Civil Nuclear
US, China to Cooperate in Peaceful Nuclear Energy
Washington and Beijing are parties to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
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Protests as Turkey starts work on first nuclear power plant
Turkey on Tuesday launched construction of its first nuclear power plant which Ankara hopes will open a new era of greater energy self-sufficiency, but the ceremony was marred by angry protests against the controversial $20 billion project.
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Japan court blocks restarting of two nuclear reactors
A Japanese court on Tuesday issued a landmark injunction against the restarting of two atomic reactors, after the country's nuclear watchdog had given the green light to switch them back on.
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Japan Considers Evaporating Fukushima’s Radioactive Water
The government of Japan is considering either evaporating the tritium-laced water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, or storing it underground.
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Fukushima robot dies three hours after entering reactor vessel
A robot sent to inspect a reactor' containment vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant stopped responding three hours into the operation.
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to Officially Shutdown
The State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine issued a permit for the completion of the Chernobyl NPP decommissioning and dismantling activities of the first three units.
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Japan’s nuclear industry pledges to refire reactors
Japan's pro-nuclear lobby pledged Monday that 2015 would be the year reactors are restarted, despite public wariness that has lingered since the Fukushima disaster.
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Russia keen to build more nuclear power plants abroad
Russia's Rosatom will not revise their plans to build nuclear power plants abroad despite a challenging economic situation, head of the state-run corporation Rosatom Sergei Kiriyenko, said Monday.
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Russia and China Hold Talks on Broadening Nuclear Cooperation
Russia and China are discussing further broadening of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of nuclear development, an anonymous source told journalists on Monday.
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Texas Rare Earth Resources and AREVA Sign Uranium Deal
Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp. has entered into a uranium offtake agreement with a subsidiary of AREVA, the world's largest nuclear and renewables energy company, headquartered in France.
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Russia Transfers First $1Bln to Construct Nuclear Plant in Finland
According to the ministry, the funds were placed in nuclear giant Atomenergoprom, a subsidiary of the Rosatom state corporation, in the amount of 57.5 million preferential shares valued at 1,000 rubles ($17.50) per share.
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New Commercial Success for AREVA’s Safety Alliance Program
AREVA has won a series of contracts in China and in Spain within the framework of its Safety Alliance program, which aims to offer nuclear operators high-performance products and services to guarantee the safety of their plants.
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Delivery of Vessel Head to the Tihange 3 Nuclear Reactor in Belgium
AREVA delivered to its customer ELECTRABEL (a subsidiary of GDF-SUEZ) a new reactor vessel head for unit 3 of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium.
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China has 350 uranium deposits
China has detected more than 350 uranium deposits nationwide over the past 60 years, a geological authority official said on Thursday.
Civil Nuclear
Sri Lanka, Pakistan sign nuclear agreement
Sri Lanka and Pakistan signed six agreements including one on atomic energy Monday, the two countries' leaders said, as the strategically important island looks to build its first nuclear plant.
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Bulgaria drops $4bn Westinghouse nuclear deal
Bulgaria has dropped a deal with US-based firm Westinghouse Electric to build a new reactor at its only nuclear plant because of financial pressures, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced Wednesday.