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Westinghouse Awarded Contract to Provide Feasibility Study for Hybrid Reactor Unit at Kozloduy NPPBrussels (SPX) Sep 06, 2012 Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has received a contract from the Kozloduy NPP - New Build PLC of Bulgaria to perform a feasibility study on a potential seventh unit at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. The required study will encompass a review of two potential designs: a reactor of VVER design utilizing equipment already purchased by the customer together with Westinghouse instrumentation and control (I and C) systems, fuel and a Toshiba Corporation turbine generator, and the ... read more |
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 Spain's oldest nuclear plant to be mothballed in July 2013 Spain's oldest nuclear plant, known as the 'sister' to Japan's disaster-struck Fukushima plant, is to be closed in July 2013 after 42 years in service, the operator said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Polish companies join forces on nuclear power Four top Polish state-controlled firms have inked a letter of intent to build the country's first three gigawatt nuclear energy plant, a joint press release said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Two slightly injured in accident at French nuclear plant A steam leak due to an accidental chemical reaction on Wednesday at France's oldest nuclear plant led to two people being slightly burnt and renewed calls to reduce the country's heavy reliance on atomic energy. ... 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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  Iran, pressed on nuclear activities, wraps up summit Iran on Friday closed a summit of non-aligned states after two days of sometimes conflictual speeches over Syria and stepped-up pressure over its nuclear programme that overshadowed the proceedings. ... more | .. |
Post-Fukushima meeting calls for more work on nuclear safety A major international conference reviewing the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan in March 2011 wrapped up Friday calling for more to be done to improve nuclear safety. ... more | .. |
 Japanese majority favor zero nuclear power The majority of Japanese say they want to end the country's dependence on nuclear power, a new report says. ... more | .. |
 Greens see red after French minister hints at nuclear U-turn French Greens reacted angrily on Monday after a government minister described nuclear power as the "energy of the future," casting doubt on a commitment to slash the country's number of reactors. ... more |
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Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial Life
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 IAEA head says don't relax on nuclear safety The head of the UN atomic agency called Monday on countries with nuclear power not to lose their "sense of urgency" in improving safety after last year's Fukushima disaster in Japan. ... more | .. |
 Hundreds join anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo Hundreds of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched in Tokyo Sunday, calling for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to abandon the country's atomic energy programme following last year's Fukushima accident. ... more | .. |
Japan anti-nuke activists protest in Tokyo More than a thousand people protested outside the Japanese prime minister's residence in Tokyo on Friday calling for an end to nuclear power after last year's Fukushima atomic crisis. ... more | .. |
 Glass offers improved means of storing UK's nuclear waste ILW makes up more than three quarters of the volume of material destined for geological disposal in the UK. Currently the UK's preferred method is to encapsulate ILW in specially formulated cement. ... more |
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 ORNL technology moves scientists closer to extracting uranium from seawater Fueling nuclear reactors with uranium harvested from the ocean could become more feasible because of a material developed by a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ... more | .. |
 Report warns of India nuclear power safety An Indian government auditing agency criticized India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for not being truly autonomous and for its lack of a radiation safety policy. ... more | .. |
 Japan press mixed on PM meet with anti-nuclear camp Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's first face-to-face meeting with anti-nuclear protestors received mixed reviews Thursday, with some media saying it only served to highlight an unbridgeable gap. ... more | .. |
 BHP Billiton scraps mega mine expansion Mining giant BHP Billiton has put on hold its $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine project in South Australia. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman Hypersonic Navigation System Exceeds Rocket Test Milestones
Teledyne Labtech and Bangor University advance Welsh space cooling technology
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Record radiation in fish off Japan nuclear plant A pair of greenlings have shown the highest level of radioactive caesium detected in fish and shellfish caught in waters off Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Japan PM meets anti-nuclear demonstrators Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met anti-nuclear demonstrators face-to-face on Wednesday for the first time since weekly rallies outside his office began five months ago. ... more | .. |
Uranium from seawater said attainable goal U.S. scientists say they're making progress towards a 40-year-old dream of extracting uranium for nuclear power from seawater. ... more | .. |
France sends student to prison for nuclear line protest A student demonstrator against a new high-voltage electricity line in northern France was handed a three-month jail term Wednesday, in what campaigners decried as a politically charged judgement. ... more |
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IAEA: Fukushima slowed nuke growth The Fukushima Daiichi disaster slowed but didn't reverse the expansion of nuclear power in 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in Vienna. ... more | .. |
 Studies examine health consequences of meltdown, damage to Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami ... more | .. |
Tokyo's anti-nuclear protesters remember WWII Japanese anti-nuclear demonstrators on Friday recounted the horror of World War II, days after the region marked Tokyo's surrender nearly seven decades earlier. ... more | .. |
 Belgian nuclear safety chief spells out fissure fears Belgium stepped up controls on nuclear safety that found cracks in the casing of an ageing reactor and led to two sites now closing after learning of signs of fissures in French atomic power plants, the national watchdog said Thursday. ... more |
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 UAE announces $3bn in nuclear fuel deals The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it had selected six companies to supply fuel to its four planned nuclear reactors in deals worth an estimated $3 billion (2.43 billion euros). ... more | .. |
Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species. ... more | .. |
 Japan's Toshiba eyes nuclear power alliance Toshiba plans to sell some of its controlling stake in nuclear-power unit Westinghouse Electric as it looks to form an alliance to tap demand in emerging markets, reports said Tuesday. ... more |
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 NRC Freezes All Nuclear Reactor Construction and Operating Licenses in US The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has acted to put a hold on at least 19 final reactor licensing decisions - nine construction and operating licenses (COLS), eight license renewals, one o ... more | .. |
Belgium nuke re-start seen as unlikely The chief of Belgium's nuclear power regulatory agency says he's "skeptical" the Doel-3 reactor near Antwerp can ever be re-started. ... more | .. |
Retreat never an option: ex-Fukushima chief The chief of Japan's Fukushima atomic plant at the time of the quake-tsunami disaster has said he never considered withdrawing from the escalating crisis despite fearing for his life, reports said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Belgian nuclear chief 'sceptical' reactor can be restarted The head of Belgium's federal agency for nuclear safety AFCN said on Friday he was "sceptical" that an ageing reactor closed over fears of cracks could be restarted. ... more |
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