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March 31, 2016

Japan's Nuclear Watchdog OKs Use of Soil Freezing for Protection of Water
Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Mar 31, 2016
The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority approved a plan on Wednesday to freeze soil around the damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to prevent contaminated water from leaking into the ocean, local media reported. According to the Kyodo news agency, the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) will commence filling the underground wall around the first and forth reactors with coolant on Thursday. The plan will be applied to the entire east side of the Fukushima p ... read more

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France's EDF stands by UK nuclear plant timetable French power company EDF said on Wednesday it is not planning any delay in the construction of the controversial Hinkley Point nuclear plant which is to go onstream in 2025. ... more		Husband of Areva's ex-chief charged with insider trading: source French authorities have charged the husband of French nuclear giant Areva's former boss Anne Lauvergeon with insider trading as part of a probe into its 2007 purchase of a Canadian uranium mining firm, a legal source said Wednesday. ... more		Rosatom Studies Ecological Method of Uranium Mining in Tanzania Uranium One, operated by Russia's Rosatom nuclear energy corporation, is studying the possibility of using an ecological and economically effective method of uranium extraction, called solution mini ... more
				TEPCO bungles Fukushima cleanup as robots damaged by Radiation The much-maligned Japanese energy company is at it again with another technological failure. Cleanup efforts at the shuttered and leaking Fukushima nuclear plant hit the skids this week as off ... more		Japan utility to scrap reactor over heavy safety costs Japanese nuclear power operator said Friday it would decommission an ageing reactor because of the cost of upgrading, the sixth to be scrapped due to tougher rules brought in after the Fukushima disaster. ... more

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'No terror link' in murder of guard at Belgian nuclear centre The murder this week of a security guard at a Belgian nuclear research centre is a purely criminal affair unrelated to any terrorist threat, prosecutors said Saturday. ... more		Russia's Rosatom receives first batch of fuel for space nuclear engine Russia's Rosatom state-run nuclear energy corporation obtained on Monday the first batch of experimental fuel for nuclear electric rocket under development in the country, the corporation said in a ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		Detecting radioactive material from a remote distance In 2004 British national Dhiren Barot was arrested for conspiring to commit a public nuisance by the use of radioactive materials, among other charges. Authorities claimed that Barot had researched ... more
				France's EDF to decide on UK nuclear plant by May: Macron French power company EDF will take a final investment decision on the controversial Hinkley Point nuclear power plant in Britain by early May, Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. ... more		Russia's Rosatom to train South African nuclear energy industry staff Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom will help train personnel to develop South Africa's nuclear power industry on the basis of its educational programs, according to the agency's statement on Wednesday. ... more

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Researchers crack 50-year-old nuclear waste problem, make storage safer Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have adapted a technology developed for solar energy in order to selectively remove one of the trickiest and most-difficult-to-remove e ... more		China's advanced meltdown-free nuclear plant gets core component Chinese enginners have installed the main component of a reactor in the Shandong Province nuclear power plant that is expected to become the world's first meltdown-free nuclear energy system. A reac ... more		Airbus, Leonardo and Thales reported moving towards European space firm New study links satellite discharges to electron buildup in orbit Gilat wins $7 million US defense contract for transportable SATCOM systems		Vessel carrying plutonium departs Japan port for US A nuclear transport vessel carrying a huge cache of plutonium - enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs - to be returned to the US left a Japanese port on Tuesday afternoon. ... more
Vessel to carry plutonium to US arrives at Japanese port: media An armed nuclear transport vessel preparing to ship a huge cache of plutonium - enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs - to the US arrived at a Japanese port on Monday amid tight security, local media said. ... more		Japan to send plutonium cache to US this weekend Japan will return a huge cache of plutonium - enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs - to the United States starting this weekend as part of a bilateral storage deal, Greenpeace and other anti-nuclear campaigners said Friday. ... more		France says will recapitalise energy giant EDF 'if there's a need' The French government stands ready to inject fresh capital into energy giant EDF if necessary, Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. ... more		Unpacking space radiation to control astronaut and earthbound cancer risk NASA limits an astronaut's radiation exposures to doses that keep their added risk of fatal cancer below 3 percent. Unfortunately, that ceiling restricts the time an astronaut may spend in space, wh ... more

	Russian Scientists Suggest New 'Nuclear Battery' Concept Experts of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS in Moscow have developed a new technology for making "nuclear batteries" with nickel-63 isotopes for use in various sectors, includ ... more		Czech power group CEZ profit down on drop in prices, nuclear output Czech state-run power group CEZ said Tuesday that net profit for 2015 fell by eight percent from 2014 on a drop in energy prices and lower production at its nuclear plants. ... more

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Fukushima mistakes linger as Japan marks 5th anniversary

Germany's 'energy transition' still faces challenges

Row over UK nuclear plant alarms EDF investors

Finnish radioactive spike traced to nuclear agency's neighbour

German states file challenge against Belgian nuclear plants

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Closure of France's oldest nuclear plant begins this year

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Germany demands France shut old nuclear plant near border

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Bolivia, Russia ink deal on $300 mn nuclear research lab

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Fincantieri delivers platform for nuclear reactor compartments

Mutations, DNA damage seen in Fukushima forests: Greenpeace

India to allocate $440M annually for nuclear power investments

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