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New Delhi to construct six fast breeder reactors over 15 years

New Delhi (Sputnik) Dec 08 2015 - Perumal Chellapandi, the chairman and managing director of an Indian company said that the first prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR), with a capacity of some 500MW, was expected to start operations

Dec 4, 2015

Hungary open to dialogue with EU over nuclear plant expansion

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 04, 2015 - Hungary is open to talks with the European Union to build additional reacts for its only nuclear power plant in partnership with Russia, Hungary's chief of expansion said at an energy conference Mon

Dec 4, 2015

Nuclear power crucial for UN climate goal: top scientist

Le Bourget, France (AFP) Dec 3, 2015 - Capping global warming at two degrees Celsius, the UN goal, would require a massive scaling up of nuclear power, a top climate scientist said Thursday.

Dec 3, 2015

AREVA and Hitachi-GE sign Memorandum of Understanding

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 02, 2015 - AREVA and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the field of decommissioning and decontamination of boiling water reactors (BWR) in Japan. As

Dec 2, 2015

Too Early to talk about status of Russia-Turkey joint projects

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 01, 2015 - The prospects of joint Russian-Turkish projects, including the construction of a nuclear power plant in Turkey, cannot be currently ascertained without careful analysis following recent developments

Dec 1, 2015

Nuclear agreement between Seoul, Washington comes into effect

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 01, 2015 - An agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy between South Korea and the United States came into effect on Wednesday, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement. On April 22,

Dec 1, 2015

Belgium extends lives of ageing nuclear reactors

Brussels (AFP) Dec 1, 2015 - Belgium agreed to extend the life of two ageing nuclear reactors for another decade under a hard-won deal to preserve jobs and invest in the transition to cleaner energy.

Dec 1, 2015

Argentina’s nuclear energy accords with China a historic opportunity

Buenos Aires (XNA) Dec 01, 2015 - Argentina's accords with China on building two nuclear plants in the South American country represent a historic opportunity for the Latin American nation, a leading energy think tank said Monday.

Dec 1, 2015

Nuclear waste storage sites in rock salt may be more vulnerable

Austin TX (SPX) Nov 30, 2015 - Research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that rock salt, used by Germany and the United States as a subsurface container for radioactive waste, might not be as impermeable as thought or

Nov 30, 2015

Foreign groups seek to build Poland’s first nuclear plant

Warsaw (AFP) Nov 30, 2015 - Five power giants from around the world have expressed interest in building Poland's first nuclear plant, the state-owned utility behind the multi-billion-euro project said Monday.

Nov 30, 2015

AREVA NP Strengthens Market Position for Nuclear Plant Cyber Security Services

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 30, 2015 - AREVA NP, through the North America-based subsidiary AREVA Inc., was recently awarded several contracts totaling more than 10 million euros ($11 million) to provide cyber security services to severa

Nov 30, 2015

Russia orders retaliatory economic measures against Turkey over jet

Moscow (AFP) Nov 27, 2015 - Russia is preparing a raft of retaliatory economic measures against Turkey after Ankara downed one of its warplanes, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.

Nov 27, 2015

French group to help Japan dismantle nuclear reactors

Paris (AFP) Nov 27, 2015 - French nuclear giant Areva said Thursday it had linked up with Hitachi GE Nuclear Energy to help Japan dismantle boiling-water nuclear power stations.

Nov 27, 2015

S. Korea, US ratify new civilian nuclear pact

Seoul (AFP) Nov 25, 2015 - South Korea and the United States on Wednesday formally ratified a new nuclear cooperation agreement that stops short of granting Seoul the permission it had sought to start reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.

Nov 25, 2015

Russia, Egypt Sign Deal on Egypt’s First Nuclear Power Plant Construction

Cairo (Sputnik) Nov 24, 2015 - Russia and Egypt have signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Thursday. The deal was sig

Nov 24, 2015

First Reactor of Turkey’s Akkuyu Nuclear Plant to Start Operating by 2022

Ankara (Sputnik) Nov 24, 2015 - The first reactor of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, to be constructed under a Russia-led project in Turkey, will start operating no later than in 2022, the Turkish Energy Ministry's deputy undersec

Nov 24, 2015