Marlton NJ (SPX) May 08, 2015 - Holtec International and the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance (ELEA) have announced that they would collaborate to build an interim storage facility to hold the used nuclear fuel that has collected at nucle
Moscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2015 - A Canadian advisory panel on Wednesday approved a plan to bury nuclear waste at a site just steps away from Lake Huron, saying it had concluded the project would pose no danger to the environment. T
Istanbul (XNA) May 08, 2015 - Ankara on Wednesday warned against Armenia's descision to extend the operation of its nuclear power plant close to Turkish borders, saying the plant does not meet the requirements of the Internation
Paris (AFP) May 7, 2015 - French nuclear group Areva, which incurred massive losses last year, announced Thursday it would cut up to 6,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to slash its costs by a billion euros by 2017.
Tehran (AFP) May 6, 2015 - A nuclear agreement will allow Iran to become the number one energy player in the Middle East and herald major opportunities for foreign companies, top government officials in Tehran said Wednesday.
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) May 06, 2015 - The Hungarian government has confirmed a contract under which Russia would build two reactors at the Paks nuclear power plant (NPP), Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko said Tu
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2015 - Construction of China's first third generation nuclear reactor will start on Thursday, a state-run company said, as Beijing attempts to export its atomic energy designs globally.
Moscow (Sputnik) May 05, 2015 - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is going to freeze the soil around the crippled reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to prevent a buildup of contaminated water, local media repor
Moscow (Sputnik) May 05, 2015 - Svetlana Alexandrova - The recent wildfires in Chernobyl highlight the urgency to invest in remediation of contaminated lands surrounding the reactor site and to speed up the construction of a new s
Brussels (XNA) May 05, 2015 - Unit 1 of the Tihange nuclear plant in the province of Liege was reconnected to the power grid on Monday afternoon after an incident in the morning, Serge Dauby, head of communications at the plant,
Kiev (XNA) Apr 29, 2015 - Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom said Friday that it has signed an agreement with French energy conglomerate AREVA on supplies of enriched uranium for Ukraine's nuclear reactors.
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 29, 2015 - The deputy head of Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom met with the deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization to discuss power plant expansion and eventual handover of the plants to Iran.
New Delhi, India (SPX) Apr 29, 2015 - Prime Minister Modi's recent visit to France proved fruitful for the much delayed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) in Maharashtra. The France visit resulted in a break-through signing of the Memo
United Nations (XNA) Apr 29, 2015 - Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Monday highlighted the importance of putting safety first in the development of nuclear energy. The Fukushi
Taipei (XNA) Apr 29, 2015 - A fire broke out at a nuclear power station in southern Taiwan shortly before midnight on Sunday, forcing the shutdown of one of its two reactors. The fire began inside an auxiliary electrical
Stockholm April 28, 2015 - Sweden's state-owned energy group Vattenfall on Tuesday said it planned to speed up the shutdown of two nuclear reactors by up to seven years, to 2018 and 2020.
