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July 15, 2014

Westinghouse Tech Addresses Nuclear Industry Concern
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 14, 2014
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the successful installation of its spent fuel pool level instrumentation system at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, operated by Tennessee Valley Authority. Spent fuel pools are storage pools for spent, or used, nuclear fuel from a nuclear reactor. All U.S. utilities are required by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to install spent fuel pool level instrumentation at nuclear power plants as part of an industry-wide response to lessons learned from the March ... read more

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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		Constellations of Power: Smart Dragon-3 and the Geopolitics of China's Space Strategy Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine NASA awards Blue Origin new lunar mission to deliver VIPER rover in 2027		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
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AREVA awarded a contract to provide services for Kozloduy 5 and 6 VVER nuclear reactors		AREVA to provide additional modernization services for Gosgen Facility in Switzerland		Iran claims 4mbpd oil output possible if sanctions lifted		India nuclear reactor attains 'full capacity'		French police raid Areva over UraMin purchase
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Niger, Areva in hard-won uranium deal

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Japan utility appeals court injunction on reactor restarts

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Japan court rules against restart of nuclear reactors

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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

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