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The Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team produces Nuclear Power Daily's coverage of nuclear energy. We report on reactors and small modular reactors, the fuel cycle, waste and safety, policy, and fusion research. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Nuclear Power Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Tokyo Approves Large-Scale Takahama Nuclear Plant Evacuation Plan

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 22, 2015 - The Japanese government on Friday approved an evacuation plan for 180,000 citizens across three prefectures in case of an accident at the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture, scheduled

Dec 22, 2015

Japan to Suggest Possible Nuclear Waste Disposal Sites by Late 2016

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 21, 2015 - Japan will provide a list of suitable locations for a radioactive waste disposal facility by the end of 2016, the Japanese economy, trade and industry minister said as quoted by local media Friday.

Dec 21, 2015

Fire shuts down reactor at Belgian nuclear plant

Brussels (AFP) Dec 19, 2015 - Belgian power utility Electrabel said on Saturday that a nuclear reactor at its controversial Tihange plant near Liege automatically shut down after a fire broke out in a non-nuclear area of the facility.

Dec 19, 2015

ORNL process may set new course for extracting uranium from seawater

Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Dec 19, 2015 - An ultra-high-resolution technique used for the first time to study polymer fibers that trap uranium in seawater may cause researchers to rethink the best methods to harvest this potential fuel for

Dec 19, 2015

Putin Denies Russia Invested $3B in Turkey’s Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 19, 2015 - Russian President Vladimir Putin denied reports on Thursday that Russia had invested $3.5 billion in the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey. Russia has not invested $3.5

Dec 19, 2015

Belgium restarts nuclear reactor, angers Germany

Brussels (AFP) Dec 15, 2015 - Belgian power utility Electrabel restarted an ageing nuclear reactor Tuesday after a near two-year shutdown, angering neighbouring Germany which fears the danger of a Fukushima-style meltdown.

Dec 15, 2015

CGN signs nuclear deal with Kazakhstan’s Kazatomprom

Guangzhou (XNA) Dec 15, 2015 - China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGN) announced that it signed an agreement Monday with Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom to jointly build a nuclear fuel assembly plant and mine uranium deposits in the cen

Dec 15, 2015

SAfrican court sets aside awarding of nuclear tender to French company

Cape Town (XNA) Dec 15, 2015 - The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Thursday set aside the awarding of a four-billion-rand (about 266 million U.S. dollars) nuclear tender to a French company. The SCA based its ruling on the

Dec 15, 2015

China to Operate 110 Nuclear Reactors by 2030

Beijing (XNA) Dec 14, 2015 - By 2030 China is expected to become one of the biggest nuclear energy users in the world with 110 nuclear reactors operational at that point in time, China Daily reported, citing sources in Power Co

Dec 14, 2015

Japan and India agree bullet train, nuclear deals

New Delhi (AFP) Dec 12, 2015 - Japan and India agreed several high-profile deals Saturday including on high-speed rail, defence technology and civil nuclear cooperation, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in New Delhi.

Dec 12, 2015

AREVA signs contract with NuScale to manufacture SMR fuel assemblies

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 09, 2015 - AREVA Inc. has signed a contract to manufacture fuel assemblies for NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR). Under this agreement, AREVA will supply the initial cores for the reactors as well as subse

Dec 9, 2015

AREVA wins contract to dismantle the vessel internals of the Superphenix reactor

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 09, 2015 - AREVA announces the signature of a contract of several tens of millions of euros with EDF for the dismantling of the vessel internals of the Superphenix reactor in Creys-Malville. The contract

Dec 9, 2015

PPPL physicists propose new plasma-based method to treat radioactive waste

Princeton NJ (SPX) Dec 09, 2015 - Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are proposing a new way to process nuclear waste that uses a plasma-based centrifuge. Known as plasma m

Dec 9, 2015

South Korea offers to participate in Czech nuclear program

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 09, 2015 - South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered Wednesday to help Prague complete construction of some new units at a Czech nuclear power plant, Czech President Milos Zeman's press secretary confirmed

Dec 9, 2015

Turkey says not dependent on Russia for nuclear plant

Istanbul (AFP) Dec 9, 2015 - Turkey on Wednesday insisted it was not dependent on Russia to build its first nuclear power plant amid uncertainty over the $20 billion project because of the crisis in relations between Ankara and Moscow.

Dec 9, 2015

Russian Government Not Suspending Turkish Stream, Akkuyu Nuclear Projects

Brussels (Sputnik) Dec 08, 2015 - The implementation of major investment projects, such as the Turkish Stream and the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, are not being suspended by Russia's recent government decree on economic measures agai

Dec 8, 2015