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January 27, 2016

Russia Pledges $300,000 to IAEA's Innovative Nuclear Reactors Project
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 26, 2016
The state-run Russian corporation Rosatom will contribute some 24.6 million rubles ($315,000 at the current exchange rate) in 2016 to the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO), according to a corresponding government directive published on Russia's official legal information portal, Monday. According to the document, Rosatom, together with the Russian Foreign Ministry, will monitor how the Russian contribution to the project is used. INPRO was establish ... read more

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India, France to build 6 nuclear reactors at Jaitapur Plant India's Foreign Secretary stated that India and France intend to construct six nuclear reactors within the framework of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. India and France intend to construct ... more		AREVA signed $300 million in uranium enrichment contracts in 2015 In 2015, AREVA was awarded several long-term contracts by four U.S. utilities for uranium enrichment services totaling more than $300 million. These contracts offer significant benefits for t ... more		One dead in mudslide at French nuclear waste site One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the northeast of the country, the emergency services said. ... more
				Chinese nuclear firm named world's 5th largest China's leading clean energy company, China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGN), is now the world's fifth largest in terms of operating capacity, the company said Tuesday. Five nuclear power uni ... more		Japan's 'rigid' atomic inspections need freedom: IAEA Japan should free up its "complex and rigid" reactor inspection regime, a global nuclear watchdog said Thursday, as the country restarts more atomic plants five years after the disaster at Fukushima. ... more

Denmark, Greenland sign agreement on uranium Denmark and Greenland have reached an agreement on the rules for future commercial exports of uranium from the island, local media reported Tuesday. Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has s ... more		92,000 petition Canada not to store nuclear waste near Great Lakes Ninety-two-thousand people have pressed Ottawa to reject a proposal to store nuclear waste in an underground vault near the Great Lakes, fearing a spill would contaminate this source of drinking water for 40 million in Canada and the United States. ... more		Growing rice in the UK 'not so crazy' as climate warms UN support for Morocco's plan for Western Sahara 'historic': King Mohammed VI Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought		Iran Set to Start Construction of Two Nuclear Power Plants With sanctions officially lifted, the Iranian government has announced plans to build a pair of nuclear power plants. "Construction of two 1000-MW power plants will start soon," Ali Akbar Salehi, he ... more
				Moscow, Amman to Discuss Building Jordan's First Power Plant Next Month Russian and Jordanian nuclear officials will convene in Amman in February to discuss the construction of Jordan's first nuclear power plant, the head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) to ... more		NASA's Van Allen Probes Revolutionize View of Radiation Belts About 600 miles from Earth's surface is the first of two donut-shaped electron swarms, known as the Van Allen Belts, or the radiation belts. Understanding the shape and size of the belts, which can ... more

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Netherlands says 'serious' concerns about Belgium nuclear plants The Netherlands has "serious" concerns about neighbouring Belgium's ageing nuclear reactors, the Dutch environment minister said Wednesday during a joint inspection of one plant with her Belgian counterpart. ... more		Belgium's ageing nuclear plants worry neighbours As the two cooling towers at Belgium's Doel nuclear power belch thick white steam into a wintry sky, people over the border in the Dutch town of Nieuw-Namen are on edge. ... more		Southern Taurid meteor shower to peak this week with bright fireballs Chinese astronauts use upgraded oven to barbecue chicken wings and steaks aboard space station Florida backs space growth as FIU leads governance and security research		Belgium fails to reassure Luxembourg over nuclear safety: official Luxembourg said Monday the Belgian authorities had failed to ease its concerns over the safety of at least one of Belgium's ageing nuclear reactors. ... more
IAEA Starts Assessment of Japan's Efforts on Safe Use of Nuclear Plants A group of experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began on Monday its planned assessment of the Japanese government's efforts to ensure safe use of nuclear power plants. "This m ... more		Japan to send plutonium cache to US under nuclear deal: report Japan will send a huge cache of plutonium - enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs - to the United States as part of a deal to return the material that was used for research, reports and officials said Tuesday. ... more		Graphene filter can clean nuclear wastewater Just a few days into 2016, and the first graphene story of the year is already here. New research further suggests there's nothing graphene can't do. The wonder material's latest feat is the production of heavy water - water with higher levels of the hydrogen isotope deuterium. ... more		Belgian nuclear reactor restarts after shutdown Belgium on Monday restarted a reactor that was shut down at the weekend just three days after returning to service amid concern in neighbouring countries over its nuclear safety. ... more

	Belgian nuclear reactor shut down three days after restarting An ageing Belgian nuclear reactor shut down on Saturday afternoon, just three days after it was restarted, but there was no safety risk, the power utility that operates it said. ... more		Construction begins on pilot nuclear power project Construction on the first unit of a pilot nuclear power project using a Chinese reactor design began in south China on Thursday. Workers on Thursday morning broke ground on the unit that will ... more

China to set up third-generation nuclear power company		Russia, Egypt to sign $26-Bln contract for Egypt's first NPP		Rosatom Tops $110 Billion in 10-Year Volume of Exports		Last Magnox nuclear power plant throws off switch in Wales		Bangladesh inks 12.65 bln USD nuclear power plant construction deal with Russian company
Moscow, Dhaka Sign Contract on Construction of First Bangladeshi NPP		China has world's largest nuclear power capacity under construction		Belgium restarts ageing nuclear reactor		AREVA TN Signs Agreement for a Partnership with the Chinese firm Apollo		Tokyo Approves Large-Scale Takahama Nuclear Plant Evacuation Plan

Japan court paves way for more nuclear restarts

Russia to start building two nuclear reactors in Iran

AREVA awarded decontamination contract for Krummel NPP

Japan to Suggest Possible Nuclear Waste Disposal Sites by Late 2016

Japan governor supports more nuclear restarts

Radioactive matter migrates faster through fractured carbonate rock

Putin Denies Russia Invested $3B in Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant

ORNL process may set new course for extracting uranium from seawater

Fire shuts down reactor at Belgian nuclear plant

China to Operate 110 Nuclear Reactors by 2030

SAfrican court sets aside awarding of nuclear tender to French company

Belgium restarts nuclear reactor, angers Germany

CGN signs nuclear deal with Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom

Japan and India agree bullet train, nuclear deals

AREVA wins contract to dismantle the vessel internals of the Superphenix reactor

PPPL physicists propose new plasma-based method to treat radioactive waste

South Korea offers to participate in Czech nuclear program

Turkey says not dependent on Russia for nuclear plant

AREVA signs contract with NuScale to manufacture SMR fuel assemblies

New Delhi to construct six fast breeder reactors over 15 years

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