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Nuclear Plant in France Shut Down Due to Pipe Defect
Mar 03, 2015 (Sputnik)
France's oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim was shut down due to a defected pipe. Energy production was shut down at France's oldest nuclear power plant after a...
Taiwan Controversial Nuclear Waste Plan Hits a Snag
Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)
Taiwan's main opposition party on Monday called for an immediate halt to a controversial plan to process the country's nuclear waste overseas. Environmental act...
Hungary to keep secret details of Russian nuclear plant deal
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
Hungary's parliament voted Tuesday to keep secret for 30 years details of contracts related to a controversial nuclear plant deal with Russia, a move critics sa...
SKorea, Saudi sign nuclear cooperation memo
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum on nuclear cooperation during a visit by President Park Geun-Hye that began Tuesday, official media said. The t...
Taiwan opposition demands halt to overseas nuclear waste plan
Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's main opposition party weighed in on the fight over a controversial plan to process the island's nuclear waste overseas Monday, calling for an immediate...
Cost estimation for Nuclear Decommissioning Projects
Mar 02, 2015 (SPX)
Although the Nuclear industry has experienced tough market conditions in recent years, one subsector which has grown substantially is decommissioning. The NDA e...
French nuke plant shut down due to pipe defect
Mar 01, 2015 (AFP)
Energy production has been shut down at France's oldest nuclear power plant after a pipe defect was discovered, the station's operators said Sunday. The Fessenh...
European Commission May Axe Hungary-Russia Nuclear Plant Deal
Feb 24, 2015 (SPX)
The European Commission (EC) is looking into the legality of Hungary's contract with Russia to construct new units of the Paks nuclear power plant in central Hu...
Areva nuclear group estimates 4.9bn euro losses
Feb 23, 2015 (AFP)
France's nuclear group Areva said Monday its provisional net losses in 2014 widened to 4.9 billion euros ($5.6 billion) after it was forced to absorb costs link...
Rosatom on schedule to deliver new units for Hungary's Paks NPP
Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)
The construction of new units at Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant in cooperation with Russia is on schedule, head of Russia's Rosatom nuclear agency Sergei Ki...
Russia, China to Enhance Cooperation in Nuclear Energy Sector
Feb 18, 2015 (Sputnik)
Director General of the Russian Rosatom State Corporation and Head of the China National Nuclear Corporation discussed prospects of cooperation in the nuclear i...
Taiwan seeks to export nuclear waste overseas
Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan has unveiled a Tw$11.25 billion ($356 million) plan to process nuclear waste overseas for the first time as its power plants approach capacity, sparking ...
Japan to Restart Idled Nuclear Reactors
Feb 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
Another two of the nation's idled nuclear reactors were given a clean bill of health by the country's nuclear regulator on Thursday, providing a new boost for t...
US Names Russian Nuclear Power Plants for India, Iran Best Projects of 2014
Feb 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Russian-backed Iranian nuclear power station Bushehr and the Kudankulam Indian nuclear power plant projects were named projects of the year 2014 by the US P...
Post-Fukushima Flooding Hazard Re-evaluation Lessons Learned
Feb 13, 2015 (SPX)
Important lessons have been learned from flooding hazard re-evaluations performed in response to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 50.54(f) Letter reques...
Australia Could Resume Uranium Supplies to Russia if Relations Stabilize
Feb 12, 2015 (Sputnik)
According to Australian Ambassador to Russia Paul Myler, his country is ready to discuss the resumption of uranium supplies to Russia with Moscow after relation...
Cairo, Moscow in nuclear deal as Putin bids to boost ties
Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday and agreed a deal to build a nuclear plant, as he sought to boost ties on his first visit ...
Half of All NPPs Abroad to Be Constructed by China in 10 Years
Feb 10, 2015 (Sputnik)
On February 6, Wang Xiaotao, vice minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said that China is currently holding talks with a numbe...
Second Reactor of Finnish NPP Disconnected From National Grid
Feb 10, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Olkiluoto 2 reactor was disconnected from the national grid following a generator malfunction, said Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), a Finnish nuclear power co...
Egypt May Use Russian Nuclear Plant as Basisfor Its Atomic Infrastructure
Feb 10, 2015 (Sputnik)
Yury Ushakov, representative of Russia's Presidential Executive Office, said that Russia is planning to negotiate with Egypt to use nuclear power plants, design...
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