Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 04, 2015 - The US government is offering millions of dollars for innovative ideas to design new nuclear reactors, the Department of Energy announced in a press release. We have been encouraged by recent
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Aug 04, 2015 - NIAEP-ASE United Company (part of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) signed a Master Framework Agreement in Hanoi for the implementation of the first phase
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2015 - A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2015 - A GAO report says the US Department of Energy wants new Small Modular Reactors to replace its aging ones, but design, safety and cost problems render them decades away. The US Department of En
Madrid (AFP) July 30, 2015 - Spain's conservative government and the central region of Castilla-La Mancha locked horns Thursday over plans to build the nation's first-ever temporary storage facility for highly radioactive waste.
Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2015 - Four years after Germany took the sudden decision to phase out nuclear energy production in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, a new report commissioned by the Green Party warns that the sheer cost
Paris (AFP) July 30, 2015 - The most lasting health impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will likely be psychological not physical, according to a trio of studies published Friday in The Lancet.
Paris (AFP) July 30, 2015 - Atomic energy giant Areva on Thursday agreed to sell a majority stake of its nuclear reactor unit to electricity group EDF as part of a shake-up of the French sector.
Tokyo July 29, 2015 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant faced a fresh lawsuit Wednesday from the family of a 102-year-old man who killed himself because he was depressed at having to leave his home.
Tokyo (AFP) July 28, 2015 - Japan's embattled utility Tokyo Electric Power Co now expects the compensation costs after the Fukushima nuclear disaster to be more than $57 billion, the government confirmed Tuesday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 27, 2015 - China will build two nuclear power plants for Iran on the Makran coast neighboring the Gulf of Oman, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced on Wednesday. I
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2015 - A general framework agreement on the construction of the second phase, which includes a third and fourth power unit for the nuclear power plant, was signed by Russia and India in 2014. The Go
Paris (UPI) Jul 22, 2015 - After a string of moves into the Asian market, French energy company ENGIE said Wednesday it was moving deeper into Latin America with a Chilean acquisition.
Paris (AFP) July 22, 2015 - French lawmakers adopted a new law on Wednesday that will halve the country's energy consumption by 2050 and slash its reliance on nuclear energy.
Stockholm (AFP) July 21, 2015 - Sweden's state-owned energy group Vattenfall announced a massive 36.3 billion krona ($4.2 billion, 3.9 billion euro) writedown Tuesday tied to looming closures of two nuclear reactors and slumping lignite activity in Germany.
Iitate, Japan (AFP) July 21, 2015 - Sweating inside their plastic protection suits, thousands of men toil in Japan's muggy early summer in a vast effort to scrub radiation from the villages around Fukushima.
