CIVIL NUCLEAR - INDO DAILY

Jan 18, 2013 (UPI)

Egypt's Nuclear Materials Authority says the discovery of huge amounts of uranium ore could help improve the country's flagging economy. The uranium has been di...

Argentina aims to revive nuclear exports

Jan 18, 2013 (UPI)

Argentina has resumed a global marketing campaign to boost exports of its nuclear industry, which lay dormant since the 1980s military dictatorship and subseque...

South Korean nuclear reactor shuts down

Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)

A South Korean nuclear reactor shut down Thursday due to a technical malfunction, the latest in a series of glitches that have raised public safety concerns The...

French nuclear firm tightens safety at Niger mine

Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)

French nuclear energy conglomerate Areva said on Thursday it had beefed up safety procedures at two uranium mines in Niger after green activists said contaminat...

Japan's Tepco to restart nuclear reactors?

Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)

The Japanese government has approved a business turnaround plan submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, w...

Turkey and France to resume nuclear plant talks: minister

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

Turkey and France have agreed to resume talks on civilian nuclear energy at a time Ankara plans to build three plants within the next five years, French Foreign...

Malaysia nuclear plan delayed: official

Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)

Malaysia's nuclear power plans will be delayed by the pall over the industry from Japan's atomic disaster, along with domestic anger at a controversial rare-ear...

Westinghouse Achieves Milestones For World's First Ap1000 Nuclear Power Plants

Jan 15, 2013 (SPX)

Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the successful on-time installations of AP1000 full-scope plant reference simulators at China's Sanmen and Haiyang N...

Regulator wants more info before clearing Belgian reactors

Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)

The Belgian nuclear regulator said Tuesday it wanted more information before it could make a final decision on whether to restart two reactors, shut down last y...

India and South Korea to cooperate on nuclear power?

Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)

South Korean President Park Geun-hye is expected to seek nuclear power deals during her four-day state visit to India, which began Wednesday. "South Korea has a...

Bangladesh PM to ink $1.5bn arms, nuclear deals in Russia

Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sign defence and nuclear energy deals worth $1.5 billion during a three-day visit to Russia which begins on Monda...

UAE, Argentina sign civil nuclear agreement

Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)

The UAE and Argentina signed on Monday an agreement to cooperate in the field of peaceful nuclear energy during a visit by President Cristina Kirchner, the stat...

IAEA to support Vietnam's nuclear projects

Jan 13, 2013 (UPI)

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it would provide support to Vietnam for its nuclear power sector. Vietnam is teaming with Russian utility and energy...

Indian minister says Areva nuclear deal is close

Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)

India and French group Areva are close to agreement on a contract for Areva to build a nuclear power station on the west coast of India, Indian Foreign Minister...

Another tiny miracle: Graphene oxide soaks up radioactive waste

Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)

Graphene oxide has a remarkable ability to quickly remove radioactive material from contaminated water, researchers at Rice University and Lomonosov Moscow Stat...

A French nuclear exit?

Jan 09, 2013 (SPX)

France has been held up, worldwide, as the forerunner in using nuclear fission to produce electricity. However, a third of the nation's nuclear reactors will ne...

Japan to clamp down on Fukushima clean-up firms

Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's government will clamp down on contractors cleaning up radioactive material around the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said Wednesday, followin...

Material cleans water of nuclear wast

Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)

Graphene oxide can quickly remove radioactive material from contaminated water, U.S. and Russian researchers say they've discovered. Rice University chemist Jam...

Toshiba boosts Westinghouse stake to 87%

Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)

Toshiba has boosted its stake in US nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse Electric to 87 percent, the company said Monday, as it eyes atomic opportunities ou...

China 'biggest' nuclear plant construction resumes

Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)

China has resumed construction on a "fourth generation" nuclear power plant, suspended after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which will be its biggest-ever nuclear...