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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.

IAEA Develops New Strategy To Recover Orphan Radioactive Sources

Inadequate accounting for radioactive sources is a problem that spans the globe.

Jul 16, 2007

Natural Gas And Uranium Discovered In Uganda

An oil exploration company discovered natural gas in western Uganda while prospecting for oil, the energy ministry said Sunday, adding that uranium prospects had also been found at three sites across the country.

Jul 15, 2007

Kazakhstan Offers To Join International Fusion Power Project

Participants in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project (ITER) will consider Kazakhstan's offer to join the construction of a fusion power reactor in France, a Russian official said Thursday.

Jul 13, 2007

Wyle And ARES Sign Teaming Agreement To Pursue Nuclear Energy Industry Business

Wyle Laboratories and ARES Corporation have signed a teaming agreement to jointly pursue commercial nuclear equipment qualification optimization programs for new nuclear power plant construction and U.S.

Jul 11, 2007

Lula Resumes Nuclear Program To Make Brazil World Power

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday relaunched the country's nuclear program, promising to complete a nuclear submarine and a third atomic power plant both mothballed 20 years ago.

Jul 11, 2007

Inexpensive Adaptive Optics Achieved By Sandia’s Optical Clamp

The ingenious system called adaptive optics, known for its computer control of subdivided, individually angled mirrors, is an efficient but expensive way to correct distortions in laser beams.

Jul 11, 2007

Bush And Singh Discuss Nuclear Pact

US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday discussed the US-India nuclear agreement and efforts to promote global trade, the White House said.

Jul 11, 2007

Energy Company Under Fire For Covering Up Nuclear Plant Problem

German authorities on Sunday slammed Swedish energy giant Vattenfall Europe for waiting several days to declare problems at a nuclear power plant in northern Germany.

Jul 8, 2007

Activists Demand Full Details Of German Nuclear Plant Fire

Environmentalists on Wednesday blasted an energy company for failing to reveal the full extent of a fire last week at a German nuclear power plant.

Jul 4, 2007

Rice Exudes Confidence Of Wrapping Up The Nuke Deal By Year End

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed confidence of finalisation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy cooperation by the end of this year.

Jul 1, 2007

Toshiba Eyes Big US Nuclear Power Plant Deal

Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it hoped to win a large deal to supply nuclear reactors in the United States, boosting its share price.

Jun 29, 2007

Russia And France Establish JV To Produce Nuclear Power Planet Turbines

Russia's Atomenergomash and France's Alstom signed Friday documents to establish a $400-million joint venture to manufacture half-speed turbines for nuclear power plants in Russia and abroad.

Jun 29, 2007

Lithuanian Lawmaker Approve New Nuclear Power Plant

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly backed the construction of a new nuclear power station to replace the Baltic country's ageing Chernobyl-type Ignalina plant.

Jun 29, 2007

Belarus To Announce Nuclear Power Planet Tender Soon

Belarus will soon announce a tender for the construction of its first nuclear power plant, the prime minister said Friday.

Jun 29, 2007

Russia Ratifies Deals On ITER Research Reactor

Russia's lower house of parliament ratified Wednesday two agreements regulating the ITER project, an experimental reactor in France being built with Russia's involvement, aimed at eventually generating power by nuclear fusion.

Jun 28, 2007

Fire At German Nuclear Plant But No Radiation Leak

Fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in northern Germany Thursday but was isolated from the atomic reactor, police said.

Jun 28, 2007