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Nuclear industry funded Japan's safety experts: report
Nov 04, 2012 (AFP)
Four out of the six members of a government team drafting new safety standards for nuclear reactors have received thousands of dollars in grants from the nuclea...
German nuclear exit delivers economic, environmental benefits
Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, the German government took the nation's eight oldest reactors offline immediately...
U.S. nuclear energy safety questioned
Nov 01, 2012 (UPI)
The United States is headed toward a major nuclear disaster -- one that could mirror what happened last year in Japan -- unless the government more closely moni...
Hitachi enters Britain's nuclear sector
Oct 31, 2012 (UPI)
Japan's Hitachi Ltd. will build up to six new nuclear reactors in the United Kingdom as part of its agreement to acquire Horizon Nuclear Power from German energ...
US nuclear plant exits 'alert' after storm waters recede
Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)
A US nuclear plant exited "alert" status Wednesday after the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy receded, ending the flood threat at New Jersey's Oyster Creek plan...
Fukushima operator TEPCO slashes loss forecast
Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)
TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, on Wednesday dramatically slashed its fiscal-year loss projection, citing asset sales and cost-...
Bulgarian president sets nuclear referendum for next January
Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)
Bulgarians will be asked in a January referendum whether they want their country to be home to a second nuclear power plant, the office of President Rosen Plevn...
China's Guangdong mulls investing in Romanian nuclear plant
Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)
China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Group has shown interest in building two new reactors at Romania's sole nuclear power plant, deputy economy minister Rodin Traic...
Japan's Hitachi to buy British nuclear firm Horizon
Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's Hitachi said Tuesday it would buy British atomic power venture Horizon to expand its nuclear business overseas, as Japanese remain wary about atomic pow...
Slovenian nuclear plant resumes output after preventive shut down
Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)
Slovenia's only nuclear power plant resumed energy production on Tuesday after a preventive shut down as the Sava river -- which is used to cool down the plant ...
Chile thinking again of nuclear power use
Oct 30, 2012 (UPI)
Chile is thinking again of meeting its future energy needs with nuclear power, after more than a year of hesitation and delays caused by the March 2011 Fukushim...
Hurricane forces three US reactors shut
Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)
Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters ...
IAEA team tours India nuclear plant after radiation leak
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
A team from the UN's nuclear watchdog began a safety inspection Monday at a power plant in northern India where dozens of workers were exposed to radiation in s...
Alert as Sandy drenches US nuclear plant
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
A nuclear power plant in New Jersey declared an alert Monday from mega-storm Sandy as water passed a minimum level but no safety concerns were reported, the US ...
Czechs, Slovaks join forces in defence of EU nuclear power
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
The Czech Republic and Slovakia vowed on Monday to join forces on backing nuclear power within the EU when they held their first joint government meeting since ...
Czechs reject French Areva appeal of nixed bid on nuke plant
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Czech state-run power group CEZ said Monday it had rejected an appeal by France's Areva against its elimination from a tender to build two new units at its Teme...
Slovenia shuts nuclear plant after Sava river swells
Oct 28, 2012 (AFP)
Slovenia preventively shut down production Sunday at its only nuclear power plant after a steep increase in the flow of the Sava river used for cooling the syst...
Japan's Hitachi to buy Horizon for $628 mln: reports
Oct 27, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese engineering giant Hitachi is set to buy Horizon, a joint venture planning to build nuclear reactors in Britain, in a deal valued at 50 billion yen ($62...
Poland still committed to nuclear, shale gas development: PM
Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)
Poland is firmly committed to developing both nuclear energy and shale gas exploration, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday. "For the Polish government, nu...
China to resume nuclear power construction
Oct 25, 2012 (UPI)
China has lifted a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear projects, imposed 19 months ago after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster. That decision was inc...
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