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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.

Vietnam scraps huge nuclear power plant projects

Hanoi (AFP) Nov 22, 2016 - Power-hungry Vietnam scrapped plans for two multi-billion dollar nuclear power plants on Tuesday, citing environmental and financial reasons after the cost of the projects skyrocketed.

Nov 22, 2016

Breakthrough offers greater understanding of safe radioactive waste disposal

Manchester, UK (SPX) Nov 21, 2016 - A group of scientists from The University of Manchester, the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the UK's synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, has completed research into radioactiv

Nov 21, 2016

French power company EDF underestimating costs: study

Paris (AFP) Nov 17, 2016 - France's power giant EDF has drastically under-budgeted the cost of dismantling its old reactors and investing in new projects such as a contested British nuclear plant, a Greenpeace-commissioned study said Thursday.

Nov 17, 2016

Finnish client ‘alarmed’ by French nuclear industry overhaul

Helsinki (AFP) Nov 16, 2016 - Finnish utility TVO said Wednesday it was alarmed by the French nuclear industry's restructuring plans after France's Areva, which is building its troubled nuclear reactor, confirmed the sale of its reactor business.

Nov 16, 2016

Time to tackle the UK’s plutonium mountain

Sheffield UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2016 - Professor Neil Hyatt, Research Chair in Radioactive Waste Management, calls for UK plutonium policy to be re-examined to allow swift immobilisation of UK's civil plutonium stockpile to maximise safe

Nov 16, 2016

Japan, India sign controversial civil nuclear deal

Tokyo (AFP) Nov 11, 2016 - Japan and India signed a controversial civil nuclear deal on Friday that will allow Japanese companies to export atomic technology to the Asian giant as the two countries deepen economic and security ties.

Nov 11, 2016

Vietnam to scrap planned nuclear plants: state media

Hanoi (AFP) Nov 11, 2016 - Vietnam is scrapping plans to build two nuclear power plants over soaring costs and safety concerns, state media reported Friday.

Nov 11, 2016

French, Finns divided over nuclear dispute ruling

Helsinki (AFP) Nov 10, 2016 - Finnish utility TVO claimed partial victory Thursday in a bitter dispute with France's Areva over a troubled nuclear reactor in International Chamber of Commerce arbitration, but the French side dismissed the ruling as technical.

Nov 10, 2016

Russia, China Plan Documents to Build 2 New Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Reactors

Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 09, 2016 - Russia and China plan an operational preparation of documents on the construction of two new reactors in China's largest nuclear power plant, Russia's Rosatom said Tuesday. The heads of gover

Nov 9, 2016

Japan, India to ink controversial nuclear deal next week: reports

Tokyo (AFP) Nov 6, 2016 - Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear deal this week, reports said Sunday, as the two Asian allies look to boost economic and security ties to counter an assertive China.

Nov 6, 2016

A new method to help solve the problem of nuclear waste

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2016 - In the last decades, nanomaterials have gained broad scientific and technological interest due to their unusual properties compared to micrometre-sized materials. At this scale, matter shows propert

Nov 1, 2016

Rosatom Considers No Restrictions on Commercial Supplies of Uranium to US

Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 01, 2016 - The Russian Rosatom nuclear corporation does not consider any measures aimed at restrictions on commercial uranium supplies to the United States, Rosatom's Deputy CEO for Corporate Development and I

Nov 1, 2016

Greenland uranium mining opponents join government

Copenhagen (AFP) Oct 27, 2016 - Greenland's ruling Siumut party on Thursday formed a new coalition after clashing with its former partners, but admitted it was divided on the controversial issue of uranium mining.

Oct 27, 2016

Bulgaria to pay Russia 600 mn euros for dropped nuclear plant

Sofia (AFP) Oct 26, 2016 - Bulgaria said Wednesday it had agreed to pay Russia over 600 million euros ($655 million) in compensation after cancelling plans to build a nuclear plant on the Danube.

Oct 26, 2016

Prysmian Secures Contract for Offshore Wind Farm Inter-Array Submarine Cables Supply in Belgium

Milan, Italy (SPX) Oct 20, 2016 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract - worth up to 13 M euro - by Tideway B.V. for the Rentel offshore wind farm project. Rentel

Oct 20, 2016

Germany approves controversial nuclear waste deal

Frankfurt (AFP) Oct 19, 2016 - Germany on Wednesday paved the way for nuclear power plant operators to pay 23.5 billion euros towards managing atomic waste, in a deal critics say lets firms get off too lightly.

Oct 19, 2016