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AREVA produces the first fuel assemblies for the Chinese EPR reactors
Mar 11, 2013 (SPX)
AREVA has just completed the first production campaign at its Romans plant in France of the fuel assemblies destined for the Taishan 1 EPRTM reactor. These asse...
Japan anti-nuclear marches before tsunami anniversary
Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)
Anti-nuclear rallies took place across Japan Sunday on the eve of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, urging Japan's new gov...
Anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo ahead of tsunami anniversary
Mar 09, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in Tokyo Saturday ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, urging Japan'...
Taiwan stages mass 'No Nuke' rally
Mar 09, 2013 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of Taiwanese people rallied in the capital Saturday to demand the government heed the lesson of a Japanese atomic crisis and scrap the island'...
Budget cuts could hamper nuclear cleanup
Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)
Federal spending cuts will slow down the cleanup of radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said. The nation's largest ...
Majority in Taiwan against new atomic plant: polls
Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)
More than half of Taiwan's public want construction of a long-delayed nuclear plant to be halted due to safety concerns, according to two surveys released Thurs...
Vattenfall axes 2,500 jobs amid low electricity prices
Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)
The Swedish energy group Vattenfall said Wednesday that it would axe 2,500 jobs, including 1,500 in Germany, by the end of next year owing to excess supply in E...
US may face inevitable nuclear power exit
Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)
In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was "jumpstarting" the nuclear industry. Because of the industry's long history of permitting probl...
Nuclear power capacity grew again in 2012: IAEA
Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)
The world's nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012 after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to a draft new UN atomic ...
Japan denies nuclear reactor restart claims
Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's nuclear watchdog Tuesday denied claims the country is planning to restart six reactors, just days before the second anniversary of the quake-tsunami dis...
Taiwan nuke power plants to face OECD stress tests
Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)
International experts will run safety checks on Taiwan's three nuclear power plants as parts of efforts to reassure the public following Japan's nuclear meltdow...
Westinghouse Nuclear Team Sign MoU With Local Czech Engineering Firms
Mar 04, 2013 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company, Toshiba Corporation and Metrostav have announced the signing of three highly significant Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with...
Areva says Japan to relaunch six reactors in 2013
Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)
The head of French nuclear group Areva, a major supplier to Japan, said Monday six reactors would reopen in the country before the end of the year and that most...
Slovenia's only nuke plant back on line
Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)
Slovenia's sole nuclear power plant Krsko resumed energy production on Sunday, six days after being shut down due to mechanical problems, its operator said. "Th...
Namibias Roessing uranium mine to slash jobs
Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)
The Roessing uranium mine in Namibia, a unit of British mining giant Rio Tinto, said Friday it plans to cut 17 percent of its workforce due to slowing demand fo...
Two workers die in fall at French nuclear plant
Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)
Two workers were killed and a third was seriously injured Thursday when a raised platform they were standing on collapsed at one of France's largest nuclear pla...
US teen designs compact nuclear reactor
Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Wilson has designed a compact nuclear reactor that could one day burn waste from old atomic weapons to power anything from homes and fa...
Areva narrows loss, targets profit in 2013
Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)
French nuclear energy giant Areva said Thursday it aims to return to profit this year after nearly erasing a massive loss incurred due massive depreciations tie...
Safety concerns cloud S. Korea nuclear drive
Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)
South Korea has big plans to become a major nuclear energy player, but they are unfolding at a time when the global industry is under intense scrutiny after the...
Bulgaria parliament confirms rejection of new nuclear plant
Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)
Bulgaria's outgoing parliament confirmed on Wednesday an earlier decision abandoning plans for a new nuclear power plant, after a referendum forced a review of ...
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