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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Russian ready to reprocess spent Fukushima nuclear fuel

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 08, 2015 - A Russian nuclear facility is upgrading to assist Japan to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant in the near future, the company said in a statement. The Mayak Producti

Dec 8, 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

Ship carrying nuclear waste arrives in Australia

Sydney (AFP) Dec 5, 2015 - A ship carrying 25 tonnes of radioactive waste arrived back in Australia on Saturday, met by activists who warned against the vast nation becoming a nuclear dumping ground.

Dec 5, 2015

Russia’s Rosatom ready to work with Japanese NPP suppliers

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 04, 2015 - Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom is ready to develop cooperation with Japanese equipment suppliers to construct nuclear power plants, Rosatom's first deputy CEO for international bu

Dec 4, 2015

Nuclear power as panacea for climate change? Experts divided

Paris (AFP) Dec 4, 2015 - As delegates at a Paris summit haggle over how to curb global warming, the role of nuclear energy in limiting climate-changing emissions is the subject of fierce debate between champions and critics of atomic power.

Dec 4, 2015