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Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France's nuclear reactors firm
Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)
The operation will value New NP at 2.5 billion euros, it said. EDF had obtained the green light in May from EU anti-trust regulators to buy out the troubled Are...
Sixth MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for Japan
Jul 05, 2017 (AFP)
The controversial shipment from a plant of the French nuclear group Areva located some 20 kilometres (12 miles) away arrived at the port before dawn aboard two ...
1.5-bn pound cost overrun at UK's Hinkley nuclear plant: EDF
Jul 03, 2017 (AFP)
EDF, the state-run French company that has the lion's share of the controversial scheme, made the announcement after a long review. EDF is part of a French-Chin...
NWMO to Focus Field Studies on Fewer Communities
Jun 26, 2017 (SPX)
The Municipality of Central Huron and the Township of White River will no longer be considered a potential host for the project. Both will continue to play a ro...
AREVA obtains transport license for its new cask in France and Belgium
Jun 26, 2017 (SPX)
The TN MW cask represents a 3-in-1 solution, as it allows manufacturers to use a single cask for the transportation, storage and final disposal phases, removing...
UK nuclear plant to cost consumers billions more
Jun 23, 2017 (AFP)
"The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's deal for Hinkley Point C has locked consumers into a risky and expensive project with uncertain s...
Toshiba delays results again citing US nuclear unit
Jun 23, 2017 (AFP)
The latest in a string of delays comes amid doubt about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, which is grappling with claims of financial misconduct at...
S. Korea to scrap all plans to build new nuclear reactors
Jun 19, 2017 (AFP)
Moon, who swept to power with a landslide election win last month, campaigned on promises to phase out atomic energy and embrace what he says are safer and more...
Russia sells stake in Akkuyu nuclear plant project in Turkey
Jun 19, 2017 (AFP)
The stake was sold for an undisclosed sum to a consortium of energy companies Cengiz, Kolin and Kalyon. The investment agreement will be signed by the end of th...
Japan court clears way for nuclear reactor restarts
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
Local residents lost their bid for an injunction to block the refiring of the No.3 and No.4 reactors at the Genkai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan on safety...
AREVA-EWN consortium to dismantle the Reactor Pressure Vessel at Brunsbuttel
Jun 12, 2017 (SPX)
The segmentation and packaging of core waste and reactor pressure vessel internals will be carried out underwater. Proven technology and a qualified underwater ...
UNIST improves remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances
Jun 12, 2017 (SPX)
In their study, published in the May issue of the prestigious journal, Nature Communications, Professor Eunmi Choi of Natural Science and her team demonstrated ...
German court nukes tax on power firms
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
The news boosted shares of major operators E.ON and RWE, which must phase out atomic power by 2022 under a decision Chancellor Angela Merkel made after Japan's ...
Nuclear-wary Japan restarts another atomic reactor
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
The restart of the No. 3 reactor at the Takahama nuclear plant brings the number of running reactors in Japan to five, while dozens more remain offline. The pla...
A new twist on the origin of uranium
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
This widely accepted textbook geology is being challenged by Colorado State University biogeochemists in a new study published June 1 in Nature Communications. ...
Three Mile Island nuclear plant to close in 2019
May 30, 2017 (UPI)
The plant, based in Middletown, Pa., and about 90 miles west of Philadelphia, has lost $300 million over the past five years because of the decline in energy pr...
EU clears EDF takeover of Areva reactor business
May 29, 2017 (AFP)
Problem-prone Areva, which is 87-percent owned by the French state, has faced severe difficulties since 2011, when the Fukushima disaster in Japan called nuclea...
Why nuclear could become the next 'fossil' fuel
May 28, 2017 (AFP)
Almost a decade ago, Turkey Point was aiming to become one of the country's largest nuclear plants. Florida Power and Light had argued that such expansion was n...
Hungary: AREVA NP awarded contract for safety IC modernization at Paks Nuclear Power Plant
May 22, 2017 (SPX)
The scope of the contract includes a comprehensive software update of the existing digital safety instrumentation and control (IC) system that AREVA NP had impl...
Swiss vote for gradual nuclear phaseout, energy makeover
May 21, 2017 (AFP)
A full 58.2 percent of Swiss voters supported the shift, according to a final tally after Sunday's referendum, with only four of the country's 26 cantons voting...
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