Vienna (AFP) July 17, 2019 - The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog Yukiya Amano will step down in March for health reasons, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, as the agency navigates verification of the increasingly fragile Iran nuclear deal.
Wilmington NC (spx) Jul 11, 2019 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Comprehensive Decommissioning International, LLC (CDI) to decommission reactor internals and the reactor pressure ves
Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2019 - Bungling Japanese officials sparked a nuclear scare after a violent, late-night earthquake by ticking the wrong box on a fax form - inadvertently alerting authorities to a potential accident.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 - Framatome received a voucher from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) program to support development of Lightbridge Fuel in collaboration with
Paris (AFP) May 29, 2019 - A next-generation EPR nuclear reactor in China has carried out its first chain reaction, French energy giant EDF announced Wednesday, becoming the second using the much-delayed European technology to reach the milestone.
Wilmington NC (SPX) May 28, 2019 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has initiated a Vendor Design Review of its BWRX-300 small modular reactor with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The Vendor Design Review is an op
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) May 23, 2019 - Scientists have demonstrated a new bio-inspired material for an eco-friendly and cost-effective approach to recovering uranium from seawater. A research team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridg
Tehran (AFP) May 16, 2019 - Iran is preparing to increase enriched uranium and heavy water production as part of its decision to stop some commitments made under the nuclear deal, an official said Thursday.
New York (AFP) May 8, 2019 - The Three Mile Island nuclear plant, site 40 years ago of the worst ever US nuclear accident, is to shut down in September, its owner announced on Wednesday.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 08, 2019 - In the ongoing effort to decarbonize U.S. energy production, there is one energy source that often attracts great controversy. Nuclear power has been a part of the American energy portfolio since th
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2019 - The obvious drawback of solar panels is that they require sunlight to generate electricity. Some have observed that for a device on Earth facing space, which has a frigid temperature, the chilling o
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2019 - Framatome recently signed a contract to deliver two full fuel assemblies using the company's industry-leading Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) solution to Exelon Generation's Calvert Cliffs Nu
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 - Framatome was awarded a contract to modernize the reactor protection system (RPS) of the Gosgen Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)* operated by the Swiss utility Kernkraftwerk Gosgen-Daniken AG. The RPS powe
Tokyo (AFP) April 24, 2019 - Japanese authorities on Wednesday threatened to close down nuclear reactors that do not conform to strict anti-terror measures introduced after the 2011 Fukushima tsunami and nuclear disaster.
Tokyo (AFP) April 18, 2019 - Foreign labourers with sufficient Japanese language skills will for the first time be enlisted to decommission the reactors at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant under new visa rules, the station's operator said Thursday.
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 - On Wednesday April 10, the new VAR furnace was inaugurated in the presence of government representatives, elected officials, partners from the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region and employees. After two an
