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EDF says extending life of 4 UK nuclear power stations
Feb 16, 2016 (AFP)
EDF Energy, the British arm of French giant EDF, will extend the life of four of its UK nuclear power stations by up to seven years, it said Tuesday. The announ...
Australian state could take 13% of globe's nuclear waste
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
A nuclear dump in an Australian state could handle 13 percent of the world's atomic waste and prove "highly profitable" in the long term, initial findings from ...
Russian Government Proposes to Increase Security at Nuclear Facilities
Feb 12, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Russian government has introduced a draft bill to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, aimed at enhancing anti-terrorism provisions at nuclear fac...
Over 70% of Japanese Against Nuclear Power Plants After Fukushima Tragedy
Feb 12, 2016 (Sputnik)
Over 70 percent of the Japanese are in favor of completely or partially abandoning the use of nuclear power plants (NPP) in the country after the Fukushima disa...
Russia, Argentina May Construct Atucha Nuclear Power Plant Unit in 2016
Feb 12, 2016 (Sputnik)
A contract with Russia for the construction of a new unit for Argentina's Atucha Nuclear Power Plant may be signed by the end of 2016, Russian Ambassador to Arg...
New York Power Plant Leaking Radioactive Water
Feb 10, 2016 (Sputnik)
A New York nuclear power plant is leaking and radioactive tritium has been found in groundwater testing facilities nearby, but the governor and Nuclear Regulato...
China drafts nuclear safety law
Feb 05, 2016 (XNA)
China is to speed up drafting of the nuclear safety law and atomic energy law, a white paper on its nuclear emergency preparedness said on Wednesday. Since Chin...
Sweden's Vattenfall results nuked by atomic energy tax
Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)
Swedish state-owned energy group Vattenfall on Wednesday reported a record loss for 2015, blaming a tax on nuclear energy and sliding electricity prices. The co...
India Connects First Unit of Kudankulam NPP to National Electric Grid
Feb 01, 2016 (Sputnik)
The first unit of India's Russian-designed Kudankulam nuclear power plant (NPP) was connected to the country's electric grid after a recent relaunch, a source i...
Germany reassured for now over Belgian nuclear plants
Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)
Germany's environment minister Barbara Hendricks said Monday she was reassured for the moment over the safety of Belgian nuclear power plants that have also wor...
Japan turns on third nuclear reactor since post-Fukushima ban
Jan 29, 2016 (AFP)
Japan on Friday restarted its third nuclear reactor since a country-wide shutdown in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, after a court ruled it was safe despite...
Britain says 'good progress' being made on nuclear plant
Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)
The British government said Thursday that "good progress" was being made on a vast project to construct the nation's first nuclear power plant in decades. In Oc...
Turkey to continue current joint energy projects with Russia
Jan 28, 2016 (Sputnik)
Turkey counts on further stable cooperation with Russia on their remaining joint energy projects, Turkey's Energy Minister Berat Albayrak said Wednesday. The mi...
Struggling Areva plans 5 bn euro capital increase
Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)
Areva said Wednesday it plans a five billion euro capital increase to stabilise its finances, as the struggling French nuclear giant seeks to finalise the takeo...
Total nuclear power capacity in China to double by 2020
Jan 28, 2016 (Sputnik)
The total capacity of China's nuclear power units will double by the end of the decade, reaching 58 gigawatts (GW), local media reported Wednesday. While the wo...
Chinese nuclear firm named world's 5th largest
Jan 27, 2016 (XNA)
China's leading clean energy company, China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGN), is now the world's fifth largest in terms of operating capacity, the company said...
China planning to build floating nuclear power plant
Jan 27, 2016 (AFP)
China is planning to build a floating nuclear power station as it seeks to double its atomic capacity by 2020, a senior official said Wednesday. Authorities are...
One dead in mudslide at French nuclear waste site
Jan 26, 2016 (AFP)
One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the northeast of the country, the emergen...
Russia Pledges $300,000 to IAEA's Innovative Nuclear Reactors Project
Jan 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
The state-run Russian corporation Rosatom will contribute some 24.6 million rubles ($315,000 at the current exchange rate) in 2016 to the International Project ...
AREVA signed $300 million in uranium enrichment contracts in 2015
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
In 2015, AREVA was awarded several long-term contracts by four U.S. utilities for uranium enrichment services totaling more than $300 million. These contracts o...
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