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The Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team produces Nuclear Power Daily's coverage of nuclear energy. We report on reactors and small modular reactors, the fuel cycle, waste and safety, policy, and fusion research. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Nuclear Power Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

South Korea firm on nuclear power growth

Seoul (UPI) Dec 28, 2011 - South Korea has reiterated its commitment to increase its share of nuclear power.

Dec 28, 2011

NRC Grants Design Certification To Westinghouse AP1000

Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 28, 2011 - Westinghouse Electric reports that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the Design Certification Amendment to its AP1000 pressurized water reactor design. The granting of such certifi

Dec 28, 2011

TEPCO asked to consider temporary state control

Tokyo (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 - Japan's government on Tuesday floated the idea of putting the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant under temporary state control, as it asked for $8.9 billion more in compensation aid.

Dec 27, 2011

Areva in talks with state fund on selling Eramet stake

Paris (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 - French nuclear energy giant Areva said Tuesday it was in exclusive talks with the state investment fund FSI on selling its stake in the Eramet mining company worth more than 600 million euros.

Dec 27, 2011

Westinghouse nuclear reactor gets go-ahead

Washington (UPI) Dec 23, 2011 - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Westinghouse's AP1000 nuclear reactor design, clearing the way for construction of the first U.S. reactors in three decades.

Dec 23, 2011

US approves new nuclear plant design

Washington (AFP) Dec 22, 2011 - The US approved a new nuclear plant design Thursday, paving the way for the country's first new nuclear power facilities since 1996 to be built.

Dec 22, 2011

Former spymaster’s firm seeks uranium in Israeli desert

Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 22, 2011 - An Israeli energy firm run by a former head of the Mossad spy agency is to start prospecting for uranium in the southern Negev desert, the company said on Thursday.

Dec 22, 2011

Areva’s Finnish EPR reactor delayed until August 2014

Helsinki (AFP) Dec 22, 2011 - The start-up of Finland's fifth nuclear reactor, being built by the French-German consortium Areva-Siemens, has been delayed until August 2014, Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said Thursday.

Dec 22, 2011

Romania restarts nuclear reactor after technical problem

Bucharest (AFP) Dec 21, 2011 - A Romanian nuclear reactor closed down on Monday because of a technical problem was restarted on Wednesday, the national operator Nuclearelectrica said.

Dec 21, 2011

Namibia uranium production falls 27.5% in 2011: reserve bank

Windhoek (AFP) Dec 20, 2011 - The uranium output of Namibia, the world's fourth producer, fell 27.5 percent this year due to high rainfall, low prices and industrial actions, the country's reserve bank said Tuesday.

Dec 20, 2011

Westinghouse and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Joint Venture

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2011 - 2011-KWN, a company jointly owned by Westinghouse Electric Company and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, has begun production of control element assemblies (CEAs) for Combustion Engineering- designed nuclear plan

Dec 19, 2011

Romanian nuclear reactor stopped due to technical problem

Bucharest (AFP) Dec 19, 2011 - A Romanian nuclear reactor was stopped on Monday because of a technical problem but all security systems are functioning properly, the national operator Nuclearelectrica said.

Dec 19, 2011

Small reactors could figure into US energy future

Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - A newly released study from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) concludes that small modular reactors may hold the key to the future of U.S. nuclear power generation.

Dec 16, 2011

Britain gives interim OK for French, US nuclear plant plans

London (AFP) Dec 14, 2011 - British authorities gave interim approval on Wednesday for designs for two nuclear reactors proposed for construction by French firms EDF and Areva, and by US firm Westinghouse.

Dec 14, 2011

Small reactors called U.S. nuclear future

Chicago (UPI) Dec 13, 2011 - The future of U.S. nuclear power generation could lie in small, modular reactors rather than the giant facilities common today, energy researchers say.

Dec 13, 2011

Merkel: nuclear exit will create more jobs than destroys

Berlin (AFP) Dec 13, 2011 - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Germany's planned abandonment of nuclear energy would ultimately create more employment than it destroys, after announced job losses in the sector.

Dec 13, 2011