Moscow (AFP) Nov 23, 2015 - President Vladimir Putin on Monday eased restrictions on Russian companies working on Iranian enrichment sites as he travelled to Tehran for his first visit since 2007.
Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 23, 2015 - Heavily reliant on coal-fired electricity, South Africa is launching ambitious new projects aimed at diversifying its energy sources and avoiding the regular power cuts that have hobbled the economy in recent years.
Cairo (AFP) Nov 19, 2015 - Russia signed two agreements Thursday to finance and build Egypt's first nuclear power plant, in a televised ceremony attended by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
London (AFP) Nov 19, 2015 - Cracks were discovered in graphite bricks around the core of a nuclear reactor at a power station in Scotland during an inspection, operator EDF said on Thursday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 17, 2015 - Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia has created a control system on its nuclear facilities that has brought the main risks of radiation ecological disasters to nil. Russia has created a control s
Manila (Sputnik) Nov 17, 2015 - Russia notes Indonesia's keen interest in implementing nuclear energy projects, hoping to increase the number of contracts to construct nuclear power plants in the country, Russian Economic Developm
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2015 - A Chinese state-owned company will finance and build two nuclear power plants in Argentina, the enterprise said, in a deal estimated to be valued at nearly $15 billion.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 17, 2015 - China General Nuclear Power Group has signed a $7.7 billion agreement to set up two nuclear reactors in Romania. The memorandum of understanding, signed on Monday between CGN and Romanian state-owne
Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 16, 2015 - Nuclear energy regulators in South Africa and China have signed a technical cooperation agreement as Africa's most industrialised economy presses forward with controversial plans to build eight new nuclear reactors.
Sydney (AFP) Nov 13, 2015 - Australia on Friday announced six sites, including some in Outback areas, on a shortlist for the nation's first nuclear waste dump, risking fresh controversy after an earlier plan was scuttled by opposition from Aboriginal landowners.
Helsinki (AFP) Nov 12, 2015 - Finland's government gave the green light Thursday for the construction of the world's first permanent repository designed to store nuclear waste for 100,000 years.
London, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2015 - AREVA has signed a contract with EDF to carry out preventive chemical cleaning services of the steam generators at the Cattenom 2 nuclear power plant (France). The contract also includes the t
London, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2015 - AREVA has been selected by the Spanish utility CNAT (Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo) to supply fuel assemblies to the Trillo nuclear power plant. The company will supply six fuel reloads to CNAT
London, UK (SPX) Nov 09, 2015 - AREVA and Ukrainian nuclear utility ENERGOATOM have signed a Memorandum of understanding to reinforce cooperation between the two companies for safety upgrades of existing and future nuclear power p
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 04, 2015 - Russia's success in the promotion of its nuclear energy technologies helps to expand Moscow's role in strategically important regions of the world, which is a great geopolitical benefit for the Krem
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 04, 2015 - Designing alloys to withstand extreme environments is a fundamental challenge for materials scientists. Energy from radiation can create imperfections in alloys, so researchers in an Energy Frontier
