CIVIL NUCLEAR - INDO DAILY

Fukushima lesson: Prepare for unanticipated nuclear accidents

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

A year after the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowl...

Vietnam forges ahead with nuclear power

Mar 08, 2012 (UPI)

Vietnam is pressing ahead with nuclear power, a government official said. Addressing an international conference on nuclear power Thursday in Vietnam, Le Dinh T...

No meltdown for nuclear after Fukushima

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

Last year's Fukushima disaster plunged the nuclear industry into its deepest crisis since Chernobyl, but dire predictions that atomic power would have to be aba...

RWE earnings hit by German nuclear phase-out

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

RWE, Germany's second biggest-power supplier, said Tuesday earnings last year were hit by a one-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) charge related to the shutdown of so...

New Mapping Tool Shows How Severe Nuclear Accident Could Look in US

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

A new mapping tool released by the Natural Resources Defense Council illustrates the potential radiological impacts of a severe accident at the nation's nuclear...

Canada enters nuclear talks with UAE

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Canada began talks Monday with the United Arab Emirates on nuclear cooperation, hoping to sell the wealthy Gulf state nuclear reactors or technologies for power...

One year after Fukushima, IAEA says nuclear power safer

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Nuclear power is safer around the world than it was a year ago at the time of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the head of the UN atomic agency said Monday, whi...

Seoul nuclear summit to focus on safety after Fukushima

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea's foreign minister said Monday that the question of how to strengthen global atomic safety following Japan's nuclear disaster would be a key topic a...

Shareholders sue TEPCO for $67 bn: reports

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Forty-two shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) are suing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant seeking a record-breaking $67 billion comp...

Fukushima disaster pushes France's Areva to record loss

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

French nuclear energy giant Areva reported Thursday a record loss for 2011 after taking massive provisions in the aftermath of Japan's Fukushima disaster but re...

NGOs in anti-nuke probe 'diverted' foreign funds: India

Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)

India said Wednesday criminal cases were lodged against four non-profit groups accused of fuelling protests against planned atomic power stations because they "...

India slap cases on aid groups over nuclear row: reports

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

Indian authorities said on Tuesday that charges have been slapped on four non-profit groups accused of fuelling protests against plans to build two atomic power...

Study Confirms Low Levels of Fallout from Fukushima and Enhances Knowledge

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

Fallout from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power facility in Japan was measured in minimal amounts in precipitation in the United States in about 20 perce...

India freezes aid group funds over nuclear protests

Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)

India said Saturday it had frozen the assets of three non-profit groups it alleges were diverting foreign aid funds to fuel protests against plans to build two ...

Japan wants to replace TEPCO board: report

Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's government wants to replace the entire board of the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in exchange for $12 billion of tax money to resusci...

India PM blames foreign NGOs for anti-nuclear demos

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed US non-profit groups in an interview published Friday for whipping up anti-nuclear demonstrations that have stalled ...

New countries go nuclear despite Fukushima: UN official

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

At least five countries will start work on their first nuclear reactors this year despite the jolt to international confidence caused by the Fukushima disaster,...

Next Gen Nuclear Plant Industry Alliance Selects AREVA Concept

Feb 23, 2012 (SPX)

AREVA welcomes the announcement by the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Industry Alliance LLC that AREVA's prismatic core, 625 MW thermal, steam cycle modul...

Swiss environmental groups want Beznau nuclear plant shut

Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)

Switzerland's Beznau nuclear plant will soon boast the "dubious record" of being the oldest nuclear plant in the world and should be shut down, a group of envir...

India to push ahead with nuclear power

Feb 23, 2012 (UPI)

India needs nuclear energy to sustain its economic growth, a government official said. Speaking in New Delhi Wednesday at the International Nuclear Symposium, I...