Civil Nuclear
Nuclear contaminates earnings of France’s EDF
France's state-owned energy company EDF saw its profit slip in the first half of the year as two of its nuclear reactors were taken offline due to safety concerns.
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Underwater robot probes inside Fukushima reactor
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday it is using an underwater robot in a renewed attempt to inspect damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown.
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Finland’s TVO claims partial win in Areva nuclear dispute
Finnish utility TVO on Thursday claimed another partial victory in arbitration in a bitter dispute with France's Areva over a troubled nuclear reactor…
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Laser-Armed Nuclear Icebreakers: What Russia Has in Store for Arctic
Zvezda contributor Dmitri Yurov outlines the Russian Navy's plans for the construction of Arctic patrol ships with icebreaking capability, and Russian…
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Britain must leave EU nuclear body: Verhofstadt
Britain cannot stay a member of the EU nuclear regulator Euratom after Brexit, whether it wants to or not, European Parliament Brexit pointman Guy Verhofstadt said Wednesday.
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Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France’s nuclear reactors firm
Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi and French engineering consulting firm Assystem have taken stakes in French nuclear reactor business New NP, created from Areva, electricity firm EDF said Monday.
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France could close a third of nuclear reactors: minister
France's new environment minister said Monday that nearly a third of the country's nuclear reactors could be shut under plans to scale back the amount of electricity produced from atomic power.
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Sixth MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for Japan
A cargo of reprocessed nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium left the French port of Cherbourg for Japan under heavy security on Wednesday as demonstrators protested against the transport.
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1.5-bn pound cost overrun at UK’s Hinkley nuclear plant: EDF
A project to build a nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Britain will overrun by 1.5 billion pound ($1.95 billion, 1.71 billion euros) and may face further delays, its main supplier said Monday.
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NWMO to Focus Field Studies on Fewer Communities
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is narrowing its focus to fewer communities as it prepares to further advance the next set of activities in the selection process for a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel.
Civil Nuclear
AREVA obtains transport license for its new cask in France and Belgium
At the end of April and the beginning of June 2017 respectively, the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) and its Belgian counterpart, the AFCN, approved the…
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UK nuclear plant to cost consumers billions more
A highly-controversial UK government deal for the new Hinkley Point nuclear power plant will cost British energy consumers billions more pounds than forecast, the country's National Audit Office said Friday.
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Toshiba delays results again citing US nuclear unit
Toshiba delayed the release of its long-overdue earnings again Friday, with the troubled conglomerate saying it needed more time to finish accounting work at…
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S. Korea to scrap all plans to build new nuclear reactors
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In vowed on Monday to scrap all plans to build new nuclear reactors as he seeks to steer Asia's fourth-largest economy clear of atomic power.
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Russia sells stake in Akkuyu nuclear plant project in Turkey
Russian state nuclear energy conglomerate Rosatom on Monday agreed the sale of a 49-percent stake in the nuclear plant project Akkuyu in Turkey to Turkish investors, Russian agencies reported.
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Japan court clears way for nuclear reactor restarts
A Japanese court Tuesday gave the green light to switch on two more nuclear reactors despite heavy public opposition, in the latest victory for the government's pro-atomic push.