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June 18, 2014

Fukushima struggling to build ice wall to plug leak
Tokyo (AFP) June 17, 2014
The operator of Japan's battered Fukushima nuclear power plant said Tuesday it was having trouble with the early stages of an ice wall being built under broken reactors to contain radioactive water. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has begun digging the trenches for a huge network of pipes pipes under the plant through which it intends to pass refrigerant. This will freeze the soil and form a physical barrier that is intended to prevent clean groundwater flowing down mountainsides from mixing with c ... read more

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Japan minister apologises for Fukushima money gaffe A Japanese cabinet minister apologised on Tuesday after appearing to suggest people in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima could be persuaded to put up with contaminated waste if the government threw cash at them. ... more		AREVA awarded a contract to provide services for Kozloduy 5 and 6 VVER nuclear reactors AREVA has been selected by the operator of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) to provide services for the safety instrumentation and control (I and C) and electrical systems for Kozloduy units ... more		AREVA to provide additional modernization services for Gosgen Facility in Switzerland AREVA has been selected by the Kernkraft Gosgen-Daniken AG to carry out two new projects for the Gosgen nuclear power plant in Switzerland. For the first project, AREVA will expand the used fu ... more
				Iran claims 4mbpd oil output possible if sanctions lifted Iran's oil output could reach 4.0 million barrels per day in "less than three months" if Western sanctions are lifted over its nuclear energy programme, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Tuesday. ... more		India nuclear reactor attains 'full capacity' The first reactor of India's largest nuclear plant - dogged by protests and multiple delays - reached full capacity for the first time Saturday, an official said. ... more

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French police raid Areva over UraMin purchase French police Tuesday carried out a dozen raids concerning state-controlled nuclear giant Areva's controversial 2007 purchase of a Canadian uranium mining company, a judicial source told AFP. ... more		Japan starts building underground ice wall at Fukushima Japan on Monday started work on an underground ice wall at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, freezing the soil under broken reactors to slow the build-up of radioactive water, officials said. ... more		Largest modern crater identified in Chinas Holocene geology Inner core of Earth found to exist in dynamic superionic phase Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise		Nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land invalid, court told The earmarking of a remote Australian outback area as a nuclear waste dump was invalid because officials failed to contact all traditional Aboriginal landowners affected, a court heard Monday. ... more
				Highly radioactive substance found in Swiss dump: report A highly radioactive substance, emitting in some places radiation 100 times the permitted amount, has been discovered in Switzerland, local media reported Sunday, adding that authorities had covered it up for 18 months. ... more		EU lays out energy plan, to reduce Russia dependence The European Commission laid out plans Wednesday to cut the EU's costly reliance on energy imports, especially from Russia which has threatened to halt gas supplies to Ukraine, a key transit point for Europe. ... more

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Japan to replace anti-nuclear voices on industry watchdog Japan's pro-nuclear government is to change some top officials at its nuclear regulator, officials said Wednesday, in what critics charge is an attempt to remove opponents to the restarting of the country's reactors. ... 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		China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts return to Earth after delay Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISS		Niger, Areva in hard-won uranium deal 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. ... 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		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

	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

Japan Fukushima operator starts diverting groundwater to sea		Fortum drops Areva-Siemens in favour of Rolls-Royce		Japan court rules against restart of nuclear reactors		Source of Fukushima's nagging radioactive leak finally discovered		Fukushima water decontamination system down: operator
Japan publisher to review Fukushima nosebleed comic		Wildfires burn homes as California roasts		Bolivia to develop nuclear power: president		Six suffer burns at controversial India nuclear plant: reports		US envoy Kennedy tours Fukushima nuclear plant

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Taiwan uses water cannon to disperse anti-nuclear protesters

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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

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