CIVIL NUCLEAR - INDO DAILY

Feb 23, 2012 (UPI)

Kuwait has decided to abandon civilian nuclear power production. The decision was prompted by the March 11, 2011, nuclear disaster at the Daiichi nuclear power ...

India promises level playing field to US nuclear firms

Feb 21, 2012 (IANS)

Noting that India will need to invest more than $1 trillion on infrastructure to continue on the high growth trajectory, New Delhi has promised US companies a l...

South Korea to boost nuclear power?

Feb 20, 2012 (UPI)

South Korea's plans to boost nuclear power face increasing resistance from civic and environmental groups, post Fukushima, the Japanese reactor site hit by an e...

Japan shuts down nuclear reactor

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

Japan on Monday began a process that will see another one of the country's nuclear reactors go offline, leaving just two of 54 in operation. Kansai Electric Pow...

Britain and France to sign nuclear power deal at summit

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy held talks with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday at a summit in Paris where they were expected to sign a nuclea...

Britain and France sign nuclear power deals at summit

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron put recent disputes behind them Friday to unveil a nuclear power deal and renew thei...

Secrecy Over $8 Billion Vogtle Nuclear Reactor Deal Challenged in Court

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

With the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) believed to be within days of announcing the final federal approval of the controversial Vogtle nuclear project, th...

Kazakhstan keen to expand civil nuke ties with India

Feb 15, 2012 (IANS)

Kazakhstan is keen to expand civil nuclear ties with India, its envoy here said Wednesday. Ambassador Doulat Kuanyshev said the two strategic partners should lo...

Australia's most populated state lifts uranium ban

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

Australia's most populous state will reverse a decades-long ban on uranium exploration, with the regional government saying Wednesday it would be foolish not to...

New Integrated Building Model to Improve Success of Fish Farming Operations

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Today's "locavore" movement with its emphasis on eating more locally-produced food is a natural fit for fruits and vegetables in nearly every region, but few en...

Remove atomic scientist, expand expert panel: Kudankulam activists

Feb 14, 2012 (IANS)

Activists spearheading the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protests Friday requested the Tamil Nadu government to expand a new four-member panel th...

Russian nuclear scientists in Kudankulam to be sent elsewhere: Envoy

Feb 14, 2012 (IANS)

With work on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) stalled due to protests by villagers, the Russian nuclear scientists posted at the project are remainin...

Taiwan to forge ahead with nuclear power?

Feb 14, 2012 (UPI)

Taiwan plans to go forward with its fourth nuclear power plant amid safety concerns. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, winning a second term in office last mont...

Poland sticking to 2020 target for first atomic plant

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

Polish energy group PGE on Monday denied reports that it had pushed back from 2020 to 2025 the planned opening of the country's first nuclear power plant. PGE s...

Japan OKs $8.9 bn aid as TEPCO loss worsens

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

Japan on Monday approved a fresh $8.9 billion in aid for the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant as the company said it expected to lose a similar amount th...

Poland's first nuclear plant delayed five years to 2025

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

Poland's first nuclear power plant will not come on line until 2025, five years behind schedule, a press report said Saturday. The first reactor will go into se...

Thousands rally against nuclear power in Japan

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

Thousands demonstrated in Tokyo on Saturday against nuclear power generation, 11 months after a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked reactor meltdowns at the ...

Areva-UraMin deal followed suspicious trading: report

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

French nuclear power group Areva's purchase of Canadian uranium producer UraMin in 2007 for a high price was preceded by suspicious stock trades indicative of i...

U.S green lights two new reactors

Feb 10, 2012 (UPI)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the construction of two new nuclear reactors, the first to be built in the United States since 1978. The commission v...

French reactor down as cold snap drives power demand

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

A French nuclear reactor has gone into an unscheduled shutdown, state energy giant EDF said on Friday, placing fresh pressure on a national power grid already s...