Bristol, UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2016 - New technology has been developed that uses nuclear waste to generate electricity in a nuclear-powered battery. A team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol have grown a man-made
Geneva (AFP) Nov 27, 2016 - Switzerland's ageing nuclear reactors will keep running for the foreseeable future, after voters Sunday rejected a call to speed up the phaseout of the plants.
Geneva (AFP) Nov 27, 2016 - Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a bid to speed up the phaseout of its ageing nuclear power plants, but is still sticking to its plan to gradually close its reactors.
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 22, 2016 - Power-hungry Vietnam scrapped plans for two multi-billion dollar nuclear power plants on Tuesday, citing environmental and financial reasons after the cost of the projects skyrocketed.
New York (AFP) Nov 22, 2016 - New York state has taken another step toward shutting down the Indian Point nuclear power plant, outside New York city, officials said Monday.
Manchester, UK (SPX) Nov 21, 2016 - A group of scientists from The University of Manchester, the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the UK's synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, has completed research into radioactiv
Paris (AFP) Nov 17, 2016 - France's power giant EDF has drastically under-budgeted the cost of dismantling its old reactors and investing in new projects such as a contested British nuclear plant, a Greenpeace-commissioned study said Thursday.
Sheffield UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2016 - Professor Neil Hyatt, Research Chair in Radioactive Waste Management, calls for UK plutonium policy to be re-examined to allow swift immobilisation of UK's civil plutonium stockpile to maximise safe
Helsinki (AFP) Nov 16, 2016 - Finnish utility TVO said Wednesday it was alarmed by the French nuclear industry's restructuring plans after France's Areva, which is building its troubled nuclear reactor, confirmed the sale of its reactor business.
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 11, 2016 - Vietnam is scrapping plans to build two nuclear power plants over soaring costs and safety concerns, state media reported Friday.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 11, 2016 - Japan and India signed a controversial civil nuclear deal on Friday that will allow Japanese companies to export atomic technology to the Asian giant as the two countries deepen economic and security ties.
Helsinki (AFP) Nov 10, 2016 - Finnish utility TVO claimed partial victory Thursday in a bitter dispute with France's Areva over a troubled nuclear reactor in International Chamber of Commerce arbitration, but the French side dismissed the ruling as technical.
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 09, 2016 - Russia and China plan an operational preparation of documents on the construction of two new reactors in China's largest nuclear power plant, Russia's Rosatom said Tuesday. The heads of gover
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 6, 2016 - Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear deal this week, reports said Sunday, as the two Asian allies look to boost economic and security ties to counter an assertive China.
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 01, 2016 - The Russian Rosatom nuclear corporation does not consider any measures aimed at restrictions on commercial uranium supplies to the United States, Rosatom's Deputy CEO for Corporate Development and I
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2016 - In the last decades, nanomaterials have gained broad scientific and technological interest due to their unusual properties compared to micrometre-sized materials. At this scale, matter shows propert
