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February 02, 2015

Westinghouse Accompanies Historic US Delegation To India
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 30, 2015
Westinghouse Electric Company President and CEO Danny Roderick was among a select group of CEOs representing U.S. businesses who met with the U.S. delegation to India. The delegation was led by President Barack Obama and a group of India CEOs, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Roderick expressed his strong support for the efforts of the governments of the U. S. and India as they work to resolve issues that will enable Westinghouse and other U.S. companies to participate in India's fast-grow ... read more

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Russia to create water decontamination station for Fukushima-1 Experts from the Russian national nuclear corporation Rosatom will create a demo water decontamination station this autumn to be used at the Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant, the project head of the ... more		Pakistan opposes new India-US nuclear deal Pakistan Tuesday said it opposed a new nuclear deal signed between the US and India during a recent trip to New Delhi by President Barak Obama, saying it was detrimental to stability in South Asia. ... more		World nuke energy center shifts to Asia The center of world nuclear energy expansion has shifted to Asia following the Fukushima incident, the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said on Monday. Speaking ... more
				Fukushima Water Cleanup Misses Targets, Completion Delayed Until May Reporting to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Hirose said that he was sorry for not being able to keep his promise made in 2013 to finish the cleanup by March 31, 2015, accordin ... more		Environmental Group Welcomes French Energy Minister's Nuclear Plans French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Minister Segolene Royal's apparent attitude shift toward nuclear energy is a positive step for the country, Bruno Comby, head of the Environmentali ... more

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China pushes India to take steps to meet Nuclear Suppliers Group standards China "encourages" India to take further steps to satisfy the access standards of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a group committed to promoting non-proliferation, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson ... more		Britain to take nuclear plant share for national security Britain will have a "special share" in the French-led new Hinkley Point nuclear power plant consortium to safeguard national security, British energy officials told a parliamentary hearing this week. ... more		GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems		Protection against radiation exposure The 2011 Fukushima disaster was a stark reminder of the continuing dangers posed by nuclear fallout, highlighting the need for an approved drug that can be taken after radiation exposure to protect ... more
				Prosecutors refuse charges against Fukushima execs Japanese prosecutors said Thursday that executives in charge of the Fukushima nuclear plant will not be charged, setting up a possible showdown with a citizens' panel that wants someone brought to book for the disaster. ... more		Russia-UAE have bright future in space technology cooperation The energy sphere, including peaceful uses of nuclear energy and space technologies are among the most promising areas for cooperation between Russia and United Arab Emirates, Consul General of Russ ... more

EDF Energy plans 10 more years for British nuclear plant French owned EDF Energy on Tuesday announced it would extend the life of Britain's Dungeness B nuclear power station by 10 years after a Pounds 150-million ($227-million, 195-million euros) investment programme. ... more		Russia Produces Country's First Beryllium Specimen A Russian university, in collaboration with a subsidiary of Russian nuclear conglomerate Rosatom's fuel branch TVEL, has produced the first beryllium specimen in Russia, the university's vice-chance ... more		Orbit Over Obsolescence: How Satellite Constellations Are Replacing Cell Towers One Layer at a Time What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systems Top 3 Slingo Games in 2025		Two workers die at separate Fukushima nuclear plants: operator A worker at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant died Tuesday after falling into a water tank, the country's nuclear operator said, the second fatal accident to blight efforts to stabilise the tsunami-battered facility. ... more
Alarm Shuts Down Unit at India's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant The first unit of India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was shut down when the emergency protection system was activated; there is no threat to safety, a source in the Indian nuclear industry told ... more		President Xi confident of China's nuclear power future President Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged that China will sharpen the competitive edge of its nuclear industry, which has seen healthy growth over the past six decades. The country will adhere ... more		China pursues "rationality" in nuclear safety China's nuclear safety program was based on a foundation of "rationality, coordination and advancement", a joint administration statement announced on Wednesday. The statement - issued by the ... more		French govt minister calls for new generation of reactors France should build a new generation of nuclear reactors to replace its ageing power stations that provide a majority of the country's electricity, the energy and environment minister said Tuesday. ... more

	EDF says can extend life of French nuclear reactors by 20 years EDF's new chief executive said Wednesday that he is confident that it will obtain approval to extend the service life of its reactors in France by up to 20 years. ... more		China to Start Building Five Nuclear Reactors in 2015 China will launch the construction of at least five new nuclear reactors with a total capacity of more than five gigawatts in 2015, the deputy secretary general of the Chinese Nuclear Society (CNS) ... more

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