Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 26, 2016 - The state-run Russian corporation Rosatom will contribute some 24.6 million rubles ($315,000 at the current exchange rate) in 2016 to the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fue
Bure, France (AFP) Jan 26, 2016 - One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the northeast of the country, the emergency services said.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 26, 2016 - India's Foreign Secretary stated that India and France intend to construct six nuclear reactors within the framework of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. India and France intend to construct
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 26, 2016 - In 2015, AREVA was awarded several long-term contracts by four U.S. utilities for uranium enrichment services totaling more than $300 million. These contracts offer significant benefits for t
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 22, 2016 - Japan should free up its complex and rigid reactor inspection regime, a global nuclear watchdog said Thursday, as the country restarts more atomic plants five years after the disaster at Fukushima.
Copenhagen (XNA) Jan 22, 2016 - Denmark and Greenland have reached an agreement on the rules for future commercial exports of uranium from the island, local media reported Tuesday. Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has s
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2016 - Russian and Jordanian nuclear officials will convene in Amman in February to discuss the construction of Jordan's first nuclear power plant, the head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) to
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2016 - With sanctions officially lifted, the Iranian government has announced plans to build a pair of nuclear power plants. Construction of two 1000-MW power plants will start soon, Ali Akbar Salehi, he
Montreal (AFP) Jan 21, 2016 - Ninety-two-thousand people have pressed Ottawa to reject a proposal to store nuclear waste in an underground vault near the Great Lakes, fearing a spill would contaminate this source of drinking water for 40 million in Canada and the United States.
Doel, Belgium (AFP) Jan 20, 2016 - The Netherlands has serious concerns about neighbouring Belgium's ageing nuclear reactors, the Dutch environment minister said Wednesday during a joint inspection of one plant with her Belgian counterpart.
Nieuw-Namen, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 18, 2016 - As the two cooling towers at Belgium's Doel nuclear power belch thick white steam into a wintry sky, people over the border in the Dutch town of Nieuw-Namen are on edge.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 18, 2016 - Luxembourg said Monday the Belgian authorities had failed to ease its concerns over the safety of at least one of Belgium's ageing nuclear reactors.
Tokyo (Sputnik) Jan 12, 2016 - A group of experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began on Monday its planned assessment of the Japanese government's efforts to ensure safe use of nuclear power plants. This m
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 5, 2016 - Japan will send a huge cache of plutonium - enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs - to the United States as part of a deal to return the material that was used for research, reports and officials said Tuesday.
Manchester, England (UPI) Jan 5, 2016 - Just a few days into 2016, and the first graphene story of the year is already here. New research further suggests there's nothing graphene can't do. The wonder material's latest feat is the production of heavy water - water with higher levels of the hydrogen isotope deuterium.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 4, 2016 - Belgium on Monday restarted a reactor that was shut down at the weekend just three days after returning to service amid concern in neighbouring countries over its nuclear safety.
