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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.

Strategic French civil nuclear industry contract: Framatome is a committed actor of the sector in France and abroad

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 - The French nuclear industry reached an important milestone on January 28 with the signature of a strategic contract covering the period 2019-2022, by French Minister for an Ecological and Solidarity

Feb 1, 2019

Framatome receives $49 million grant to accelerate enhanced accident tolerant fuel development

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 - Framatome recently received a $49 million, 28-month grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate the development and commercialization of enhanced accident tolerant fuel (EATF). Thes

Feb 1, 2019

Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’: report

Paris (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 - Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday.

Jan 30, 2019

Framatome companies and Joint Ventures in China are renamed

Paris, France (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 - On November 28, 2018, ADJV, the French-Chinese Joint Venture of Framatome and DFEM, a subisidiary of DEC, became FDJV. They took the opportunity to display their new logo. FDJV designs, manufa

Jan 29, 2019

Hitachi wants nationalisation of UK nuclear project: report

London (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 - Hitachi's frozen nuclear power project in Britain can only be revived if it is nationalised, the Nikkei business paper reported the company's chairman as saying on Wednesday.

Jan 24, 2019

Britain’s AECOM, AWE announce nuclear waste storage partnership

Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 - British company AECOM will be the lead delivery partner in a nuclear waste depository program, AWE Plc. announced on Wednesday.

Jan 23, 2019

Japan’s Hitachi freezes British nuclear project

London (AFP) Jan 17, 2019 - Hitachi on Thursday froze construction of a nuclear power station in Wales due to financing difficulties, dealing a major blow to Britain's energy strategy and leaving the Japanese firm with a huge bill.

Jan 17, 2019

Why does nuclear fission produce pear-shaped nuclei?

Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Dec 27, 2018 - Nuclear fission is a process in which a heavy nucleus split into two. Most of the actinides nuclei (Plutonium, Uranium, Curium...) fission asymmetrically with one big fragment and one small. Empiric

Dec 27, 2018

Framatome develops mobile technology for non-destructive analysis of radioactive waste containers

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 - Framatome, together with its partners AiNT GmbH and Fraunhofer INT, with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, develops a cutting edge mobile solution to reliably ana

Dec 19, 2018

The first new Generation 3 EPR nuclear reactor enters commercial operation

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 - The Taishan 1 EPR reactor in China has now entered the commercial operation phase. Following the first chain reaction which took place on June 6, 2018, then successful connection to the power grid o

Dec 17, 2018

Sweden: Framatome completes successful commissioning for upgrade project at Forsmark nuclear power plant

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 - Framatome has successfully completed commissioning for a project to modernize the safety Instrumentation and Control (I and C) system in unit 3 of the Forsmark* nuclear power plant operated by the S

Dec 14, 2018

China powers up next-generation nuclear plant

Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 - French energy giant EDF and its partner China General Nuclear Power Group announced Friday that they have powered up the world's first next-generation EPR nuclear reactor, a major milestone for the industry.

Dec 14, 2018

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy announces intent to acquire specialized expertise

Wilmington NC (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) reports its intent to acquire the business and certain assets of REI Nuclear, LLC (REI Nuclear), a Columbia, South Carolina-based decommissioning technology and tooli

Dec 12, 2018

Uranium in mine dust could dissolve in human lungs

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2018 - New Mexico contains hundreds of historic uranium mines. Although active uranium mining in the state has ceased, rates of cardiovascular and metabolic disease remain high in the population residing c

Dec 6, 2018

Framatome signs MoU with Bruce Power for safety-related Life-Extension Program updates

Paris (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 - Today Framatome signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bruce Power valued at $18.7 million ( euro 16.4 million) covering a range of innovations and new activities. Framatome will desi

Dec 3, 2018

Bulgaria leader opposed to increased carbon-cutting targets

Sofia (AFP) Nov 29, 2018 - Bulgaria, which generates more than 40 percent of its energy from coal, will oppose any further increase in targets to curb carbon emissions, President Rumen Radev said Thursday.

Nov 29, 2018