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April 09, 2013

New radioactive water leak feared at Japan's Fukushima
Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2013
Another suspected leak of radioactive water was discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on Tuesday, its operator said, the latest in a series of problems at the plant. Contaminated water may have leaked into the ground from an underground reservoir at the tsunami-damaged facility, following similar leaks at two others during the weekend, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said. TEPCO insisted that the radioactive water was unlikely to flow into the sea. The reserv ... read more

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Turkey raps US absence in $22bn nuclear tender: report Turkey's energy minister has criticised the United States not joining in the $22 billion tender to build the country's second nuclear power plant, local media reported on Saturday. ... more		Niger students protest French group's uranium revenues Some 2,000 students held a protest in Niger's capital Niamey on Friday against French nuclear group Areva to demand their country get a bigger slice of its uranium mining revenues. ... more		US hails removal of Czech uranium to Russia The United States said Friday it had safely transported 68 kilograms of highly enriched uranium - enough for two nuclear weapons - from the Czech Republic to Russia. ... more
				Finland's Fennovoima in talks with Rosatom over reactor Finnish power company Fennovoima said Friday it was in exclusive talks with Russia's Rosatom over building a mid-sized nuclear reactor, after dropping bids by France's Areva and other suppliers. ... more		Fukushima fuel cooling system stops again:TEPCO One of the systems keeping spent atomic fuel cool at the Fukushima nuclear plant temporarily failed on Friday, the second outage in a matter of weeks, underlining the precarious fix at the plant. ... more

United States: A New Step Forward in Reactor Safety and Performance The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved AREVA's new ARCADIA core simulator system used for core performance analysis in pressurized water reactor plants in the United States. This ... more		Westinghouse contracted to support Argentina's Embalse nuclear power plant steam generator replacement Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that its subsidiary, PCI Energy Services, LLC (PCI), has signed a contract with Nucleoelectrica Argentina S.A. (NA-SA) to provide engineering, specialty p ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		Turkey nears decision on $22 bn nuclear plant Turkey is close to making a decision in a $22 billion tender as a report said a Japanese-French consortium was in the lead to build the country's second nuclear plant to power its rapidly developing economy. ... more
				Bulgaria orders power output cuts amid sector troubles Bulgaria's official electricity system operator ordered producers to lower capacity on Thursday to prevent the shaky system from overheating amid sharply dropping consumption and exports. ... more		Australia approves uranium mining project The Australian government has granted environmental approval for Toro Energy Ltd.'s $280 million Wiluna uranium mining project in Western Australia. ... more

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