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Technical problem shuts down Slovenian nuclear plant
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
Slovenia's only nuclear plant Krsko said Thursday it has initiated a preventive shutdown over technical problems in the system for monitoring the temperature. "...
French presidency backs tie-up of EDF-Areva reactor businesses
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
The French presidency on Wednesday gave its backing to a tie-up between state-owned electricity group EDF and Areva's reactor-building unit, adding that the gov...
Construction to Begin at Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant in Fall
Jun 02, 2015 (Sputnik)
Large-scale work is to begin in the fall of this year on equipping the second and third units of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant, Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom h...
Rosatom Says Ukraine Paid Off 2014 Russian Nuclear Fuel Deliveries
Jun 02, 2015 (Sputnik)
Ukraine has paid for all the nuclear fuel delivered by Russia's Rosatom in 2014, the company's Deputy Director General Kirill Komarov said Monday. "Ukraine has ...
Japan to Increase Geothermal Power Funding to Substitute Nuclear Energy
Jun 02, 2015 (Sputnik)
Japan will allocate more funds to develop geothermal power in order to boost the use of alternative energy, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday. The ...
Russia's Rosatom Says Ready to Participate in UK Nuclear Power Projects
Jun 02, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's Rosatom is ready to take part in the construction of nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom, the company's Deputy Director General Kirill Komarov s...
TEPCO close to completing radioactive water cleanup at Fukushima NPP
May 28, 2015 (Sputnik)
According to TEPCO, the remaining contaminated water remains at the bottom of the storage tanks. It cannot be vacuumed by the original pumps but must be careful...
Czech nuclear station calls tender for new reactor
May 28, 2015 (Sputnik)
A call for bids for a new unit of the Czech Republic's Dukovany Nuclear Power Station will be announced before the end of 2016, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav So...
Extremophile bacteria could improve nuclear waste cleanups
May 26, 2015 (UPI)
Over the last year, researchers at the University of Manchester have been testing what they call extremophile bacteria, radiation-resistant microorganisms that ...
China's nuclear power capacity set to reach 30 mln kilowatts
May 25, 2015 (XNA)
China will have 30 million kilowatts (KW) of nuclear power capacity by the end of 2015, said Xu Yuming, deputy director of the China Nuclear Energy Association ...
DEQ: Decision on Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Site'Out of Our Hands'
May 25, 2015 (Sputnik)
The authorities in the US state of Michigan have no control over Canada's decision to allow burying nuclear waste near the Great Lakes on the US-Canada border, ...
Bruce Power and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power enter into agreement
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
Bruce Power and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) have entered into an agreement that will see the two companies explore new areas of collaboration with a pa...
Canada and SKorea build partnerships between nuclear companies
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI), in partnership with the Ontario Government, recently led a trade mission of 18 leading Canadian nuclear s...
NucAdvisor offers consulting services for PALLAS multi-purpose reactor
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
PALLAS is a nuclear multi-purpose reactor designed to produce medical isotopes and supply a wide range of irradiation services. Located in Petten, the PALLAS-re...
Japan nuclear watchdog OKs one more reactor
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday gave the green light to restart one more atomic reactor, weeks after the government said a fifth of the country's electric...
Upgrades to Plant Farley enhance production of low-cost, clean electricity
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
Unit 1 of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., has safely resumed generating electricity following completion of a scheduled refueling and main...
UAE briefs IAEA on plans of nuclear waste management
May 19, 2015 (XNA)
The United Arab Emirates has presented its plans for managing spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), officia...
Decision to Dismantle Fukushima Reactor Cover Questionable
May 19, 2015 (Sputnik)
TEPCO said that it hoped to start the actual removal of the cover, which was installed by the company in 2011 to mitigate the damage done to the plant, in a wee...
Japan court upholds nuclear power plant injunction
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
A Japanese court upheld an injunction banning the restart of two nuclear reactors, a report said Tuesday, in a blow to the government's ambitions to return to a...
Rosatom Says India's Kudankulam Nuclear Energy Plant On Schedule
May 19, 2015 (Sputnik)
The second energy block of India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will go on line this summer, Rosatom Deputy Director Alexander Lokshin said Friday. "The secon...
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