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June 14, 2013

EU wants six-yearly post-Fukushima nuclear stress tests
Brussels (AFP) June 13, 2013
The European Commission called for stress tests every six years on the dozens of nuclear reactors operating in the European Union as it issued new safety rules in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster. "The proposed legislation transmitted to member states aims to 'Europeanise' nuclear safety," said the EU's Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger. "We hope it will not be rejected by the states." The checks on 64 existing nuclear plants in the EU, to be carried out by "peer" teams of EU-wide insp ... read more

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Lockheed Martin and China Sign Nuclear Plant Safety Systems Work Deal Lockheed Martin and State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company (SNPAS) have signed an agreement to prototype, manufacture and qualify nuclear power plant reactor protection systems fo ... more		Fukushima official Twitter tirade under fire in Japan A public official charged with helping victims of Japan's nuclear disaster who launched a foul-mouthed Twitter tirade faced calls to quit Thursday. ... more		Japan's first lady says she is 'anti-nuclear' The wife of Japan's pro-business Prime Minister Shinzo Abe does not like nuclear power and would rather her husband's government did not try to export it, she said in a speech. ... more
				Upgrades ordered for U.S. reactors The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered nearly a third of the nation's nuclear reactors to upgrade their venting systems. ... more		Glitch-hit US nuclear plant shut down for good A California nuclear power plant shut down last year after a radiation leak will be permanently closed, its owners said Friday. ... more

Japan PM to step up nuclear export drive: report Japan's prime minister is expected to sign a nuclear cooperation deal with the Czech Republic this month, a report said Saturday, as Tokyo looks to build up its exports of the technology. ... more		S. Korea's top nuclear plant operator sacked South Korea on Thursday fired the head of the state-run company that oversees the country's 23 nuclear reactors over a forged documentation scandal that has shut a host of those reactors down. ... 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		Japan's Fukushima operator admits culpability in suicide Japan's Tokyo Electric Power has conceded the Fukushima disaster played a part in a farmer's suicide, lawyers said Thursday, its first admission of culpability in such a case. ... more
				Australia seeks to boost uranium sector Australia's Resource Minister has called for ramping up the country's uranium sector. ... more		China, India, Pakistan boost nuclear arsenals: study Three of the world's nuclear powers - China, India and Pakistan - have increased their nuclear arsenals over the past year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Monday. ... more

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				Thousands rally against nuclear power in Tokyo Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday as conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe considers restarting reactors. ... more		S. Korea, US hold talks on key nuclear accord South Korea and the United States began extended negotiations Monday on renewing their civilian nuclear pact, with Seoul pushing for the right to produce its own nuclear fuel. ... more

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S. Korea halts two more reactors over faulty parts		Japan nuclear lab accident affected 30: agency		Hundreds rally against Taiwan nuclear referendum		India PM calls for nuclear deal, more Japan investment		Czech minister baulks at cost of nuclear plant bids

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Belgium to re-start two reactors halted since 2012

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German MPs debate fresh search for nuclear dump site

Thousands rally against nuclear power in Taiwan

Japan nuke regulator to halt reactor restart

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Czech CEZ power group reports jump in Q1 profit

India gives go-ahead to disputed nuclear plant

Supreme Court allows protest-hit Indian nuclear plant

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S. Korea jails nuclear workers over bribe scandal

Japan, Turkey sign $22-bn nuclear deal

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