Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 09, 2015 - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on the global community to do more to protect the world's nuclear facilities from cyber-attacks. During the first-ever conference on th
Paris (AFP) June 4, 2015 - France faces a unique challenge as it moves to save nuclear reactor manufacturer Areva and salvage one of its world-class industries and jobs, while at same time reducing its own reliance on atomic power.
Ljubljana (AFP) June 4, 2015 - Slovenia's only nuclear plant Krsko said Thursday it has initiated a preventive shutdown over technical problems in the system for monitoring the temperature.
Paris (AFP) June 3, 2015 - The French presidency on Wednesday gave its backing to a tie-up between state-owned electricity group EDF and Areva's reactor-building unit, adding that the government would spend as much as necessary to recapitalise the troubled nuclear group.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 02, 2015 - Russia's Rosatom is ready to take part in the construction of nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom, the company's Deputy Director General Kirill Komarov said Monday. We retain an intere
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 02, 2015 - Large-scale work is to begin in the fall of this year on equipping the second and third units of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant, Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom head, Sergey Kirienko, said Monday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 02, 2015 - Japan will allocate more funds to develop geothermal power in order to boost the use of alternative energy, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday. The country seeks to diversify its e
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 02, 2015 - Ukraine has paid for all the nuclear fuel delivered by Russia's Rosatom in 2014, the company's Deputy Director General Kirill Komarov said Monday. Ukraine has fully paid for the supply of nuc
Prague (Sputnik) May 28, 2015 - A call for bids for a new unit of the Czech Republic's Dukovany Nuclear Power Station will be announced before the end of 2016, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka announced on Saturday. Th
Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) May 28, 2015 - According to TEPCO, the remaining contaminated water remains at the bottom of the storage tanks. It cannot be vacuumed by the original pumps but must be carefully removed for treatment as the tanks
Manchester, England (UPI) May 26, 2015 - Over the last year, researchers at the University of Manchester have been testing what they call extremophile bacteria, radiation-resistant microorganisms that clean nuclear waste.
Beijing (XNA) May 25, 2015 - China will have 30 million kilowatts (KW) of nuclear power capacity by the end of 2015, said Xu Yuming, deputy director of the China Nuclear Energy Association on Thursday. Currently there are
Seattle WA (Sputnik) May 25, 2015 - The authorities in the US state of Michigan have no control over Canada's decision to allow burying nuclear waste near the Great Lakes on the US-Canada border, Michigan Department of Environmental Q
Seoul, Korea (SPX) May 20, 2015 - Bruce Power and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) have entered into an agreement that will see the two companies explore new areas of collaboration with a particular focus on enhancing nuclear sa
Pickering, Canada (SPX) May 20, 2015 - The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI), in partnership with the Ontario Government, recently led a trade mission of 18 leading Canadian nuclear suppliers and industry partners to Sout
Tokyo (AFP) May 20, 2015 - Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday gave the green light to restart one more atomic reactor, weeks after the government said a fifth of the country's electricity supply should come from atomic power.
