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April 17, 2016

Nuclear plans in turmoil as French Minister admits serious doubts
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 18, 2016
The French energy minister, Segolene Royal, has said that she is seriously considering postponing the construction of a new nuclear power station in the UK, amid cost-overruns and technical difficulties at two of its plants in France and Finland. The largely French state-owned energy giant EDF has been drawing up plans to build the next-generation nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in the southwest of England, but has been hit by a series of deals and the company is yet to make a final investm ... read more

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Finnish nuclear power plant reactor shut down after radioactive leak According to nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima, one of the reactors at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in western Finland was shut down on Friday due to a minor leakage. One of the re ... more		Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl shook the world Ukraine is preparing to mark 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst nuclear accident whose death toll remains a mystery and which continues to jeopardise the local population's health. ... more		30 years on, Chernobyl worker remembers the aftermath Igor Magala can still remember the metallic taste he got in his mouth as he drove up to the Chernobyl nuclear power station on the morning of April 26, 1986. ... more
				US charges China state power company over nuclear conspiracy A Chinese state-owned nuclear power company and a US citizen have been indicted for allegedly attempting to conspire against the United States, officials said Thursday, warning they will pursue anyone who tries to get their hands on sensitive American nuclear technology. ... more		Graphene is both transparent and opaque to radiation EPFL and UNIGE scientists have developed a microchip using graphene that could help wireless telecommunications share data at a rate that is ten times faster than currently possible. The results are ... more

Four of Japan's NPP operators seeking to reach deal on safety cooperation Four Japanese nuclear power plant (NPP) operators are planning to join their efforts to improve safety of their NPPs and prevent accidents similar to the one that led to the Fukushima disaster, loca ... more		Luxembourg offers cash to help close ageing French nuke plant Luxembourg offered on Monday to chip in financing to close an ageing French nuclear power plant near its border, saying the tiny nation could be obliterated if the station malfunctioned. ... more		New research clarifies atomic-scale mechanism behind cloud seeding with silver iodide New study reveals source of rain is major factor behind drought risks for farmers Biochar materials engineered from wood demonstrate mechanical strength comparable to steel		French nuclear plant could become electric car factory France's oldest nuclear power plant, scheduled for closure in 2018, could be turned into a factory producing electric cars or batteries, the French environment minister said Sunday. ... more
				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		South Africa's nuclear procurement process stalled indefinitely 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 Po ... more

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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		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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