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Sisi May Sign Deal on 2 NPP Units Construction in Egypt During Russia Visit
Aug 25, 2015 (Sputnik)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi may sign an agreement with Russia's state company Rosatom to build two nuclear power units in Egypt during his visit to Rus...
IAEA to help Africa cooperate in nuclear power development
Aug 25, 2015 (SPX)
The UN nuclear agency on Monday said it will help African states cooperate in the development of nuclear sources for electricity generation. Anne Starz, Visitin...
Nuke dump at Lake Huronis draws mass anger across border
Aug 24, 2015 (Sputnik)
The proposal to burry nuclear waste in an underground pit nearly a mile away from the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario is sparking international outrage among en...
Greenpeace demands Swiss shut world's oldest nuclear plant
Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)
Greenpeace said Thursday it had launched legal action to demand that Switzerland shut down Beznau, the world's oldest commercial nuclear plant, for security rea...
Pakistani PM launches construction of controversial Chinese nuclear plant
Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony for two controversial Chinese nuclear plants near the coastal city of Karachi w...
Fifth Belgian reactor shuts down but no danger: operator
Aug 13, 2015 (AFP)
Maintenance work triggered an alarm that shut down a fifth Belgian nuclear reactor on Thursday, leaving only two working in the country but posing no danger to ...
A small, modular, efficient fusion plant
Aug 12, 2015 (SPX)
It's an old joke that many fusion scientists have grown tired of hearing: Practical nuclear fusion power plants are just 30 years away - and always will be. But...
What is the importance of nuclear power in Japan?
Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)
Nuclear power had been an integral source of electricity for Japan until the Fukushima crisis in 2011 led to the government shutting down all reactors. With one...
Japan ends nuclear shutdown sparked by Fukushima crisis
Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)
Japan on Tuesday restarted its nuclear power programme after a shutdown triggered by the 2011 Fukushima crisis, as the government pushes to return to a cheaper ...
Russian, Egyptian companies prepare contracts for NPP Project
Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)
Russia and Egypt plan to sign a second bilateral agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Egypt in the coming months, Russian Prime Minis...
EDF deal for new UK nuclear plant to be signed in October: press
Aug 05, 2015 (AFP)
A 25 billion pound ($39 billion, 36 billion euro) deal for French energy company EDF to build Britain's new nuclear power station will be confirmed when China's...
US Energy Department Offers $40Mln for New Nuclear Reactor Designs
Aug 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US government is offering millions of dollars for innovative ideas to design new nuclear reactors, the Department of Energy announced in a press release. "W...
Russia, Vietnam Sign Agreement on Construction of Nuclear Plant
Aug 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
NIAEP-ASE United Company (part of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) signed a Master Framework Agreement in Hanoi for ...
Ex-Fukushima execs to be charged over nuclear accident
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving th...
Spanish government, region lock horns over radioactive waste site
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
Spain's conservative government and the central region of Castilla-La Mancha locked horns Thursday over plans to build the nation's first-ever temporary storage...
Health fallout from Fukushima mainly mental: studies
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
The most lasting health impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will likely be psychological not physical, according to a trio of studies published Friday in T...
US Faces Long Delays for Next Generation Small Nuclear Reactors
Jul 30, 2015 (Sputnik)
A GAO report says the US Department of Energy wants new Small Modular Reactors to replace its aging ones, but design, safety and cost problems render them decad...
Areva agrees to sale of nuclear reactor unit to EDF
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
Atomic energy giant Areva on Thursday agreed to sell a majority stake of its nuclear reactor unit to electricity group EDF as part of a shake-up of the French s...
Report Warns of Huge Risks in German Nuclear Decommissioning Costs
Jul 30, 2015 (Sputnik)
Four years after Germany took the sudden decision to phase out nuclear energy production in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, a new report commissioned by the...
TEPCO's Fukushima compensation cost to reach over $57 bn
Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's embattled utility Tokyo Electric Power Co now expects the compensation costs after the Fukushima nuclear disaster to be more than $57 billion, the gover...
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