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Release Radioactive Fukushima Water into Sea or Air?

The economy and industry ministry has proposed gradually releasing or allowing to evaporate massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water at the tsunam…

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Switzerland Switches Off Nuclear Plant ,Exits From Atomic Power

Switzerland’s Muehleberg nuclear power station went off the grid on Friday after 47 years, marking the end of an era as the shutdown starts the country’s exit…

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Bulgaria invites Russia, China and S. Korea to invest in its nuclear project

Bulgaria will invite Russia’s Rosatom, China’s CNNC and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co to file binding offers to become strategic investors in its 10 billion …

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Assystem Win Contracts on UK Nuclear Fusion Project

Assystem, the world’s second largest nuclear engineering organisation with UK headquarters in Blackburn, has confirmed its role in two crucial elements of the …

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Russia Connects Floating Plant to Grid

The floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov was today connected to the grid, generating electricity for the first time in the remote Chaun-Bilibino netw…

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Turkey' s First Nuclear is Going to Become a Reality by 2023: Will it Succeed?

Fingers crossed, the decades-long ambition to have Turkey’s first nuclear energy capability is finally to become a reality by 2023 thanks to the Mersin Akkuyu…

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Old Scottish Power Station Caught Leaking Specs of Nuclear Dust

A nice little British nuclear catastrophe has been uncovered in Scotland, where the complex and millennia-long process of decommissioning the Dounreay facility …

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East of England Nuclear Contracts Top £650m

More than £650m worth of nuclear contracts have been awarded to East of England companies for a nuclear power plant project which is set to provide the templat…

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Is the Negativity Around the Nuclear Energy Sector Justified?

There have been a number of negative press stories surrounding nuclear power in recent years and coupled with the surge in growth for renewable energies such as…

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What is the Role of Nuclear Power in North America?

North America has a strong focus on nuclear power. The US and Canada are focusing on nuclear power plant life extension while exploring the potential for small …

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Russia Suspends Revamp Work at Iran's Fordow Nuclear Plant

Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has suspended work on revamping a factory at Iran’s Fordow nuclear complex due to an issue with uranium compatibility, Ro…

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Emerging Europe’s Nuclear Option

No matter how many emission targets we put on ourselves, the quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere keeps growing.

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EDF Delays Restart of Cruas NPP Over Safety Fears

French energy major EDF has delayed the restart of unit 2 at its Cruas nuclear plant until 5 December while the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) continues …

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China Starts Up First Nuclear Cogeneration Project—at AP1000 Plant

China has started up its first commercial nuclear cogeneration system, using two newly operational AP1000 reactors at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant to heat 70…

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Leningrad II Plant Begins Providing District Nuclear Heating

Unit 1 of Russia's Leningrad II nuclear power plant has been integrated into the heat supply system of the city of Sosnovy Bor, operator Rosenergoatom has annou…