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Bulgaria may be open to private nuclear plant project: PM
Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Thursday that Bulgaria could support a private proposal to revive dropped national plans for a new nuclear plant on the Danube...
Alert stops nuclear reactor in Sweden
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
A nuclear reactor in Sweden stopped automatically on Wednesday after an alert went off, but the cause had yet to be determined, its operator OKG said. "Shortly ...
New international partnership tailor-made for UK nuclear industry
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
AREVA, a global leader in nuclear energy and Atkins, one of the world's leading engineering and design consultancies, have formed a joint venture to compete for...
India to press forward with nuclear power
Sep 25, 2012 (UPI)
India is determined to increase its share of nuclear power, a government official said. Speaking at the India Nuclear Energy Summit in Mumbai Tuesday, Srikanta ...
23 nuclear power plants are in tsunami risk areas
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
The tsunami in Japan in March 2011 unleashed a series of negligence related with the resulting nuclear disaster. A scientific study headed by Spanish researcher...
Fishermen protest against Indian nuclear plant
Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)
Indian fishermen and anti-nuclear activists on Saturday mounted a sea protest against an atomic power plant following violent demonstrations earlier this month,...
Emirates, Saudis drive for nuclear power
Sep 21, 2012 (UPI)
The United Arab Emirates, one of the top oil exporters, is leading the race to develop nuclear power in the Arab world and has awarded contracts worth $2 billio...
Japan will go nuclear free, PM insists
Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)
Japan will go nuclear free, the prime minister insisted Friday, rebutting criticism that his government was floundering and unable to come up with a coherent po...
Japanese power firm to suffer record loss
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's Kansai Electric Power said Thursday that it would incur a record net loss of 125 billion yen ($1.6 billion) for a year half period due to the impact of ...
Quebec shutters sole nuclear plant as Ontario eyes more
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced Thursday that the province's only nuclear power plant would be closed, as activists went to court to try to prevent new ...
Japan gets new nuclear watchdog
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
Japan on Wednesday launched a new independent nuclear regulatory body in response to claims that cosy relationships and an overly powerful industry were respons...
Japan to retreat from nuclear power
Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)
Japan says it aims to have zero nuclear power by 2030. The move represents the government's first formal departure from nuclear power since the Fukushima nuclea...
Nuclear Proliferation Risks Of Laser Enrichment Require Fuller NRC Review
Sep 14, 2012 (SPX)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is putting U.S. nuclear non-proliferation policy at risk if it decides not to require a formal nuclear proliferatio...
Canada wants Indian nuclear reactor sales
Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)
Canada is seeking to enter India's lucrative nuclear energy market. "We have turned the page with India. India is a very different country today. We value and w...
Japan says to phase out nuclear energy by 2040
Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)
Japan on Friday said it planned to phase out nuclear power over three decades in an apparent bow to public pressure after last year's Fukushima disaster, the wo...
Germany ready to help Japan on nuclear exit
Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)
Germany stands ready to help Japan with the "demanding" goal of phasing out nuclear energy by drawing on its own nuclear exit progress, a government spokesman s...
Signs of cracks found at second Belgian nuclear plant
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
There are signs of cracks in a reactor vessel at a second nuclear plant in Belgium, with the problems similar to those identified at another site, power generat...
India court rejects plea to block nuclear plant
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
India's Supreme Court denied a request on Thursday to suspend the loading of uranium fuel rods at a contested nuclear plant in southern India, as local resident...
Japan works on nuclear waste disposal
Sep 13, 2012 (UPI)
The Science Council of Japan has expressed concerns about the country's nuclear waste disposal policies. The Science Council advocates keeping radioactive debri...
Thorium as uranium replacement studied
Sep 13, 2012 (UPI)
The benefits of thorium as an alternative nuclear fuel representing a safer and more abundant alternative to uranium are "overstated," a British report says. Th...
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