Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2020 - China has powered up its first domestically developed nuclear reactor - the Hualong One - a significant step in Beijing's attempts to become less dependent on Western allies for energy security and critical technology.
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 19, 2020 - A new analysis by MIT researchers details many of the underlying issues that have caused cost overruns on new nuclear power plants in the U.S., which have soared ever higher over the last five decad
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 18, 2020 - Framatome today announced that it joined the Sizewell C Consortium, a group of more than 100 companies and organisations from across the U.K. working to design, supply and construct the proposed nuc
Le Creusot, France (SPX) Nov 17, 2020 - Framatome recently announced that it ramped up production of replacement component parts at its manufacturing plant located at Le Creusot, France. On October 28, forging operations began on the firs
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 16, 2020 - All of the nuclear power plants operating in the U.S. today were built using the same general formula. For one thing, companies made their reactors big, with power capacities measured in the hundred
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Nov 12, 2020 - Germany's highest court said Thursday the government must revise the terms of compensation paid to energy companies forced to switch out of nuclear power, calling current arrangements unreasonable.
London (AFP) Nov 11, 2020 - Plans to build mini nuclear power stations in the UK to reduce the country's carbon emissions would create 6,000 jobs over five years, project head Rolls-Royce said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 11, 2020 - A nuclear reactor in northern Japan on Wednesday became the first among those damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to get final restart approval, with support from regional authorities.
London (AFP) Nov 10, 2020 - A US consortium led by engineering giant Bechtel is holding talks with the UK government to revive a multi-billion-pound nuclear plant project in northwest Wales, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 - Framatome's breakthrough 3D-printed nuclear fuel elements successfully completed the first cycle of irradiation in operating conditions. As part of a qualification project, these experimental stainl
Minsk (AFP) Nov 3, 2020 - Belarus on Tuesday launched its controversial Russia-built nuclear power station despite safety concerns from neighbouring Baltic states three decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Wilmington NC (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced that Synthos Green Energy (SGE), a member of the Synthos Group S.A., has initiated discussions with Poland's National Atomic Energy Agency (Panstwowa Ag
Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Oct 27, 2020 - Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Ozersk Technological Institute, and the Russian Academy of Sciences have improved a processing technolo
Darmstadt, Germany (SPX) Oct 22, 2020 - Gaining a better understanding of the limiting factors for the existence of stable, superheavy elements is a decade-old quest of chemistry and physics. Superheavy elements, as are called the chemica
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 20, 2020 - Framatome is pleased to announce the launch of Framatome Defense, a new brand that promotes the company's defense activities and affirms its commitment and strengthens its contribution to this strat
Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 14, 2020 - Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy, showcases its commitment to a better life built from nuclear energy during the 16th China International Nuclear Industry Exhibition on October
