Civil Nuclear
Bolivia’s Morales eyes nuclear power
Bolivia's President Evo Morales said Wednesday he wanted to produce nuclear energy, even though his country is South America's poorest.
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Japan’s Toshiba to buy 60% stake in British nuclear firm
Japan's Toshiba said Wednesday it would buy a controlling interest in British nuclear firm NuGeneration as it tries to rekindle an atomic business hammered by the 2011 Fukushima crisis.
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Japan approves TEPCO business plan to switch on reactors
Japan's government on Wednesday approved a fresh business plan for the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant that includes restarting idled reactors elsewhere in the currently nuclear-free country.
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Hungary awards $14-billion nuclear project to Russia
Hungary on Tuesday tasked Russia's atomic energy corporation to more than double production at the EU nation's only nuclear power plant in a contract worth nearly $14 billion.
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UN nuclear experts to visit Iran on Saturday: report
UN nuclear experts will visit Iran on Saturday to prepare for a deal curbing the Islamic republic's atomic programme two days before it takes effect, an official in Tehran said.
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TEPCO to siphon off radioactive water from tunnels under Fukushima plant
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant plans to start cleaning underground tunnels believed to be part of the sources of radioactive materials poisoning the groundwater in the area.
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S. Korea president eying nuclear business on India trip
South Korea's president arrives this Wednesday in India on an official visit during which she is expected to push for some of the South Asian nation's nuclear business, officials said.
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Fukushima operator paid way over odds on procurement
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has paid way over the odds to contractors, a company spokesman said Friday, vowing to boost cost-controls at the taxpayer-subsidised firm.
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Japan scientists to create controlled nuclear meltdown
A team of nuclear scientists in Japan said Thursday they plan to create a controlled reactor meltdown in a bid to learn how to deal with future disasters like that at Fukushima.
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Greenland and Denmark to agree on uranium in 2014: Danish PM
An agreement between Greenland and Denmark governing uranium extraction in the Arctic territory will be in place by the end of the year, the Danish prime minister said on Wednesday.
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Westinghouse Announces Setting of AP1000 Plant Shield Building Conical Roofs
Westinghouse Electric Company, its consortium team member CB&I and China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation announce the successful setting…
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China loans Pakistan $6.5 bn for nuclear plants
China has agreed to lend Pakistan $6.5 billion to help build nuclear power stations including a 2,200-megawatt plant in Karachi, as Beijing increases its involvement in the cash-strapped country.
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Saudi royal firm to file complaint against France’s EDF
Saudi-owned Soroof International will file a complaint against French energy giant EDF, the conglomerate chaired by Prince Bandar bin Abdullah al-Saud said on Tuesday.
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Fukushima operator readies new restructuring plan
Tokyo Electric Power Wednesday submitted a fresh restructuring plan to a Japanese government-backed fund that envisages the creation of a special unit to dismantle the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Westinghouse Expands European Nuclear Center To Meet Growing Demand
Westinghouse Electric Company today inaugurated the extension of its European Maintenance Center in Nivelles, Belgium to provide scalable growth to support an…
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Solvay and AREVA team up to develop new thorium applications
Solvay and AREVA have signed an agreement to develop new applications for the use of thorium, an element that is abundantly present in the earth's crust and part of rare earth elements or uranium.