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Rosneft and Gazprom Discuss New Joint Projects With Japanese Companies

Sep 05, 2016 (Sputnik)

"Rosneft and Gazprom are conducting talks with Japanese companies on new joint hydrocarbon projects," Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said at a press briefing. T...

Sealing the Deal: Turkey, China Launch Nuclear Cooperation Partnership

Sep 05, 2016 (Sputnik)

The news follows last week's ratification by the Turkish parliament of the Sino-Turkish Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.As some cla...

Russia's Rosatom Ready to Help Saudi Arabia Build Nuclear Reactors

Sep 05, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russian presidential aide stated that Russia's Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation is ready to join a project on construction of nuclear power reactors in ...

May defends delays on China-backed nuclear project

Sep 04, 2016 (AFP)

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday defended her decision to delay a partly Beijing-backed nuclear power project, despite it causing diplomatic tension...

Iran to build two nuclear plants with Russia: official

Sep 01, 2016 (AFP)

Iran will build two new nuclear power stations with assistance from Russia, the head of its Atomic Energy Organisation said late Wednesday. "Operations to build...

Philippines eyes reviving mothballed nuclear plant

Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)

The Philippines may revive a nuclear power plant that was completed 32 years ago but never switched on due to safety fears, the government said Wednesday. The s...

EDF board members sue to overturn Hinkley Point plan

Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)

EDF board members sue to overturn Hinkley Point plan Paris (AFP) Aug 31, 2016 - Five employee representatives on EDF's board have filed a lawsuit to overturn th...

French state, EDF strike deal to close nuclear plant

Aug 24, 2016 (AFP)

The French government has reached agreement on paying compensation to state-owned energy giant EDF to shut down the Fessenheim nuclear site, the ministry of ene...

Pro-nuclear countries making slower progress on climate targets

Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)

A strong national commitment to nuclear energy goes hand in hand with weak performance on climate change targets, researchers at the University of Sussex and th...

Russia Unique in Being Able to Use Fast Breeder Reactors in Nuclear Industry

Aug 23, 2016 (Sputnik)

According to chief designer of the Fast Neutron Reactors Department in Rosatom's Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering, Russia is the...

Russia, Egypt to Sign Final Contract to Build Nuclear Plant by Year-End

Aug 23, 2016 (Sputnik)

Egypt plants to finalize the signing of a raft of contracts to build its first nuclear power plant by the end of this year, the nation's President Abdel Fattah ...

Nuclear plant delay may shift UK energy policy

Aug 17, 2016 (AFP)

Britain's decision to stall a Franco-Chinese project to build its first nuclear power plant in a generation has fuelled speculation that the new government is r...

South Korea Relaunches Wolsong NPP's Reactor After Fixing Technical Problem

Aug 15, 2016 (Sputnik)

South Korea relaunched on Saturday the first reactor of the Wolsong nuclear power plant suspended in late July over technical problems, local media reported. Th...

Japan reactor restarts in post-Fukushima nuclear push

Aug 12, 2016 (AFP)

Japan restarted a nuclear reactor on Friday despite a court challenge by local residents, in a boost for Tokyo's faltering post-Fukushima push to bring back ato...

Bulgaria seeks private money for nuclear plant

Aug 12, 2016 (AFP)

Bulgarian Prime Minister Bokyo Borisov said Friday that he wants to revive a partially built nuclear power plant constructed by Russia but abandoned in 2012 by ...

Nuclear Inspection Benefits from New Generation Sensor Lens

Aug 12, 2016 (SPX)

Resolve Optics Ltd. reports on increasing demand from the nuclear industry for radiation hard lenses optimised to operate with the latest generation of colour s...

Belarus worried over construction accident at future nuclear plant

Aug 11, 2016 (AFP)

Belarus demanded on Thursday that Russia, which is building the country's first nuclear plant, take back a reactor shell after an accident during construction p...

China city 'suspends' Sino-French nuclear project after protests

Aug 10, 2016 (AFP)

A Chinese city said Wednesday it would halt preparations for a possible Sino-French nuclear project after thousands of locals protested against it over the week...

China warns UK ties at 'crucial juncture' over nuclear plant

Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)

China's ambassador to Britain urged London on Tuesday to approve a Beijing-funded nuclear power plant as soon as possible, warning that relations between the tw...

Thousands protest possible China-France nuclear project

Aug 08, 2016 (AFP)

Thousands of people took to the streets of a city in eastern China to protest against a possible Sino-French nuclear project, residents said Monday, as local po...