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April 07, 2016

South Africa's nuclear procurement process stalled indefinitely
Cape Town, South Africa (XNA) Apr 07, 2016
The next phase of South Africa's nuclear procurement process has been stalled indefinitely, Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Wednesday. Joemat-Pettersson told Parliament's Energy Portfolio Committee that the deadline was not met in relation to the Request for Proposal (RFP) that was scheduled to be issued on April 1 this year. She was responding to a question posed by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) regarding the RFP. The minister said no new date for the issuing of the RF ... read more

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Japan's only working nuclear reactors can stay online Japan's only two working nuclear reactors can remain online after a court rejected an appeal by residents who said safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster were inadequate, the operator confirmed Wednesday. ... more		EDF, CEA and AREVA establish the French Nuclear Platform In order to develop aligned positions to meet the major challenges facing the French nuclear sector and to prepare the appropriate decisions, EDF, the CEA and AREVA have decided to found the French ... more		Rosatom to offer seawater desalination tech to Latin America Russian nuclear experts are ready to offer Latin American countries their scientific research in the field of the sea water desalination, as well as technologies for the decontamination of agricultu ... more
				UK-US nuke waste deal to help fight cancer Britain will team up with the United States and European partners to exchange its nuclear waste for material to be used in the fight against cancer, Prime Minister David Cameron will announce Thursday. ... more		Japan's Nuclear Watchdog OKs Use of Soil Freezing for Protection of Water 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 lea ... 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		Consciousness debate intensifies as scientists urge clarity while AI and robotics advance ICEYE unveils Tactical Access which grants guaranteed SAR satellite imaging for urgent operational needs New research clarifies atomic-scale mechanism behind cloud seeding with silver iodide		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		Florida Space Coast set to break yearly launch record this week New silicon carbide motor drive reduces weight and size for hybrid aircraft Protein Production Tested in Microgravity for Sustainable Space Missions		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		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

	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

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Japan court orders shutdown of two nuclear reactors over safety fears

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