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Central Africa gunmen attack French uranium plant: army
Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)
Rebels attacked and looted a plant operated by French nuclear giant Areva near a uranium mine in the southeast of the Central African Republic, army and French ...
Where to put nuclear waste?
Jun 22, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers in Finland have found that acceptance of the site of a spent nuclear fuel repository can depend on gender and economic background. Writing in the In...
Japan protest over nuclear restart
Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)
About 20,000 people gathered in front of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's residence in Tokyo late Friday to protest his decision to restart two nuclear ...
Japan unveils 10% energy-saving target
Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)
Japan on Friday said its industrial heartland must cut electricity use by 10 percent this summer as the country grapples with a power shortage in the aftermath ...
Temelin bidder Areva inks memoranda with Czech partners
Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)
French state-run energy company Areva signed outline arrangements on Friday with 11 Czech companies on potential cooperation in the construction of two nuclear ...
NRC Petitioned to Stop 35 Reactors Until Court Ruling Satisfied
Jun 21, 2012 (SPX)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must not make final licensing decisions until it has completed a rulemaking action on the environmental impacts of highl...
Sweden raises security over explosives at nuclear plant
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
Sweden has tightened security at its three nuclear power plants after routine checks revealed an explosive device planted on a truck inside its southern Ringhal...
Lithuania seals approval of Hitachi nuclear plant deal
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
Lithuania's parliament on Thursday approved a deal with Japan's Hitachi on the construction of a new nuclear plant aimed at reducing the Baltic state's energy d...
Abandoning Fukushima was never an option: TEPCO
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
The embattled operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday denied it had ever considered abandoning the crippled power station, blaming poor communicati...
Lithuania opens probe into nuclear plant bribery claim
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
Lithuania opened a probe Tuesday after US justice authorities said a US company had paid bribes to officials employed at a nuclear power plant in the Baltic sta...
Japan PM orders first nuclear restart
Jun 18, 2012 (UPI)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two reactors at the Oi nuclear complex in Fukui Prefecture in western Japan. Noda gave the restart...
RWE pulls plug on international nuclear power business
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
German power giant RWE, already hard hit by the government's decision to phase out nuclear power, said on Monday it is similarly abandoning its ambitions in the...
EU closes probe into Areva, Siemens civil nuclear deal
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
European competition regulators announced on Monday that they have closed a year-long probe into a deal between French and German nuclear giants Areva and Sieme...
Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart
Jun 16, 2012 (AFP)
Japan started work to put nuclear reactors back online Saturday, despite public distrust of the technology after last year's meltdowns at Fukushima, the world's...
Japan PM orders nuclear restart amid protests
Jun 16, 2012 (AFP)
Japan ordered nuclear reactors back online Saturday, defying public sentiment against atomic power following last year's meltdowns at Fukushima sparked by a hug...
Japan PM set to order nuclear restart at weekend
Jun 15, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's prime minister is set to defy fierce public sentiment this weekend and order nuclear reactors back online for the first time since Fukushima, as he seek...
Japan's Hitachi says atomic power sales to double
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's Hitachi said Thursday it would more than double its nuclear power business within a decade owing to growing overseas demand and post-disaster work at th...
German utilities want 15 bn euros for nuclear exit: report
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
German power suppliers are suing the government for 15 billion euros ($19 billion) in damages over the decision to abandon nuclear power, the Frankfurter Allgem...
'Good progress' in global nuclear safety: IAEA
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday "good progress" was being made in enhancing global nuclear safety, almost a year after implementing an action plan in the ...
US, India see progress with nuclear deal
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
The United States and India sought Wednesday to dispel doubts over their relationship as a US company signed a deal on nuclear power, long a source of disappoin...
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