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Coatings for nuclear fuel preventing explosions in reactors, developed at TPU
May 18, 2017 (SPX)
"In reactors nuclear fuel is laid in special "tubes" out of zirconium alloys, to form fuel rods. In the fuel rods, a nuclear reaction takes place. As a result o...
Japan restarts another reactor
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
Japan shut down all of its dozens of reactors after a powerful earthquake in March 2011 spawned a huge tsunami that led to meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear pl...
India to build 10 domestic nuclear power reactors
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
The federal cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the plan to built the pressurised heavy water reactors with a combined capacity of 7,000 meg...
South Africa to restart nuclear power plans
May 13, 2017 (AFP)
A court in Cape Town last month ruled the government had failed to allow adequate public consultation for preliminary agreements with Russia, South Korea and th...
Tunnel collapses at US nuke site, no radiation leak
May 10, 2017 (AFP)
Employees at the sprawling Hanford Site plant, located about 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, were sent an early morning alert by management tel...
Tunnel collapse at US nuclear site raises safety concerns
May 10, 2017 (AFP)
Workers on Wednesday began plugging a hole in the collapsed tunnel at the Hanford Site in the western state of Washington, where an emergency was declared the p...
EU Plans to Hand Over Control of Euratom Nuclear Waste on UK Soil to London
May 09, 2017 (Sputnik)
London will become responsible for almost 130 tonnes of plutonium, among other nuclear materials, as part of the deal with Brussels on assuming ownership of the...
Barakah Unit 1 construction completion a great achievement
May 09, 2017 (SPX)
"The completion of initial construction of the first nuclear reactor at Barakah is a great achievement. I commend the efforts of all those involved in achieving...
Plutonium research to aid nuclear cleanup techniques
May 08, 2017 (UPI)
The discovery -- detailed in the journal Nature Chemistry -- could yield new technologies and methods for cleaning up nuclear waste. "What makes this discovery ...
UAE delays launch of first nuclear reactor until 2018
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
The reactor, one of four being built at the $20-billion Barakah plant west of Abu Dhabi by a consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), had been due ...
Ukraine clings to nuclear power despite Chernobyl trauma
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
The crisis-torn country now uses atomic power for more than half of its electricity needs as it struggles through a coal shortage sparked by a three-year war ag...
Court deals setback to South Africa's nuclear ambitions
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
The High Court in Cape Town ruled that the administration had failed to allow adequate public consultation for preliminary agreements with Russia, South Korea a...
Andra continues Areva contract to operate its Aube Surface Disposal Facility
Apr 21, 2017 (SPX)
As industrial operator of the site, AREVA's main responsibilities will be: + Acceptance, inspection, as well as any reconditioning operations and final disposal...
The critical importance of Predictive Power when building NPPs
Apr 19, 2017 (SPX)
In October 2016, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began full commercial operation of its Watts Bar Unit 2 (WB2) nuclear power plant, the United States' firs...
AREVA NP Signs Contract for Outage Services at Farley Nuclear Generating Station
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
"This contract marks the beginning of a four-year outage services agreement and an important next step in the long-term relationship with the team at Farley," s...
AREVA and KAZATOMPROM sign a strategic agreement
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
The official signing ceremony took place in Astana in the presence of Mr. Bozumbayev, Energy Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Mr. Varin, Chairman of ...
France enshrines decision to close oldest nuclear plant
Apr 09, 2017 (AFP)
The decree, gazetted in the Official Journal which publishes government decisions, sets down the conditions for closing a nuclear plant at Fessenheim, a plant i...
S.Africa to re-think nuclear deal after junk status : ANC
Apr 09, 2017 (AFP)
Within days of each other the world's two major rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor's downgraded South African sovereign debt to junk status after Preside...
Toshiba to buy Engie's stake in NuGen for $139 mn
Apr 04, 2017 (AFP)
Japan's troubled conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it would buy the 40 percent stake held by French group Engie in their British nuclear joint venture NuGen for...
Westinghouse's woes spotlight US nuclear sector's decline
Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)
Westinghouse's bankruptcy announcement Wednesday cast a pall over the future of nuclear energy in the United States and comes as the Trump administration seeks ...
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