rubbish pile at Japan's tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear complex on Tuesday, the operator said, the latest in a series of incidents at t...

Japan disaster budget given to nuclear operator

Jun 28, 2013 (AFP)

Money set aside to help earthquake, tsunami and nuclear victims has been allocated to power companies, officials in Japan said Friday, a move that could fuel fu...