CIVIL NUCLEAR - INDO DAILY

AREVA JV to undertake Sellafield decommissioning work

Mar 14, 2016 (SPX)

The AREVA-Doosan-Atkins joint venture has joined Sellafield Ltd's Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP) under a framework agreement for Lot 1 which involve...

Argentina could be involved in building Bolivian nuclear research center

Mar 14, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russia's state nuclear agency Rosatom does not rule out involving colleagues from Argentina in the construction project of the first nuclear research center in ...

Russian Scientists Suggest New 'Nuclear Battery' Concept

Mar 13, 2016 (Sputnik)

Experts of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS in Moscow have developed a new technology for making "nuclear batteries" with nickel-63 isoto...

Low turnout at anti-nuclear rally as Taiwan pins hope on new leader

Mar 12, 2016 (AFP)

An annual anti-nuclear rally in Taiwan on Saturday saw a much lower turnout than previous years as president-elect Tsai Ing-wen vows to abolish the use of atomi...

Bolivia to create National Atomic Energy Agency for cooperation with Russia

Mar 11, 2016 (Sputnik)

Bolivia has decided to set up its National Atomic Energy Agency for proper cooperation with Russia, General Director of Russia's state nuclear energy Sergei Kir...

US Proposes Nuclear Fuel Bank for Countries Facing Reactor Fuel Shortages

Mar 11, 2016 (Sputnik)

Nations suffering from a shortage of fuel for nuclear reactors could replenish depleted stockpiles from a nuclear bank that was proposed in a speech by US Speci...

India nuclear reactor shut down after water leak

Mar 11, 2016 (AFP)

A reactor at a nuclear plant in western India was shut down Friday after a water leak was discovered, officials said, stressing that workers had not been expose...

EU clears French-Chinese tie-up for UK nuclear plant

Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)

EU anti-trust regulators on Thursday cleared a partnership between French power company EDF and Chinese nuclear firm CGN to build nuclear power plants in Britai...

Global leaders in nuclear innovation gather at SMR and Advanced Reactor Summit in Atlanta

Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)

Last month's announcement that the US DOE has granted a permit for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project within the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site is part...

Abe says Japan 'cannot do without' nuclear power

Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said Japan "cannot do without" nuclear power, speaking on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating Fukushima di...

Germany's 'energy transition' still faces challenges

Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)

Lauded by some as an example to the rest of the world, but heavily criticised by others, Germany's historic "energy transition" -- an ambitious plan to switch f...

Invigorating Japanese energy and environmental policy five years after Fukushima

Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)

Japanese researchers call for increased interdisciplinarity and internationalization in Japanese energy and environment research to provide effective scientific...

Japan court orders shutdown of two nuclear reactors over safety fears

Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)

A Japanese court Wednesday ordered the shutdown of two nuclear reactors previously declared safe under post-Fukushima safety rules, a decision that comes just d...

Russia, Kazakhstan may sign nuclear cooperation deal in 2016

Mar 08, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russia and Kazakhstan may sign an agreement on scientific cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy this year, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosat...

Finnish radioactive spike traced to nuclear agency's neighbour

Mar 08, 2016 (AFP)

A "highly exceptional" surge in radioactivity detected over Finland's capital Helsinki was traced Tuesday to a company sharing a building with the headquarters ...

German states file challenge against Belgian nuclear plants

Mar 08, 2016 (AFP)

Two western German states said Tuesday they planned to file a complaint at the EU and UN against Belgium over its ageing nuclear reactors which had their lifesp...

AREVA Upgrades Reactor Coolant Pumps at Surry Power Station

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

AREVA NP recently completed reactor coolant pump refurbishments at Dominion's Surry Power Station in southeastern Virginia. For this project, the company succes...

Closure of France's oldest nuclear plant begins this year

Mar 07, 2016 (AFP)

French Environment Minister Segolene Royal said Monday that work will begin this year to shut down the country's oldest nuclear power plant, at the centre of a ...

Row over UK nuclear plant alarms EDF investors

Mar 07, 2016 (AFP)

The resignation of French energy giant EDF's finance chief sent its shares plunging Monday as concerns grew over the risks of its plan to build a next-generatio...

EDF finance chief quits over British nuclear power plant plan

Mar 06, 2016 (AFP)

The chief financial officer of French energy giant EDF, Thomas Piquemal, has resigned over a disagreement about an ambitious project to build Britain's first ne...