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Bolivia, Russia ink deal on $300 mn nuclear research lab
Mar 06, 2016 (AFP)
Bolivia signed a $300 million deal with Russia on Sunday to build a world-class nuclear research lab in the South American nation, President Evo Morales announc...
Fincantieri delivers platform for nuclear reactor compartments
Mar 04, 2016 (UPI)
A semi-submersible floating platform has been delivered by Fincantieri to Russia's RosRAO for the transportation of nuclear submarine reactor compartments. Cons...
Germany demands France shut old nuclear plant near border
Mar 04, 2016 (AFP)
Germany demanded Friday that France close down its oldest nuclear plant, Fessenheim, near the German and Swiss borders -- just one of several ageing atomic plan...
India to allocate $440M annually for nuclear power investments
Mar 02, 2016 (Sputnik)
India will increase its investment in nuclear power to up to 30 billion rupees (almost $440 million) per year, the country's finance minister, Arun Jaitley, sai...
Nuclear Waste Illegally Dumped in Kentucky Landfill
Mar 02, 2016 (Sputnik)
Radioactive drilling waste was illegally dumped at a landfill in Kentucky, according to state officials. Now, they're issuing warnings and investigating how the...
Fukushima Disaster Shows Need to Continue Improving NPP Safety Measures
Mar 02, 2016 (Sputnik)
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan served as a lesson for nuclear power plants in other countries to continue improving safety measures against natura...
Mexico issues alert after theft of radioactive material
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
Five Mexican states were put on alert Sunday after a truck carrying a container of potentially dangerous radioactive material was stolen, the interior ministry ...
Glitch halts Japan reactor days after restart: utility
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
A Japanese utility on Monday said that a surprise glitch has switched off a nuclear reactor just days after it was turned on again after a nationwide shutdown f...
Japan restarts another reactor, fourth since tsunami disaster shutdown
Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)
A Japanese utility on Friday said it started up a nuclear reactor, the fourth to come back online following a nationwide shutdown after the March 2011 tsunami d...
Fifth year of losses for Areva on Finnish provisions
Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)
France's struggling nuclear giant Areva saw its share price plunge in Paris on Friday after posting a fifth straight year of losses on new provisions to pay for...
Areva secures bridging loan to survive 2016
Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)
France's struggling nuclear giant Areva said Thursday it has secured a 1.1 billion euros bridging loan from six banks, and pushed back the publication of its an...
Lithuania aims synchronization of electricity system with Europe: PM
Feb 25, 2016 (XNA)
Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) responsible for the EU's energy union Maros Sefcovic met with Lithuanian leaders on Monday to discuss the creatio...
First Unit of Russia-India Kudankulam NPP Reconnected to Grid
Feb 23, 2016 (Sputnik)
The first unit of the Russia-designed Kudankulam nuclear power plant (NPP) was connected to the grid, a source in the Indian nuclear industry said on Monday. In...
New nuclear plants indication of growing trust between Russia and Iran
Feb 23, 2016 (Sputnik)
Commenting on the announcement by Rosatom that the construction of two new units at the Bushehr nuclear power plant complex would start soon, Hassan Beheshtipou...
US Westinghouse Fuel Delivered to Biggest Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant
Feb 23, 2016 (Sputnik)
The first batch of nuclear fuel from the US-based Westinghouse Electric Corp was delivered to the largest Ukrainian Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Station, the plant'...
Radioactive water leak suspends Japan reactor start-up
Feb 21, 2016 (AFP)
A radioactive water leak has halted plans to re-start a reactor at a nuclear power plant in western Japan, which would have been the fourth to come online after...
Moscow Ready to Fulfill Loan Obligations on Hungarian Paks NPP -Putin
Feb 19, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia is ready to provide a loan 10-billion-euro loan for building new facilities at the Hungarian Paks Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Russian President Vladimir P...
Germany's RWE suspends dividends
Feb 17, 2016 (UPI)
German energy company RWE said it was moving on a proposal to suspend dividends for common shares in order to move through "difficult times." The company said i...
Video of Belgian nuclear official seized in Paris attacks probe
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
Investigators probing last year's deadly jihadist attacks in Paris have found video footage of a senior Belgian nuclear official, the federal prosecutor said We...
UK science leads the way in nuclear research
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
The UK's synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, is a hub for renewable energy and energy recycling research, but less well known are its applicatio...
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