Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 - On December 3, 2019, Framatome signed a cooperation agreement in Tokyo with the CEA and Japanese organizations JAEA, MHI and MFBR on the development of fast neutron reactors. This agreement fo
Beznau, Switzerland (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 - Europe's oldest functioning nuclear reactor, at Switzerland's Beznau plant, will turn 50 next week - a lifespan deemed dangerously long by environmentalists who are demanding that it be shut down immediately.
Beznau, Switzerland (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 - Europe's oldest functioning nuclear reactor, at Switzerland's Beznau plant, will turn 50 next week - a lifespan deemed dangerously long by environmentalists who are demanding that it be shut down immediately.
Wilmington NC (SPX) Dec 04, 2019 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced it has been awarded a contract by Comprehensive Decommissioning International, LLC (CDI) to decommission the reactor internals and reactor pressure vessel a
Vienna (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 - Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi will be confirmed as the new director general of the UN's nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday, with the growing crisis over Iran's nuclear programme at the top of his in-tray.
Saint Petersburg (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 - Activists from Russian Greenpeace on Thursday protested against the resumption of imports of depleted uranium, after a shipment of 600 tonnes arrived from Germany at a Saint Petersburg port.
Normandy, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2019 - Framatome unveiled its new hot rolling machine during the inauguration of the newly built ELAN workshop located at its Rugles factory in Normandy, France. This machine rolls and flattens large piece
Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 26, 2019 - Radioactive waste storage facilities at South Africa's nuclear power station Koeberg will fill up next year, the power utility Eskom said Tuesday, adding it has begun creating extra space.
Manchester UK (SPX) Nov 25, 2019 - Research at The University of Manchester suggests that the preferred candidate fuel to replace uranium oxide in nuclear reactors may need further development before use. Dr Robert Harrison led
Waterford CT (SPX) Nov 19, 2019 - Framatome applied a cutting-edge maintenance technique on reactor vessel primary nozzles at Dominion Energy's Millstone Power Station during the plant's spring 2019 outage. This was the first applic
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 - A research collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Brown University, and NVIDIA has achieved exaflop performance on
Paris (AFP) Nov 14, 2019 - French electricity giant EDF on Thursday cut its forecast for nuclear energy production this year after suspending operations at an atomic plant in the south of the country following a highly unusual earthquake.
Prague (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 - The Czech Republic is planning to build a new multi-billion-euro nuclear unit at the southern Dukovany plant by 2036, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said Wednesday.
Shanghai, China (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 - Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy, participated in the second annual China International Import Expo (CIIE), held November 5, 2019, in Shanghai. On the opening day, Bernard Fontan
Rockville MD (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 - Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) and X-energy has announced a collaboration to produce low-cost, high-quality TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) particle nuclear fuel. The companies have signed a teami
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 - According to some experts, nuclear power holds great promise for meeting the world's growing energy demands without generating greenhouse gases. But scientists need to find a way to remove radioacti
