Springfields, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2013 - Westinghouse Electric Company's nuclear fuel manufacturing plant at Springfields, near Preston, has dispatched its first consignment of Light Water Reactor (LWR) fuel assemblies to France. The
Tokyo (AFP) April 1, 2013 - Tokyo Electric Power said Monday it must cut $1.1 billion more in annual costs to stay afloat as the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant faces huge compensation and clean-up costs.
Washington (AFP) March 31, 2013 - A worker was killed and three others were injured Sunday during an industrial accident at a US nuclear power plant that did not release any nuclear material, officials and operators said.
Geneva, Che (AFP) March 28, 2013 - The Swiss supreme court on Thursday ruled that the country's Muehleberg nuclear power plant can continue operating beyond the end of June, overturning a cut-off date for decommissioning.
Tokyo (AFP) March 28, 2013 - Visitors to Google Maps can now roam virtually through the overgrown streets of an abandoned town where time has stood still since a tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant two years ago.
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 27, 2013 - In Riyadh, French companies AREVA and EDF invited a number of Saudi business and industry representatives to participate in an energy program suggested by King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable
London (AFP) March 22, 2013 - Britain was blitzed by unseasonal heavy snowfall and rain on Friday that left one person dead in a landslide and forced the closure of a nuclear site.
Niamey (AFP) March 21, 2013 - More than 600 people working at a Chinese-operated uranium mine in northern Niger on Thursday began an indefinite strike action to protest their working conditions, a union official said.
Tokyo (AFP) March 21, 2013 - A rat may have caused a power cut that knocked out cooling systems at Japan's tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator said Thursday, an episode that highlighted the jerry-rigged nature of the fix.
Temelin (Czech Republic) (AFP) March 20, 2013 - Flanked by Germany, which is phasing out nuclear power, and Austria, which has already done so, the Czech Republic is pinning its future on atomic energy.
Tokyo (AFP) March 20, 2013 - Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said Wednesday after a blackout sparked a new crisis.
Seoul (AFP) March 19, 2013 - South Korea announced Tuesday plans to open all its 23 nuclear reactors to international inspection in an apparent bid to allay growing public concern over nuclear safety.
New Delhi (UPI) Mar 19, 2013 - Despite concerns about its nuclear liability law, India continues to be a land of opportunity for global nuclear power suppliers, said an adviser to the United States.
London (AFP) March 19, 2013 - Britain gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants.
Tokyo (AFP) March 18, 2013 - A power failure at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. to suspend systems to cool spent fuel pools at three reactor units, a report said Tuesday.
Warsaw (AFP) March 12, 2013 - Two years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis, the head of French group Areva, a leading company in the sector, insisted that public confidence in atomic energy has been re-established.
