Washington DC (SPX) Oct 29, 2014 - For magnetic fusion energy to fuel future power plants, scientists must find ways to control the interactions that take place between the volatile edge of the plasma and the walls that surround it i
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 29, 2014 - Recent fusion experiments on the DIII-D tokamak at General Atomics (San Diego) and the Alcator C-Mod tokamak at MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts), show that beaming microwaves into the center of the pl
Paris (AFP) Oct 22, 2014 - French nuclear giant Areva said Wednesday its chief operating officer Philippe Knoche would take over as interim chief executive after CEO Luc Oursel stepped down for health reasons.
Knoxville TN (SPX) Oct 22, 2014 - Professors from the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are part of three separate nuclear safety research projects that collectively have been awarded $2.6 million.
Paris (SPX) Oct 16, 2014 - AREVA has unveiled SIBAG, an innovative training system, at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris. The system is designed to foster the development of best habits and reflexes while operating
Frankfurt (AFP) Oct 15, 2014 - Swedish energy group Vattenfall is demanding 4.7 billion euros ($6.0 billion) in damages from Germany following Berlin's decision to phase out nuclear power and shut several reactors, German government sources said on Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Oct 14, 2014 - Paris and Pretoria signed Tuesday an agreement which could open the way for French nuclear giant Areva to bid to build eight nuclear reactors in South Africa worth up to $50 billion (39.5 billion euros).
Taipei (AFP) Oct 14, 2014 - Taiwan on Tuesday unveiled plans to process nuclear waste abroad for the first time as its power plants reach capacity - but environment groups slammed the proposal as too risky.
Paris (AFP) Oct 10, 2014 - Lawmakers in France, the world's most nuclear-dependent country, on Friday voted to cut reliance on the energy source from more than 75 percent to 50 percent within a decade.
Johannesburg (AFP) Oct 10, 2014 - South Africa, which plans a multi-billion dollar nuclear energy build, will sign a nuclear cooperation agreement with France, the government said Friday.
Oslo (AFP) Oct 09, 2014 - Almost three decades after the Chernobyl disaster thousands of kilometres away, a jump in radioactivity levels is making Norwegian reindeer meat unfit for consumption, a government agency said Thursday.
Brussels (AFP) Oct 08, 2014 - The EU on Wednesday approved Britain's ambitious plan to build its first nuclear plant for a generation, with French and Chinese help, marking a major victory for nuclear energy three years after the Fukushima disaster.
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 08, 2014 - A paramilitary officer charged with guarding a nuclear plant shot and killed three of his colleagues on Wednesday in a shooting spree at their base in southern India, authorities said.
Aberdeen, Scotland (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - Helicopters pulled staff from the Beatrice oil rig in the North Sea because of the approach of a ship carrying radioactive waste, authorities said Wednesday.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2014 - Westinghouse Electric Company has announced it has booked nearly $500M worth of additional nuclear fuel contracts with eight utility customers in its Americas region within the past year. The contra
La Paz (AFP) Oct 02, 2014 - Bolivia's President Evo Morales on Thursday announced plans to spend two billion dollars to build a nuclear energy plant, with construction set to get underway later this year.
