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July 01, 2014

Single Optical Fiber Combines 100s Of Sensors To Monitor Harsh Environments
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 01, 2014
By fusing together the concepts of active fiber sensors and high-temperature fiber sensors, a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has created an all-optical high-temperature sensor for gas flow measurements that operates at record-setting temperatures above 800 degrees Celsius. This technology is expected to find industrial sensing applications in harsh environments ranging from deep geothermal drill cores to the interiors of nuclear reactors to the cold vacuum of space missions, a ... read more

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Fukushima operator eyes wholesale power market in Europe: report The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant wants to start operations in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, a report said Thursday, as it looks for ways to offset the huge costs of the disaster. ... more		Angry scenes as Japan's TEPCO shareholders demand end to nuclearw Furious shareholders in the company that runs Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power station joined campaigners Thursday to demand the permanent closure of the utility's atomic plants, as it held its annual meeting. ... more		Fukushima operator restarts water decontamination system Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday restarted its trouble-plagued water decontamination system for the first time in three months, the utility said. ... more
				Hungary approves 10 billion euro Russia loan for nuclear upgrade Hungarian lawmakers approved Monday a multi-billion-euro loan from Russia for an upgrade of the country's only nuclear power plant, a deal critics say increases Hungary's dependence on Moscow. ... more		Angry Japan farmers bring Fukushima cow to Tokyo Angry farmers from Fukushima brought a large cow to the centre of Tokyo Friday to demand Japan's government investigate a disease they say cattle have developed since the nuclear disaster three years ago. ... more

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Russia says Bushehr nuclear expansion contract to be signed by year's end Russian plans to sign a contract with Iran to help expand the Bushehr nuclear power facility by the end of the year, Russia's nuclear regulator said Monday. ... more		Nuclear waste dump plan on Aboriginal land abandoned Plans to locate Australia's first nuclear waste dump in a remote outback area were dropped Thursday after a long battle with traditional Aboriginal landowners. ... more		Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape? Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist		Japan satellites to monitor Fukushima, Chernobyl Two Japanese satellites will be launched from Russia late Thursday to monitor environmental damage near the crippled nuclear plants in Fukushima and Chernobyl, officials said. ... more
				France unveils ambitious energy bill for greener nation France on Wednesday unveiled a much-anticipated bill to reduce the country's dependency on nuclear energy and fossil fuels, after months of intense debate over one of the Socialist government's pet projects. ... more		China has surpassed Britain's 'declining empire': media China has overtaken Britain as a world power, a state-run newspaper argued scornfully Wednesday, after Premier Li Keqiang oversaw the signing of trade deals that will see Chinese invest in British high-speed trains and nuclear power. ... more

Fukushima struggling to build ice wall to plug leak 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. ... more		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		Constellations of Power: Smart Dragon-3 and the Geopolitics of China's Space Strategy Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine 10 Pizza Facts Everyone Should Know and Love		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		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		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		EU lays out energy plan, to reduce Russia dependence		Japan to replace anti-nuclear voices on industry watchdog		AREVA to monitor nuclear reactor fluid systems		Niger, Areva in hard-won uranium deal
AREVA technologies recognize by the US Nuclear Energy Institute		Japan to create underground ice wall at crippled nuclear plant		Veolia eyes decommissioning Germany's nuclear plants		Westinghouse Chosen To Fuel Three Vattenfall Reactors		Japan utility appeals court injunction on reactor restarts

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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

RWE, with an estimated 30 million European customers, suffers because of mild weather

Fewer US nuclear plants could curb climate change fight

Obama sends Vietnam nuclear deal to Congress

Westinghouse Expands to Meet Latin America's Energy Needs

Benefits from a low-carbon economy are clear, Scotland says

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

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