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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.

EDF sees new delay, cost overruns for nuclear reactor

Paris (AFP) July 25, 2018 - Energy giant EDF said Wednesday that it had discovered faulty welds at the next-generation EPR nuclear reactor being built in northwestern France, the latest problem to push the project behind schedule and over budget.

Jul 25, 2018

SUSI submarine robot enables successful visual Inspection at Asco Nuclear Power Plant

Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 - Framatome has successfully performed a complete visual inspection of the tube bundle top structure of a steam generator in the Spanish nuclear power plant at Asco Unit 2. Framatome's team used

Jul 24, 2018

Manufacturing operations are ramping up at Framatome Le Creusot site

Le Creusot, France (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 - The Framatome Le Creusot site will provide the main forged components for nuclear new build projects internationally well as parts for replacement components to equip French reactors. Supporte

Jul 19, 2018

GE Hitachi Selected by U.S. Department of Energy to Lead Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Project

Wilmington NC (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to lead a team of industry experts for an advanced nuclear technology development project. The project will b

Jul 19, 2018

First Ukraine nuclear reactor loaded ‘solely’ with non-Russian fuel

South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine (AFP) July 19, 2018 - Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday that the first unit of a nuclear power plant was fully loaded with fuel from Westinghouse Electric Co as Kiev seeks to break its dependence on Russian energy supplies.

Jul 19, 2018

Fukushima nuclear plant operator resumes TV ads

Tokyo (AFP) July 18, 2018 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday resumed television commercials, seven years after a 2011 meltdown that sparked the world's worst atomic accident in a generation.

Jul 18, 2018

Utmost Safety Ensured at Bangladesh’s Nuke Plant

Rooppur, Bangladesh (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018 - With the construction of the first unit of Bangladesh's nuclear power plant (NPP) at Rooppur advancing rapidly, the stage is all set for the construction of the second unit. Prime Minister Sheikh Ha

Jul 16, 2018

Can ultrashort electron flashes help harvest nuclear energy?

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 - The lab of Fabrizio Carbone at EPFL and their international colleagues have used ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscopy to take attosecond energy-momentum resolved snapshots (1 attosecond = 10-1

Jul 13, 2018

Ultrashort electron flashes offer new way to harvest nuclear energy

Washington (UPI) Jul 12, 2018 - Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have developed a new method for exciting and controlling the energy inside an atomic nucleus.

Jul 12, 2018

EU court dismisses Austrian case against UK nuclear plant

Luxembourg (AFP) July 12, 2018 - A European Union court on Thursday dismissed a case brought by Austria against EU-approved subsidies for a new nuclear power plant in Britain.

Jul 12, 2018

USA: Framatome completes major refurbishment of 31 reactor coolant pump motors

Lynchburg VA (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 - Framatome recently completed the refurbishment of 31 reactor coolant pump motors for three southeastern nuclear energy facilities. From 2002 to May 2018, the company modified and upgraded these comp

Jul 11, 2018

New microscopy works at extreme heat, sheds light on alloys for nuclear reactors

Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 - A new microscopy technique allows researchers to track microstructural changes in real time, even when a material is exposed to extreme heat and stress. Recently, researchers show that a stainless s

Jul 11, 2018

French MPs warn of nuclear safety ‘failings’

Paris (AFP) July 5, 2018 - A French parliamentary inquiry on Thursday flagged up failings in the defences of the country's nuclear power plants, days after activists crashed a drone into a facility to underscore safety concerns.

Jul 5, 2018

UAE further delays launch of first nuclear reactor

Abu Dhabi (AFP) July 4, 2018 - The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday that its first nuclear reactor would come online in late 2019 or early 2020, further delaying the launch of the Arab World's first atomic power station.

Jul 4, 2018

The vanishing nuclear industry

Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 - Could nuclear power make a significant contribution to decarbonizing the U.S. energy system over the next three or four decades? That is the question asked by four current and former researchers fro

Jul 3, 2018

Japan aims for 24% renewable energy but keeps nuclear central

Tokyo (AFP) July 3, 2018 - Japan's government on Tuesday pledged to modestly boost the amount of energy coming from renewable sources to around a quarter in a new plan that also keeps nuclear power central to the country's policy.

Jul 3, 2018