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Lithuania to resume nuclear plant talks: PM
Apr 22, 2013 (AFP)
Lithuania will resume talks with Estonia and Latvia on a new nuclear power plant, its prime minister said Monday, months after voters rejected the plan in a non...
Britain says will press ahead with Urenco stake sale
Apr 22, 2013 (AFP)
Britain on Monday said it would proceed with the sale of some or all of its one-third stake in British-based uranium enrichment specialist Urenco. The British g...
UN atomic agency urges Fukushima safety improvements
Apr 22, 2013 (AFP)
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday called on the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to improve "essential systems" as it struggl...
Iranian leader steers clear of talking uranium in Niger
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
The leaders of Iran and Niger on Tuesday said they had engaged in "fruitful" discussions but had not talked about uranium during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmad...
Bulgarian nuclear plant shuts down reactor
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant said Monday it had shut down one of its two reactors following a problem in the cooling system, but insisted this had no...
GCC states demand IAEA inspections on Iran nuclear plant
Apr 14, 2013 (AFP)
The Gulf Cooperation Council on Sunday called for international inspectors to be sent to Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant over concerns of possible radiation leaks ...
Fukushima may delay nuclear energy growth
Apr 10, 2013 (UPI)
Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster may delay the growth of the world nuclear energy market by a decade but will not reverse it, a nuclear power expert says. Ala...
Slovakia signals ready to work with Rosatom on nuclear power
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
Slovakia signalled Wednesday it is ready to team up with Russia's Rosatom if Czech energy giant CEZ walks out of a deal on the construction of a new nuclear rea...
EU to probe Bulgaria energy sector
Apr 10, 2013 (UPI)
The European Union will probe Bulgaria's energy sector after protests over high electricity prices this year forced the resignation of its previous government. ...
Japan's nuclear watchdog drafts new safety rules
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday published new draft safety standards that it hopes will prevent a repeat of the disaster at Fukushima. The Nuclear Regulat...
IAEA team to inspect Fukushima next week
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
The UN atomic agency announced Tuesday a visit to Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to review efforts to plan and implement its decommissioning, two year...
Germany launches new search for nuclear waste dump site
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Germany decided Tuesday to start a fresh search for a radioactive waste depot site in the country, delaying by years a tough decision on an issue that has divid...
New radioactive water leak feared at Japan's Fukushima
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Another suspected leak of radioactive water was discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on Tuesday, its operator said, the latest...
New radioactive water leak reported at Fukushima
Apr 07, 2013 (AFP)
Some radioactive water may have leaked into the ground from a storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operator said Sunday, the ...
Turkey raps US absence in $22bn nuclear tender: report
Apr 06, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey's energy minister has criticised the United States not joining in the $22 billion tender to build the country's second nuclear power plant, local media r...
United States: A New Step Forward in Reactor Safety and Performance
Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved AREVA's new ARCADIA core simulator system used for core performance analysis in pressurized water reac...
Westinghouse contracted to support Argentina's Embalse nuclear power plant steam generator replacement
Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that its subsidiary, PCI Energy Services, LLC (PCI), has signed a contract with Nucleoelectrica Argentina S.A. (NA-S...
Turkey nears decision on $22 bn nuclear plant
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey is close to making a decision in a $22 billion tender as a report said a Japanese-French consortium was in the lead to build the country's second nuclear...
Bulgaria orders power output cuts amid sector troubles
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
Bulgaria's official electricity system operator ordered producers to lower capacity on Thursday to prevent the shaky system from overheating amid sharply droppi...
Australia approves uranium mining project
Apr 03, 2013 (UPI)
The Australian government has granted environmental approval for Toro Energy Ltd.'s $280 million Wiluna uranium mining project in Western Australia. The approva...
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