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Westinghouse Completes Fabrication Of Fuel Assemblies For Sanmen 1by Staff Writers Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 21, 2012 Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has completed fabrication of all 157 fuel assemblies and related components needed to operate the first-ever AP1000 nuclear power plant, Sanmen Unit 1, in Zhejiang province, China. Completion of fabrication is a major milestone for Westinghouse and its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Columbia, South Carolina, where the fuel assemblies were completed and delivered to the Sanmen Nuclear Power Company (also in ... read more |
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 Nuclear fusion simulation shows high-gain energy output High-gain nuclear fusion could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National Laborat ... more | .. |
 Indian nuclear power plant gets go-ahead India has given the green light to the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power project in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. ... more | .. |
Nearly 200 arrested in India nuclear protest Police in a southern Indian state said Tuesday they had arrested nearly 200 activists who were protesting the start of work at a long-stalled nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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S. Koreans face punishment over nuclear plant power cut South Korea's nuclear safety authority said Wednesday several engineers had covered up an electricity failure at an ageing atomic plant last month, and promised they would be punished. ... more | .. |
 N-power capacity failed to rise: Economic Survey Even though the generation of nuclear power increased by 33 percent this fiscal, no capacity was added against a target of 2,000 MW, the Economic Survey said Thursday. According to the survey ... more | .. |
 Tamil Nadu okays Kudankulam n-plant Tamil Nadu Monday gave the green signal for the Kudankulam nuclear plant, with an activist saying that 10 people opposing the project have been arrested. The state cabinet met Monday under Chi ... more | .. |
 80% in Japan support nuclear phase-out: poll Eighty percent of Japanese want to phase out the country's reliance on nuclear power and eventually eliminate it, a poll said Sunday, a year after Japan was hit by a massive nuclear disaster. ... more |
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India to start work on stalled nuclear plant The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Monday gave the green light for work to start on a massive nuclear power station stalled for months amid protests over safety concerns, a report said. ... more | .. |
 Areva sells stake in Eramet for 776 mn euros French nuclear energy giant Areva said Friday it had signed a deal to sell its 26 percent stake in the Eramet mining company to France's strategic investment fund FSI for 776 million euros ($1.0 billion). ... more | .. |
 Bulgaria PM gets cold feet on Russia nuclear plant deal Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Friday he was considering pulling out of a deal with Russian nuclear company Atomstroyexport to build a new nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube. ... more | .. |
  Butterfly molecule may aid quest for nuclear clean-up technology Scientists have produced a previously unseen uranium molecule, in a development that could help improve clean-up processes for nuclear waste. The distinctive butterfly-shaped compound is similar to ... more |
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Power cut at reactor in S. Korea stirs criticism South Korean nuclear officials came under fire Wednesday for failing to report a brief electricity failure at an ageing atomic power plant until more than a month after the incident. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear power crucial to China Nuclear power is important to China because of its quest for climate change mitigation, an expert with the environment ministry has said. "The Chinese nuclear industry still feels confident to ... more | .. |
 Poland to seek bids for first nuclear plant Polish state-run energy group PGE said Wednesday it expected to launch a public tender to build the country's first nuclear power station within two months. ... more | .. |
Kolkata protest against PM comment on Kudankulam project A group of Kolkata residents Monday held a 12-hour fast against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on agitations centred around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu and wrot ... more |
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Technique Could Reveal Hidden Habitats on Moon and Mars
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  Fukushima prefecture aims for green power As Japan marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the country's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the governor of Fukushima prefecture called for terminating nuclear power and promoting renewable energy. ... more | .. |
 Activists tap court to block Japan reactor restart A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday to prevent the restart of a nuclear power plant, a day after the first anniversary of the tsunami that sparked the Fukushima atomic disaster. ... more | .. |
UN nuclear body says ageing reactors fuel safety concerns Eighty percent of nuclear power plants are more than 20 years old, raising safety concerns, the UN atomic agency warned in a draft report seen by AFP on Tuesday, a year after Japan's Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
 Japan's nuclear disaster: a timeline As Japan marks the first anniversary of the quake-tsunami that triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant, here are key developments in the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986. ... more |
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 S. Korea opposition vows to reduce nuclear energy South Korea's top opposition leader vowed Monday to gradually reduce the country's reliance on nuclear energy if her party gains a majority in next month's general election. ... more | .. |
Protesters link arms around the world to decry nuclear power Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protesters across the globe called for an end to nuclear power as they marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami at Japan's Fukushima power plant. ... more | .. |
 Prayer, protest at Japan anti-nuclear rally Tens of thousands of people rallied near Japan's crippled Fukushima plant Sunday demanding an end to nuclear power as the nation marked the first anniversary of a disastrous quake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima lesson: Prepare for unanticipated nuclear accidents A year after the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave un ... more |
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 Merkel lauds Germany's nuclear phase-out plan German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday lauded her country's decision to phase out nuclear power, speaking on the eve of the first anniversary of Japan's Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
Responding to the Radiation Threat The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officials considered the evacuation of the ne ... more | .. |
 International governance on nuclear safety still requires action One year after the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi, the World Energy Council (WEC) will publish on Friday, 9 March, a study analysing the impact of the accident on national nuclear energy plan ... more | .. |
 Meltdown intel emerges ahead of Japan anniversary Japan was Saturday preparing to mark the first anniversary of its tsunami, as government papers revealed ministers were warned of the possibility of meltdowns at Fukushima just after the waves struck. ... more |
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 Nothing stirs in Japan's nuclear ghost town They used to raise premium beef cattle in Iitate. But a year after Japan's nuclear disaster it is an irradiated ghost town and those who used to call it home have no idea when they will be able to return. ... more | .. |
 One Year after Fukushima The Fukushima disaster happened one year ago - the impacts are not over yet, neither in Japan nor in Germany. Immediately after the reactor accident became known, KIT established working groups that ... more | .. |
 Vietnam forges ahead with nuclear power Vietnam is pressing ahead with nuclear power, a government official said. ... more | .. |
Japan cabinet was warned of Fukushima meltdown Top Japanese cabinet ministers were warned of possible nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima hours after the tsunami hit last March, government papers have revealed, despite repeatedly denying the risk in public. ... more |
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