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February 01, 2016

Japan turns on third nuclear reactor since post-Fukushima ban
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 29, 2016
Japan on Friday restarted its third nuclear reactor since a country-wide shutdown in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, after a court ruled it was safe despite opposition from local residents. The government and utility firms have been pushing to get reactors back in operation nearly five years after a huge earthquake and tsunami caused a disastrous meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The accident forced all of Japan's dozens of reactors offline for about two years in the face of pub ... read more

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China planning to build floating nuclear power plant China is planning to build a floating nuclear power station as it seeks to double its atomic capacity by 2020, a senior official said Wednesday. ... more		Russia Pledges $300,000 to IAEA's Innovative Nuclear Reactors Project 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 Fue ... more		Consortium plans global shift toward net negative carbon economy Six satellites launched for ICEYE as constellation expansion gains momentum WHO says all Covid-19 origin theories still open, after inconclusive study		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
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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		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		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		Japan to send plutonium cache to US under nuclear deal: report		Graphene filter can clean nuclear wastewater		Belgian nuclear reactor restarts after shutdown		Belgian nuclear reactor shut down three days after restarting
Construction begins on pilot nuclear power project		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

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