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May 28, 2014

Niger, Areva in hard-won uranium deal
Niamey (AFP) May 26, 2014
The government of Niger and French nuclear energy group Areva announced on Monday that they had signed a deal to renew a decades-old agreement for the operation of two uranium mines. Under the deal, negotiated for 18 months, Areva agreed that a 2006 mining law sharply increasing taxes on mineral extracted would apply to the Somair and Cominak operations in the north of the country which it partially controls. "We have heard the government's legitimate call for higher receipts coming from uranium ... read more

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Japan to create underground ice wall at crippled nuclear plant Japan's nuclear regulator on Monday approved a plan to freeze the soil under the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to try to slow the build-up of radioactive water, officials said. ... more		Veolia eyes decommissioning Germany's nuclear plants French group Veolia Environnement is hoping to move into the market for decommissioning nuclear power plants in Germany, one of its top executives said in a magazine interview on Monday. ... more		Westinghouse Chosen To Fuel Three Vattenfall Reactors Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has been selected by Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel AB in Sweden to provide replacement nuclear fuel deliveries and related engineering services for thre ... more
				AREVA to monitor nuclear reactor fluid systems AREVA has signed an agreement with the American engineering firm NUCCORP Inc. to be the exclusive supplier of the Nuclear Grade Air Trap (NGAT) technology to the nuclear industry. This device passiv ... more		AREVA technologies recognize by the US Nuclear Energy Institute AREVA's technologies received four awards through its customers at the Top Industry Practice Awards (TIP Awards) ceremony organized by the American Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). For the fift ... more

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Japan utility appeals court injunction on reactor restarts A Japanese utility on Thursday lodged an appeal against a ban on restarting two nuclear reactors, after a court came down on the side of campaigners for the first time since the Fukushima disaster. ... more		MIPT Experts Reveal the Secret of Radiation Vulnerability The discovery can help both in predicting the consequences of irradiation and understanding the fundamental patterns of morphogenesis. The work of the researchers has been published in PLoS One jour ... more		Climate change causing havoc with global water cycle: UN Schools shut, flights cancelled as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong Kong Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: study		Japan Fukushima operator starts diverting groundwater to sea The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Wednesday it has begun a bypass system that diverts groundwater into the sea in a bid to reduce the volume of contaminated water. ... more
				Fortum drops Areva-Siemens in favour of Rolls-Royce Finnish power company Fortum said Wednesday it had terminated a contract with Areva and Siemens to modernise a nuclear plant in the southern town of Loviisa, and hired Britain's Rolls Royce instead. ... more		Japan court rules against restart of nuclear reactors A Japanese court ruled Wednesday against the restarting of two reactors at a nuclear power plant, acknowledging residents' safety fears and dealing a blow to the government's plan to revive nuclear power. ... more

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Source of Fukushima's nagging radioactive leak finally discovered The source of the radioactive leak at the earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was finally identified by the facility's operator TEPCO to be in the primary containment vessel of ... more		Fukushima water decontamination system down: operator The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday it had again suspended a trouble-plagued system used to clean radiation-tainted water. ... more		NASA Dragonfly Mission Advances Through Crucial Development and Testing Stages SATNUS completes third NGWS flight campaign with autonomous systems integration SFL Missions to Deliver Spacecraft Buses for HawkEye 360 RF Signal Detection Expansion		Japan publisher to review Fukushima nosebleed comic The Japanese publisher of a comic that came under fire for linking radiation exposure at Fukushima to nosebleeds acknowledged Monday it had caused alarm and promised a review after the prime minister stepped into a growing row. ... more
				Wildfires burn homes as California roasts Thousands of people fled raging wildfires in roasting southern California on Wednesday as flames destroyed homes and triggered evacuations at a nuclear power plant, a military base and an amusement park. ... more		Bolivia to develop nuclear power: president Bolivian President Evo Morales said Thursday that, with Argentina's help, his country was working to develop nuclear power. ... more

Green and yellow - straw from oilseed as a new source of biofuels

EU study assesses turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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Scottish energy sector gets a bit greener with RWE Innogy project

German energy company RWE Innogy starts turbine installation at mega wind project

Power plant emissions verified remotely at Four Corners sites

Polar vortex in part to blame for high energy bills, U.S. says

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	Six suffer burns at controversial India nuclear plant: reports Six workers suffered significant burns on Wednesday at a Russian-backed nuclear power plant in southern India plagued by years of protests before its opening, reports said. ... more		US envoy Kennedy tours Fukushima nuclear plant US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy toured the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant for the first time Wednesday, pledging continued US help with the clean-up. ... more		RWE, with an estimated 30 million European customers, suffers because of mild weather German energy company RWE said a mild winter in Europe was to blame for a decline in its income, though CEO Peter Terium said he was optimistic nonetheless. ... more		Fewer US nuclear plants could curb climate change fight Nuclear power plants in the United States increasingly risk closure amid growing competition from cheap natural gas, which experts said could hamper President Barack Obama's efforts to combat climate change. ... more

Obama sends Vietnam nuclear deal to Congress		Benefits from a low-carbon economy are clear, Scotland says		Westinghouse Expands to Meet Latin America's Energy Needs		Fukushima operator books $4.3 bn profit on bailout, rate hike		Exelon buys Pepco for $6.83 bn in energy deal
Birds adapting to long-term radiation exposure at Chernobyl		Taiwan uses water cannon to disperse anti-nuclear protesters		Using antineutrinos to monitor nuclear reactors		Construction halted at Taiwan nuclear plant after protests		Thousands rally in Taiwan against nuclear plant

Westinghouse and Ontario Power Gen Sign Agreement to Service Global Nuclear Markets

Taiwan anti-nuclear activist starts hunger strike

Taiwan premier rejects call to scrap nuclear plant

Iran says Arak nuclear reactor row all but resolved

Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis

Areva says in line to build British nuclear waste plant

German court orders nuclear fuel rod tax to be reimbursed

Westinghouse extends nuclear fuel deal with Ukraine

Japan to keep using nuclear in new energy plan

Iran needs 30,000 new centrifuges for fuel: official

French prosecutor probes Areva buy of Canadian miner

Czech energy firm scraps nuclear plant expansion

Fukushima worker dies after accident: plant operator

Czech Moravian-Silesian Region Fundamental To Temelin AP1000

Fukushima water decontamination system down again

Study on element could change ballgame on radioactive waste

US, Japan in historic plutonium return deal

In the lab, scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage

Shale could be long-term home for problematic nuclear waste

AREVA and Novinium to Provide Cable Rejuvenation Services to the Nuclear Industry

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