24/7 Nuclear Energy News Coverage
May 08, 2012
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Italy relives militancy fears with nuclear boss shooting
Genoa, Italy (AFP) May 7, 2012
A gunman shot and wounded the head of an Italian nuclear energy company on Monday in an incident reminiscent of militant attacks in the 1970s, with police saying anarchists could be responsible. Roberto Adinolfi, a 53-year-old nuclear engineer, was followed by the gunman and shot in the ankle as he left his home in Genoa in northwest Italy. The gunman then escaped on a motorbike with a second man waiting nearby. Police said he used a Tokarev handgun - a brand used by the Soviet Red Army. Ad ... read more

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Bulgaria announces deal on debt for abandoned nuclear plant
Bulgaria has reached a debt rescheduling deal for 250 million euros ($326 million) owed to creditors headed by French bank BNP Paribas for an abandoned nuclear plant project, Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said on Monday. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Japan switches off final nuclear reactor
Japan switched off its last working nuclear reactor Saturday, leaving the country without atomic-generated electricity just over a year after the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter of a century. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan to go nuclear-free for first time since 1970
Japan is set to go without nuclear energy for the first time since 1970 from Saturday, when the last operating reactor shuts down for maintenance, heightening fears of a looming power crunch this summer. ... more
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S. Korea starts building new nuclear reactors
South Korea on Friday started work on two new nuclear reactors despite fears over safety in the aftermath of the radioactive disaster in Japan last year. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Greenpeace activist flies into French nuclear plant: police
French police arrested three Greenpeace members Wednesday after an activist flew into the grounds of a nuclear power plant using a paraglider in a stunt aimed at revealing alleged security flaws. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Wash. nuclear cleanup plan criticized
Washington State's plan for dealing with dangerous waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is incomplete and fails to address safety issues, critics say. ... more
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Jordan weighs two offers to build nuclear plant
Energy-poor Jordan said on Sunday a Russian firm and a French-Japanese consortium are to compete to build the kingdom's first nuclear plant. ... more
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S. Korea nuclear safety agency probes two plants
South Korea's nuclear safety watchdog said Friday it has launched an investigation at two power plants after a corruption scandal involving locally-made copies of foreign components. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Japan's offline reactors send utilities into red
Japanese electricity companies said Friday they had booked multi-billion dollar losses in the last year after the Fukushima disaster shuttered nuclear power plants and ramped up fossil fuel use. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

TEPCO 'offers controlling stake' to Japan govt
The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday offered the Japanese government a controlling stake in return for a huge cash injection that would prevent it going under, media reported. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Construction of Chernobyl shelter starts on anniversary
Ukraine launched Thursday construction of a new shelter to permanently secure the stricken Chernobyl plant as it marked the 26th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Hong Kong holds nuclear accident drill
Hong Kong held a nuclear emergency drill on Thursday involving over 1,000 officials and foreign experts, the city's first exercise since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan last year. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Nuclear company Areva posts improved quarterly sales
French nuclear energy giant Areva on Thursday said sales rose by 2.4 percent in the first quarter this year to 2.026 billion euros ($2.64 billion) bolstered by growth in its mining business. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Brussels dissatisfied with Europe nuclear stress test report
The EU's energy chief Thursday deemed an almost year-long study on nuclear plant safety in Europe as short on detail and numbers and demanded further work before publication of the critical report. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Westinghouse And Ameren Missouri Partner To Develop And License SMR Technology
Westinghouse Electric Company and Ameren Missouri have entered into an agreement to respond collaboratively to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

AREVA and EDF organize a joint Supplier Day to support nuclear new-build projects
Following the success of AREVA's previous Polish Supplier Days held in Warsaw last October and in Wroclaw and Opole in March, AREVA and EDF have organized, with the support of the Association for th ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

OECD chief: Japan needs nuclear power
The head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development urged Japan on Tuesday to resume nuclear electricity generation despite public opposition. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Japan power companies warn of summer shortages
Japanese power companies are warning a hot summer could bring blackouts for some areas unless nuclear plants are re-started. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Candu applies to build Turkey nuclear plant
Turkey's energy minister said Friday that Canadian company Candu had applied to build the country's second nuclear power plant in cooperation with Turkish company EUAS. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

RWE joins rival E.ON in suing Germany over nuclear exit
German power supplier RWE said Thursday it is joining its bigger rival E.ON in filing a complaint with Germany's highest court over compensation for the government's decision to abandon nuclear power. ... more
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Armenia extends life of Soviet-era nuclear reactor
Armenia on Thursday said it had decided to extend the life of its Soviet-era nuclear reactor by four years until 2020 despite concerns raised by environmentalists in the earthquake-prone country. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Bulgaria no-confidence vote over axed nuclear deal aborts
Bulgaria's government was spared a motion of no-confidence over its decision to drop a deal for a new nuclear plant on the Danube after the parliament speaker ruled Thursday the vote no longer had sufficient backing. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Lawyer to take over at Fukushima plant operator
A 64-year-old lawyer is to be the new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power, taking on the task of revamping the troubled operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, officials said Thursday. ... more
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US seeks 'restraint' amid India missile plan
The United States called Wednesday on all nuclear powers to exercise restraint, but stopped short of criticizing growing partner India which plans to test a new long-range nuclear-capable missile. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

NRC Action Will Force Major Court Fight
An adverse decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will force parties concerned about the already troubled Vogtle nuclear reactor project in Georgia to file a motion this week in federal ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Ukraine nuclear plant halts reactor after electrical failure
A reactor at a nuclear power station in Ukraine has been disconnected from the grid following an electrical failure but radiation levels were not elevated, authorities said on Tuesday. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Peaceful atom for distant space missions
According to Russia's Nuclear Agency (Rosatom) the nuclear power and propulsion installation of the megawatt-class is to be built by 2017. The assembly will start already next year, first units of t ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

New underwater images show damage at Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released dramatic images taken by an underwater camera showing major damage at a spent fuel storage pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Future of Japan's nuclear energy uncertain
None of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors will be in operation as of May 6, as the country's last reactor operating is to go offline for maintenance, Japanese Trade Minister Yukio Edano said. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Japan may be 'momentarily' without nuclear power: minister
Japan may go "momentarily" without nuclear power next month when the only one reactor still in operation shuts down for maintenance work, the country's industry minister warned Sunday. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Slovenia shuts down nuclear plant for regular maintanance
Slovenia started Saturday shutting down its only nuclear power plant for 40 days of regular maintenance after 18 months of production, the Krsko nuclear plant authorities said. ... more
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