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February 24, 2015

European Commission May Axe Hungary-Russia Nuclear Plant Deal
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 24, 2015
The European Commission (EC) is looking into the legality of Hungary's contract with Russia to construct new units of the Paks nuclear power plant in central Hungary, the Financial Times reported Monday. On December 9, 2014, Moscow and Budapest signed a contract for the construction of two new 1,200-megawatt power generating units for Paks. Last week, Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom head, Sergei Kirienko, said the works were ahead of schedule and survey of the site is expected to begin this ... read more

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Areva nuclear group estimates 4.9bn euro losses France's nuclear group Areva said Monday its provisional net losses in 2014 widened to 4.9 billion euros ($5.6 billion) after it was forced to absorb costs linked to project delays. ... more		Fresh nuclear leak detected at Fukushima plant Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant's operator announced Sunday, highlighting difficulties in decommissioning the crippled plant. ... more		Taiwan seeks to export nuclear waste overseas Taiwan has unveiled a Tw$11.25 billion ($356 million) plan to process nuclear waste overseas for the first time as its power plants approach capacity, sparking criticism from environmental groups. ... more
				Fukushima decommissioning made 'significant progress': IAEA Japan has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a UN review mission said Tuesday as it again advised the country to consider discharging treated water into the sea. ... more		Rosatom on schedule to deliver new units for Hungary's Paks NPP The construction of new units at Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant in cooperation with Russia is on schedule, head of Russia's Rosatom nuclear agency Sergei Kirienko said Tuesday. "On January ... more

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Russia, China to Enhance Cooperation in Nuclear Energy Sector Director General of the Russian Rosatom State Corporation and Head of the China National Nuclear Corporation discussed prospects of cooperation in the nuclear industry on Saturday. Development ... more		Cosmic "Reionization" Is More Recent than Predicted The highly anticipated update of the analysis of data from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite starts with a first paper published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, which already holds in stor ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		US Names Russian Nuclear Power Plants for India, Iran Best Projects of 2014 The Russian-backed Iranian nuclear power station Bushehr and the Kudankulam Indian nuclear power plant projects were named projects of the year 2014 by the US Power Engineering magazine in the "Nucl ... more
				Japan to Restart Idled Nuclear Reactors Another two of the nation's idled nuclear reactors were given a clean bill of health by the country's nuclear regulator on Thursday, providing a new boost for the government's planned resumption of ... more		Post-Fukushima Flooding Hazard Re-evaluation Lessons Learned Important lessons have been learned from flooding hazard re-evaluations performed in response to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 50.54(f) Letter requesting information to address recommenda ... more

Australia Could Resume Uranium Supplies to Russia if Relations Stabilize According to Australian Ambassador to Russia Paul Myler, his country is ready to discuss the resumption of uranium supplies to Russia with Moscow after relations between the two countries stabilize. ... more		Wildfires in Ukraine could revive Chernobyl's radiation When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded in 1986, some 85 petabecquerels of radioactive cesium was released into the atmosphere and surrounding environs. Researchers believe somewhere between 2 and 8 PBq is still lingering in the soil and forest debris that surrounds the disaster site. ... more		DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins ThinKom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms Planet and Carbon Mapper Plan SWIR-Only Tanager Satellite for Wider Methane Detection		Cairo, Moscow in nuclear deal as Putin bids to boost ties Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday and agreed a deal to build a nuclear plant, as he sought to boost ties on his first visit to Cairo in a decade. ... more
Half of All NPPs Abroad to Be Constructed by China in 10 Years On February 6, Wang Xiaotao, vice minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said that China is currently holding talks with a number of countries on constructing nuclear ... more		Second Reactor of Finnish NPP Disconnected From National Grid The Olkiluoto 2 reactor was disconnected from the national grid following a generator malfunction, said Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), a Finnish nuclear power company operating the plant. The c ... more		Leading experts to debate SMRs' role in nuclear co-generation and hybrid systems A unique panel discussion and workshop on integrating small modular reactors (SMRs) into nuclear co-generation and hybrid energy systems has been confirmed for the 5th Annual Small Modular Reactor S ... more		Inspectors Find 4,000 Errors at Japanese Nuclear Plant Near Fukushima Inspectors at a nuclear power plant not far from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan have found more than 4,000 violations in the inspection records for one of their reactors. The improper ... more

	Technical fault at South African NPP poses no threat A technical problem at the Koeberg nuclear power station posed no threat to the reactor or nuclear safety, authorities said on Monday. Unit 1 of the Koeberg power station was shut down on Sunday due ... more		Restart of First Nuclear Power Plant Since Fukushima Delayed in Japan The restart of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant, slated to be the first nuclear facility in Japan to be put into operation following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, has been postponed for an indefinite p ... more

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