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September 02, 2014

Fukushima accepts 'temporary' radioactive waste storage
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 01, 2014
The governor of disaster-struck Fukushima agreed Monday to accept the "temporary" storage of nuclear waste from the Japanese accident, paving the way for an end to a years-long standoff. Yuhei Sato has been cajoled and lavished with the promises of subsidies if he accepts a central government plan to build a depot on land near the battered Fukushima Daiichi plant. "I have made an agonising decision to accept plans to construct temporary storage facilities in order to achieve recovery in the envi ... read more

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Australia satisfied on India's nuclear safeguards Australia is satisfied with the safeguards India has in place to allow the export of uranium to the nuclear-armed nation, Trade Minister Andrew Robb said Tuesday. ... more		Jinxed Finnish nuclear plant to function almost a decade late: Areva A jinxed new-generation nuclear reactor for Finland is to begin producing electricity in 2018, nine years late, one of the main partners in the project, Areva of France, said on Monday. ... more		Australian PM to visit India for potential uranium deal Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday he will visit India next week, where he will reportedly sign an agreement allowing the export of uranium to the nuclear-armed South Asian nation. ... more
				Heavy equipment falls into Fukushima reactor pool: TEPCO A 400-kilogramme (880-pound) machine part fell into a nuclear fuel pool at Japan's crippled Fukushima plant Friday, the operator said. ... more		Iran modifies Arak reactor over nuclear concerns Iran said Wednesday it has started to modify its Arak heavy water reactor and limit plutonium output, a cause of Western concerns over the country's nuclear programme. ... more

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Westinghouse Aims to Bring Benefits of AP1000 Reactors to Western US Westinghouse Electric Company and Blue Castle Holdings has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to pursue the development of a two-unit AP1000 nuclear power plant at the Green Rive ... more		Fukushima operator ordered to compensate for suicide The family of a Japanese woman who fatally set herself on fire after being forced to flee the nuclear disaster at Fukushima was awarded nearly half a million dollars in damages Tuesday, reports said. ... 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		Iran opens nuclear fuel plant Iran has opened a uranium dioxide factory that will produce fuel for civilian nuclear plants, the head of its atomic energy agency announced Saturday. ... more
				Fukushima's legacy Following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown, biological samples were obtained only after extensive delays, limiting the information that could be gained about the impacts of that histo ... more		Westinghouse to Provide Finland's TVO with Advanced Reactor Internal Pumps Westinghouse Electric Company has received a contract in excess of 40 million euros from Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to deliver 12 advanced reactor internal pumps for Finland's Olkiluoto Units 1 an ... more

Canada, Kazakhstan start nuclear cooperation Canada heralded Friday the implementation of a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan that allows nuclear technology to be exported to the former Soviet republic. ... more		EDF Energy says shuts down nuclear reactors in Britain EDF Energy, the British unit of French giant EDF, said on Monday it had decided to shut down four nuclear reactors at two plants in northern England as a precaution. ... 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		NASA Experts, Russia Sign Radiation Safety Protocol Despite Sanctions NASA experts have signed a protocol with Russia on radiation safety for space flights despite the new set of US sanctions against Moscow, the director of Moscow State University's Institute of Nucle ... more
Toshiba orders DCIS technology for Fukushima plant cleanup An effort to locate nuclear fuel in a damaged Japanese power complex will be assisted by Decision Sciences International Corporation. ... more		Fukushima operator unveils newest tainted-water plan The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday unveiled a plan to dump scrubbed water directly into the ocean, sparking concerns over whether it would be properly decontaminated. ... more		Areva shares fall on first-half loss, lowered outlook Shares in French nuclear power group Areva fell heavily on Friday after the group reported a first-half loss and lowered its outlook. ... more		Ex-TEPCO execs should be charged over Fukushima: panel An independent legal panel on Thursday called for criminal charges to be brought against three former executives of the Fukushima nuclear plant operator for their role in the 2011 atomic disaster. ... more

	Westinghouse strikes deal to build Bulgaria nuclear reactor Bulgaria's outgoing government greenlighted on Thursday a last-minute deal with Toshiba's US nuclear engineering unit Westinghouse to build a new reactor at the country's Kozloduy nuclear power plant. ... more		Taiwan to shutter near-completed nuclear plant Taiwan's government said Thursday it would seal off a nuclear power plant due to open next year but repeatedly attacked as unsafe by the public, pending a referendum on its future. ... more

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Japanese get anti-radiation pills ahead of nuclear restart		Fukushima Accident Underscores Need to Act on Nuclear Plant Hazards		Fukushima monkeys show possible 'effects of radiation'		China, Canada to build two nuclear reactors in Romania		Report finds gaps in US nuclear disaster plans

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Japan city launches legal bid to halt reactor build

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Hungary approves 10 billion euro Russia loan for nuclear upgrade

Angry Japan farmers bring Fukushima cow to Tokyo

Russia says Bushehr nuclear expansion contract to be signed by year's end

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