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China to Build Two Nuclear Power Plants in Southern Iran
Jul 27, 2015 (Sputnik)
China will build two nuclear power plants for Iran on the Makran coast neighboring the Gulf of Oman, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Sa...
Construction of 2nd phase of India's Kudankulam NPP to start in 2015
Jul 24, 2015 (Sputnik)
A general framework agreement on the construction of the second phase, which includes a third and fourth power unit for the nuclear power plant, was signed by R...
French MPs vote to halve energy use, slash nuclear dependence
Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)
French lawmakers adopted a new law on Wednesday that will halve the country's energy consumption by 2050 and slash its reliance on nuclear energy. Under the new...
French energy company ENGIE expanding reach
Jul 22, 2015 (UPI)
After a string of moves into the Asian market, French energy company ENGIE said Wednesday it was moving deeper into Latin America with a Chilean acquisition. Fo...
Sweaty work for Japan teams scrubbing away Fukushima radiation
Jul 21, 2015 (AFP)
Sweating inside their plastic protection suits, thousands of men toil in Japan's muggy early summer in a vast effort to scrub radiation from the villages around...
Japan nuclear refugees face dilemma over returning home
Jul 21, 2015 (AFP)
More than four years since Satoru Yamauchi abandoned his noodle restaurant to escape radiation spreading from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the J...
Swedish energy group Vattenfall reveals 3.9 bn euro write-down
Jul 21, 2015 (AFP)
Sweden's state-owned energy group Vattenfall announced a massive 36.3 billion krona ($4.2 billion, 3.9 billion euro) writedown Tuesday tied to looming closures ...
Slovakia, Enel discuss construction of nuclear power plant
Jul 21, 2015 (XNA)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has confirmed that he met on Friday with management members of Italian energy giant Enel, the majority owner of Slovak Elektra...
Fukushima Cleanup Financially Motivated, Expert Warns
Jul 21, 2015 (Sputnik)
The meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are not over, and the Japanese government's push to decommission and dismantle the plants in the next thirty ...
Location of Vietnam's nuclear power project extended
Jul 21, 2015 (XNA)
Construction on Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 nuclear power plants, the first of the kind in Vietnam, will be extended southwest as required in new changes to their master...
Slovenia, Croatia discuss settlement of nuclear plant waste
Jul 21, 2015 (XNA)
Slovenia presented Croatia with plans for additional radioactive waste repositories for the mutually-owned nuclear power station NEK in Krsko at a joint commiss...
TEPCO to Resume Fukushima Protective Cover Removal in Late July
Jul 20, 2015 (Sputnik)
Japanese utility company TEPCO will resume work to remove a protective cover from the stricken Fukushima reactor building in late July, a public Japanese broadc...
Slovenia, Croatia extend atomic plant's lifespan by 20 years
Jul 20, 2015 (AFP)
Slovenia and Croatia agreed on Monday to extend the lifespan of a jointly-owned nuclear plant until 2043, overriding calls from green groups to close the facili...
Russian firm dismisses South Africa nuclear build fears
Jul 15, 2015 (AFP)
Russia's state energy corporation Rosatom on Wednesday denied that it had already secretly won a massive nuclear power contract in South Africa, and sought to a...
Russia Will Start Selling Enriched Uranium to Europe
Jul 14, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's top exporter of primary stage nuclear material has completed a pilot shipment to Germany and Sweden via its northern Ust-Luga seaport. Techsnabexport p...
Neutrons find 'missing' magnetism of plutonium
Jul 14, 2015 (SPX)
Groundbreaking work at two Department of Energy national laboratories has confirmed plutonium's magnetism, which scientists have long theorized but have never b...
Putin, Zuma consider development of South African nuclear energy priority
Jul 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Jacob Zuma said that launching a program of development of South Africa's nuclear energy was a prio...
Japan increases limits on radiation exposure before nuke reactors restart
Jul 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
Amid preparations to restart nuclear reactors shut down following the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, the Japanese government plans to set a new standard for the permi...
Nuclear Friendship: Kazakhstan to deliver 5K tons of uranium to India
Jul 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
As India attempts to bolster its nuclear energy capabilities, it has just formalized an agreement with Kazakhstan to receive 5,000 tons of uranium over the next...
Kazakhstan to supply India with 5,000 tonnes of uranium
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
Kazakhstan on Wednesday signed an agreement with India to supply New Delhi with 5,000 tonnes of uranium over the next five years, Kazakh President Nursultan Naz...
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