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Bulgaria needs over 6.6 bln US to upgrade nuclear reactors, build one more

Sofia (XNA) Oct 08, 2015 - Bulgaria is seeking a total of 6.6 billion U.S. dollars to extend the life cycle of its two operating nuclear reactors and build one more, an official said Thursday. We make every effort firs

Oct 8, 2015

Bolivia signs nuclear agreement with Russia’s Rosatom

La Paz (AFP) Oct 8, 2015 - Bolivia and the Russian state company Rosatom have signed an accord to support a civilian nuclear program being developed by the South American country, Energy Minister Luis Alberto Sanchez said Thursday.

Oct 8, 2015

TEPCO Removes Protective Cover Over Crippled Fukushima Reactor

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2015 - The Fukushima power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on Monday that the removal of protective dome installed over the first power generating unit was completed. Th

Oct 7, 2015

Poroshenko Ends Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Plant Construction

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2015 - Kiev decided to scrap the agreement with Russia on the construction of two units of a nuclear power plant in Western Ukraine. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a set of laws to t

Oct 7, 2015

International research team finds thriving wildlife populations in Chernobyl

Chernobyl, Ukraine (SPX) Oct 07, 2015 - A team of international researchers, including James Beasley, assistant professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the Warnell School Forestry a

Oct 7, 2015

Nuclear power plants warned on cyber security

Vienna (AFP) Oct 5, 2015 - Operators of nuclear power plants worldwide are struggling to adapt to the increasing and potentially dangerous threat of cyber attacks, a report warned Monday.

Oct 5, 2015

France seeking Asian investors for Areva-EDF reactor unit

Tokyo (AFP) Oct 5, 2015 - France on Monday shed light on its plans to revamp troubled nuclear group Areva, including injecting 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) in cash and selling a third of the reactor unit to an Asian investor.

Oct 5, 2015

AREVA awarded contract for clean-up of a CEA facility in Saclay

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 - AREVA Dismantling and Services, the French leader in decommissioning activities for nuclear installations, has signed a contract with the CEA (the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commi

Oct 5, 2015

EDF says ball in China’s court on UK nuclear plant: FT

London (AFP) Oct 2, 2015 - Chinese investors must make up their minds about striking a deal for the Hinkley Point nuclear plant in Britain, the head of EDF Energy told the Financial Times in an interview published Friday.

Oct 2, 2015

Turkey’s First Nuclear Plant Likely to Go Operational by 2022

Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2015 - The first Turkish nuclear power plant, a Russian designed project, is planned to be brought online in 2022, materials relevant to the Wednesday meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Tu

Sep 25, 2015

British Treasury guarantee to put Hinkley nuclear plant back on track

London (XNA) Sep 22, 2015 - The British Treasury said Monday a government guarantee worth more than three billion U.S. dollars will help pave the way for the building of Britain's first new nuclear power plant in 20 years.

Sep 22, 2015

Russia, Indonesia Sign Memorandum on Building High-Power, Floating NPPs

Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 18, 2015 - Moscow and Jakarta have signed a memorandum of understanding on the construction of high-power and floating nuclear power plants in Indonesia, Rusatom Overseas, a subsidiary of the Russian state nuc

Sep 18, 2015

China playing central role in nuclear power development: IAEA chief

Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 15, 2015 - The development of nuclear energy is shifting increasingly toward Asia with China playing a central role, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano said on Monda

Sep 15, 2015

US Energy Department Improves Equipment for Workers at Nuclear Waste Site

Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 08, 2015 - The US Department of Energy (DOE) said that Washington-based nuclear waste site would increase personal protective equipment of workers at the field responding to the recent lawsuit against the DOE,

Sep 8, 2015

Russia Mulls Participation in Armenian NPP New Power Unit Construction

Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 08, 2015 - Russia is exploring the possibilities of participation in construction of the new power unit of the Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP), according to the documents on the working visit of President S

Sep 8, 2015

French Nuclear Nightmare Sends Shockwaves Through Europe

Paris (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2015 - The CEO of French energy giant EDF, Jean-Bernard Levy, has announced a further postponement of the commissioning of the gigantic new nuclear power station at Flamanville in northern France and admit

Sep 7, 2015