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Tokyo Electric Power Plans to Scrap its Fukushima Daini Nuclear Station

Tokyo Electric Power plans to scrap its Fukushima Daini nuclear station, located a few miles south of the bigger Fukushima Daiichi plant where three reactors me…

The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)

The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) is a large State-owned enterprise under direct management by the central government. It successfully built the fir…

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EDF Could Prolong Planned Outages at its Two Golfech Nuclear Reactors

French utility EDF (EDF.PA) could prolong planned outages at its two Golfech nuclear reactors because of a heatwave expected across France this week, the power …

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Canadian Nuclear Laboratorieshas Launched a New Research and Development Programme of SMR

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has launched a new research and development programme to accelerate the deployment of small modular reactors in Canada.

Nuclear Technology

CNNC has Announced the Launch of a Project to Construct an ACP100 Small Modular Reactor

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced the launch of a project to construct an ACP100 small modular reactor at Changjiang in Hainan province.

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Russia’s Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant are Now Supplying Electricity as Normal

All three units that were disconnected from the grid last week at the Kalinin nuclear power plant are now supplying electricity as normal, Russia's Rosenergoato…

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AEOI Chief: Nuclear Power Plants can Help Reduce Iran’s Dependence on Oil

Head of the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi underlined the need for the country to shift to new energy resources, and said that nuclear pow…

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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency Announced Vitrifying High-Level Radioactive Waste

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has resumed vitrifying high-level radioactive waste (HLW) at its Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the Japan Atomic Industrial For…

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Tepco To Decommission Reactors at Fukushima No. 2 Nuclear Plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. will formally decide to decommission the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant after informing the prefecture’s governor of its …

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In the United States, the Common Sentiment About the Nuclear Industry is That it is Doomed

While nuclear is in decline in the United States, it is still going strong worldwide, with countries like China and Russia investing heavily in bulking up their…

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Cutting Corners on Such Critical Safety Measures may Eventually Lead to a Disaster

“It would be a mistake to attempt to make nuclear power more cost-competitive by weakening NRC’s vital safety oversight. Cutting corners on such critical safe…

Micro Reactor

China Launches Small Reactor Project in Push for Nuclear Dominance

China has started building its first small modular reactor (SMR) project on the island province of Hainan, the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (C…

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Kenya has contracted a Chinese firm-With CNNC to Built first Nuclear Power Plant

The Nuclear Power and Energy Agency said it has contracted a Chinese firm- China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)- determine the most suitable location in an…

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Three Units have been Unplugged at a Nuclear Power Plant in Russia

The Tver region branch of Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry told the agency the three reactors were taken down due to a short-circuit.

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Canada Starts The Environmental Assessment of Micro Modular Reactor

The Canadian government has issued the notice of commencement of an environmental assessment for a small modular reactor project proposed by Global First Power.