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Japan to have new nuclear watchdog
Sep 12, 2012 (UPI)
Japan plans to install a new nuclear regulatory commission. The new commission, to be launched Sept. 19, will replace the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, ...
Jordan king says Israel disrupted nuclear plans
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
King Abdullah II on Wednesday accused Israel of disrupting Jordan's nuclear energy plans and warned of sectarian violence spilling across the border from Syria,...
Japan to abandon nuclear power by 2030s: report
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
Japan will abandon nuclear power within the next three decades under new government policy on the post-Fukushima energy mix, a newspaper said Wednesday. Prime M...
Indian nuclear power protest turns deadly
Sep 11, 2012 (UPI)
An Indian government official blamed foreign organizations, whom he said are seeking to hamper India's nuclear ambitions, for the anti-nuclear power protests in...
Russia claims 1.0 bn euros over Bulgaria nuclear deal
Sep 11, 2012 (AFP)
Russia has raised to one billion euros ($1.3 billion) its compensation claim against Bulgaria over Sofia's decision to drop a deal for a Russian firm to build a...
France says it will close oldest nuclear plant by 2017
Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)
French Ecology and Energy Minister Delphine Batho said Friday the government was still committed to closing the country's oldest operational nuclear plant by 20...
Weekly Japan anti-nuclear rally going strong
Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators returned to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's executive mansion in central Tokyo Friday for a weekly rally. The g...
Polish companies join forces on nuclear power
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
Four top Polish state-controlled firms have inked a letter of intent to build the country's first three gigawatt nuclear energy plant, a joint press release sai...
Westinghouse Awarded Contract to Provide Feasibility Study for Hybrid Reactor Unit at Kozloduy NPP
Sep 06, 2012 (SPX)
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has received a contract from the Kozloduy NPP - New Build PLC of Bulgaria to perform a feasibility study on ...
Spain's oldest nuclear plant to be mothballed in July 2013
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
Spain's oldest nuclear plant, known as the 'sister' to Japan's disaster-struck Fukushima plant, is to be closed in July 2013 after 42 years in service, the oper...
Japanese majority favor zero nuclear power
Aug 30, 2012 (UPI)
The majority of Japanese say they want to end the country's dependence on nuclear power, a new report says. The report, by a government panel of experts that an...
Greens see red after French minister hints at nuclear U-turn
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
French Greens reacted angrily on Monday after a government minister described nuclear power as the "energy of the future," casting doubt on a commitment to slas...
IAEA head says don't relax on nuclear safety
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
The head of the UN atomic agency called Monday on countries with nuclear power not to lose their "sense of urgency" in improving safety after last year's Fukush...
Hundreds join anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo
Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched in Tokyo Sunday, calling for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to abandon the country's atomic energy programme follo...
Glass offers improved means of storing UK's nuclear waste
Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)
ILW makes up more than three quarters of the volume of material destined for geological disposal in the UK. Currently the UK's preferred method is to encapsulat...
Japan anti-nuke activists protest in Tokyo
Aug 24, 2012 (AFP)
More than a thousand people protested outside the Japanese prime minister's residence in Tokyo on Friday calling for an end to nuclear power after last year's F...
ORNL technology moves scientists closer to extracting uranium from seawater
Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)
Fueling nuclear reactors with uranium harvested from the ocean could become more feasible because of a material developed by a team led by the Department of Ene...
Japan press mixed on PM meet with anti-nuclear camp
Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's first face-to-face meeting with anti-nuclear protestors received mixed reviews Thursday, with some media saying it only...
Report warns of India nuclear power safety
Aug 23, 2012 (UPI)
An Indian government auditing agency criticized India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for not being truly autonomous and for its lack of a radiation safety pol...
BHP Billiton scraps mega mine expansion
Aug 22, 2012 (UPI)
Mining giant BHP Billiton has put on hold its $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine project in South Australia. BHP said it wouldn't ...
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