Civil Nuclear
Chernobyl’s stray dogs offered new life in US
The restricted zone around Chernobyl is eerily quiet but one building near the scene of the world's worst nuclear disaster is full of barking and whining.
Civil Nuclear
Nuclear power shutdowns won’t spike power prices
Despite economic woes that could shutter two of Pennsylvania's nuclear power plants - which generate 6 percent of the state's power - power prices…
Civil Nuclear
Creating a new composite fuel for new-generation fast reactors
Joint research efforts of a team of scientists at Lobachevsky University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN) comprising chemists, physicists and engineers are currently…
Civil Nuclear
Seawater yields first grams of yellowcake
For the first time, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and LCW Supercritical Technologies have created five grams of yellowcake - a powdered…
Civil Nuclear
Framatome and the EPR reactor: a robust history and the passion it takes to succeed
"The Taishan 1 EPR reactor in China started up on June 6. This first chain reaction comes as the culmination of intense work accomplished by the nuclear industry for which Framatome is one of the key actors, as a part of the EDF Group.
Civil Nuclear
Widespread uranium contamination found in India’s groundwater
A new Duke University-led study has found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian states.
Civil Nuclear
Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl
Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe limit, new research shows.
Civil Nuclear
Ukraine puts out forest fire around Chernobyl
A forest fire that had raged for three days in the restricted zone around Chernobyl, scene of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, was put out Thursday and no increase in radiation in the air was detected, authorities said.
Civil Nuclear
Bulgarian parliament moves to revive nuclear project
Bulgaria's parliament opened the way Thursday to revive a long-delayed project to build a new nuclear power plant by tasking the energy minister to hold talks with potential strategic investors.
Civil Nuclear
World first EPR nuclear reactor begins work in China
A third generation EPR reactor in China carried out its first nuclear chain reaction on Wednesday, an initial start up which is a world first for the much-delayed European technology.
Civil Nuclear
Fire in Chernobyl zone, Kiev says radiation levels safe
Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday said a bushfire had broken out in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl, scene of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, but radiation levels remained within safe limits.
Civil Nuclear
UK mulls direct stake in Hitachi nuclear plant: minister
The British government said Monday it is considering directly investing in a nuclear power station project planned by Japanese giant Hitachi in Wales.
Civil Nuclear
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials (TISNCM)…
Civil Nuclear
France: Framatome to supply EDF with Enriched Reprocessed Uranium fuel assemblies
Framatome will be designing, fabricating and supplying EDF with fuel assemblies using enriched reprocessed uranium* (known as "ERU")over the period…
Civil Nuclear
Framatome partners with McAfee to support energy industry cybersecurity
Framatome signed an agreement with McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, to distribute cybersecurity solutions to energy transmission, distribution and generation facilities worldwide.
Civil Nuclear
China: Framatome delivered comprehensive instrumentation and control system for Tianwan Unit 3
Framatome provided Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) with its safety instrumentation and control (I and C) system for unit 3 of the Tianwan* nuclear power plant.