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March 12, 2015

Microbial soil cleanup at Fukushima
Chester, UK (SPX) Mar 12, 2015
Proteins from salt-loving, halophilic, microbes could be the key to cleaning up leaked radioactive strontium and caesium ions from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant incident in Japan. The publication of the X-ray structure of a beta-lactamase enzyme from one such microbe, the halophile Chromohalobacter sp. 560, reveals it to have highly selective cesium binding sites. A collaboration between researchers at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Tokai, Ibaraki, Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research ... read more

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China Should Speed Up Its Nuclear Development to Meet 2020 Goals Chinese authorities will be forced to speed up the approval process for constructing new nuclear reactors if they want to meet 2020 goals, according to the chairman of China National Nuclear Corpora ... more		TEPCO Pledges to Reveal All Data on Fukushima Radioactive Contamination Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has pledged it would release all the information regarding Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant radioactive contamination after it had been revealed last month that the comp ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		Fukushima Nuclear Exiles in No Hurry to Return Home Approximately 120,000 residents of Fukushima Prefecture still remain evacuees because of radiation exposure fears. Despite the central government lifting evacuation orders on some areas last y ... more
				New material detects neutrons emitted by radioactive materials Scientist Christopher Lavelle of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, together with a team of researchers from the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards ... more		British nuclear site clean-up costs soar The cost of decommissioning and cleaning up Britain's Sellafield nuclear site have been revised upwards to Pounds 53 billion ($81 billion, 73 billion euros), the National Audit Office said. ... more

Study Involving UT Nuclear Engineer Could Change Nuclear Fuel The adverse effects of radiation on nuclear fuel soon could be better controlled thanks to research involving the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Engineering. Maik Lang, an assi ... more		SKorea, Saudi sign nuclear cooperation memo South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum on nuclear cooperation during a visit by President Park Geun-Hye that began Tuesday, official media said. ... more		Sun reverses decades-long decline and shows rising activity AI model predicts harmful solar winds with unprecedented accuracy JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteries		Areva nuclear group announces 4.8 bn euro loss French nuclear group Areva confirmed Wednesday record net losses in 2014 of 4.8 billion euros ($5.3 billion) after it was forced to absorb costs linked to delays to its flagship next-generation reactor. ... more
South Korea, Saudi Arabia to Pen Nuclear Cooperation Agreement South Korea and Saudi Arabia will sign an agreement on nuclear cooperation. The nuclear cooperation agreement will be signed during a visit by South Korean President Park Geun-Hye which began ... more		Hungary to keep secret details of Russian nuclear plant deal Hungary's parliament voted Tuesday to keep secret for 30 years details of contracts related to a controversial nuclear plant deal with Russia, a move critics said could shield corruption. ... more		Cost estimation for Nuclear Decommissioning Projects Although the Nuclear industry has experienced tough market conditions in recent years, one subsector which has grown substantially is decommissioning. The NDA estate now accounts for Pounds 3.2 bil ... more		US Nuclear Facility Miscalculated Workers' Radiation Exposure Workers at the Palisades nuclear power plant in the US state of Michigan were not exposed to dangerous levels of radiation, but the plant's operator Entergy Nuclear Operations failed to follow stand ... more

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Leading experts to debate SMRs' role in nuclear co-generation and hybrid systems

Inspectors Find 4,000 Errors at Japanese Nuclear Plant Near Fukushima

Technical fault at South African NPP poses no threat

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Egypt May Use Russian Nuclear Plant as Basisfor Its Atomic Infrastructure

China, Argentina to jointly build nuclear power plant in Argentina

M+W Group led consortium awarded Sellafield nuclear decommissioning project

Rosatom, IAEA Agree on Cooperation Priorities for 2015

Russia and US Go Toe-To-Toe for India's Nuclear Industry

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