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Glasgow (AFP) Nov 7, 2021 - For more than two decades, promoters and purveyors of nuclear energy felt shunned at UN climate change conferences.
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Glasgow (AFP) Nov 7, 2021 - For more than two decades, promoters and purveyors of nuclear energy felt shunned at UN climate change conferences.
Nov 7, 2021

Singapore (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 - Nuclear energy may be the world's second-largest low carbon energy source for generating electricity after hydroelectric power, but reception to its adoption remains lukewarm in Southeast Asia, a Na
Nov 4, 2021

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 26, 2021 - Framatome recently signed a contract with RWE Nuclear GmbH to provide consulting and support services for the development of an autonomous cybersecurity solution, for a nuclear facility at a shutdow
Oct 26, 2021

Moscow (AFP) Oct 21, 2021 - Russia said Thursday it had taken offline a reactor at a nuclear plant in the south of the country after detecting a steam leak, but said radiation levels were normal.
Oct 21, 2021

Warsaw (AFP) Oct 13, 2021 - French energy giant EDF on Wednesday submitted an offer to build up to six nuclear reactors in Poland, which is trying to overhaul its coal-based energy sector to reach carbon neutrality.
Oct 13, 2021

London (AFP) Sept 29, 2021 - Britain is nearing a deal with France's EDF to force China to offload its stake in the Sizewell C nuclear power station in eastern England, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
Sep 29, 2021

Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Sep 24, 2021 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), GEH SMR Technologies Canada, Ltd. (GEH SMR Canada), Cameco Corporation (Cameco) and Synthos Green Energy (SGE), a member of the Synthos Group S.A., have entered into
Sep 24, 2021

Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Sep 24, 2021 - A new machine vision system for testing materials and parts for nuclear reactors shows damage, such as swelling and defects due to radiation, in real time. It could speed up the development of compo
Sep 24, 2021

Warsaw (AFP) Sept 23, 2021 - Polish copper giant KGHM on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with NuScale Power of the United States for the development of at least four small nuclear reactors to power its plants.
Sep 23, 2021

Belfort, France (AFP) Sept 22, 2021 - French electricity giant EDF is in talks with General Electric to buy its steam turbine business for nuclear plants, the companies confirmed Wednesday, the latest move by the American conglomerate to streamline its operations and cut debt.
Sep 22, 2021

Brdo Castle, Slovenia (AFP) Sept 10, 2021 - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday firmly defended nuclear power as a suitable energy to meet Europe's net-zero emissions climate goal despite strong feeling in Germany that it is too dangerous.
Sep 10, 2021

Cherbourg, France (AFP) Sept 8, 2021 - A shipment of nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium headed to the French port of Cherbourg overnight Tuesday en route to Japan, according to environmental watchdog Greenpeace, which protested the transport.
Sep 8, 2021

Cherbourg, France (AFP) Sept 8, 2021 - Activists from environmental group Greenpeace protested against a shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel that was set to leave France for Japan on Wednesday for use in a power plant.
Sep 8, 2021

Aboard The '50 Years Of Victory', Russia (AFP) Sept 8, 2021 - As Arctic ice cover recedes with climate change, Russia is pinning its hopes for supremacy in the warming region on a fleet of giant nuclear-powered icebreakers.
Sep 8, 2021

Lille, France(SPX) Sep 08, 2021 - Framatome has announced the launch of FoxGuard EU at the International Cybersecurity Forum in Lille, France. This new business leverages the cybersecurity expertise of U.S.-based FoxGuard Solutions,
Sep 8, 2021

London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2021 - Framatome reports it has completed its acquisition of VirtualPiE Limited (traded as BHR Group), a leader in fluid engineering-based products and services for the chemical and nuclear energy industri
Sep 7, 2021