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Government Approves Restart Of Japan’s Ohi-3 And -4
Source: NucNet16 Apr (NucNet): Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda has said Kansai Electric Power Company’s Ohi-3 and -4 nuclear units are safe enough to resume operation before…
UK And Japan Announce Agreement On Nuclear Cooperation
Source: NucNet13 Apr (NucNet): British prime minister David Cameron has signed an agreement that opens the country’s nuclear market to “Japanese companies’ technical expertise in new plant…
ASN Urges Areva To Improve La Hague Fire Protection
Source: NucNet12 Apr (NucNet): French nuclear safety authority (ASN) has issued a formal notice to Areva urging it to bring its fire permit practices at its La…
Bulgaria Decides To Build New Unit At Kozloduy
Source: NucNet12 Apr (NucNet): Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided in principle yesterday to construct a seventh nuclear reactor unit at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant on the Danube river,…
Unit 4 At Qinshan Phase II Begins Commercial Operation
Source: NucNet11 Apr (NucNet): Unit 4 at China’s Qinshan Phase II nuclear power plant has begun commercial operation, operator China National Nuclear Corporation has said. …
Russia’s Insurance Pool Agrees To Insure New Units In China
Source: NucNet10 Apr (NucNet): The Russian nuclear insurance pool (RYASP) says it has reached an agreement to insure new nuclear power plants in China. …
Dounreay Completes ‘Destruction’ Of Hazardous Liquid Metal
Source: NucNet9 Apr (NucNet): Workers at the Dounreay nuclear site in Scotland have completed the destruction of one of the most hazardous legacies of Britain’s earliest atomic…
Indian Nuclear Regulatory Body Becomes MDEP Member
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNet5 Apr (NucNet): India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has joined the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP), becoming the first new member since its establishment in…
E.ON And RWE Abandon Plans For New Build In UK
Source: NucNet29 Mar (NucNet): E.ON and RWE Npower have announced they will not be going ahead with plans to build nuclear power plants in the UK. …
PM Reiterates India’s Commitment To Nuclear Expansion
Source: NucNet28 Mar (NucNet): India is pushing ahead with plans to increase its nuclear energy generation capacity to 62,000 megawatts by 2032, up from 4,391 MW today,…
Bidding Process Begins For Finland’s Olkiluoto-4
Source: NucNet27 Mar (NucNet): Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has started the bidding process for the construction of the proposed Olkiluoto-4 nuclear plant, with bids for the…
Foratom Signs Cooperation Agreement With IAEA
Source: NucNet26 Mar (NucNet): The Brussels-based nuclear industry group the European Atomic Forum (Foratom) has signed an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to improve…
Kashiwazaki Kariwa Shutdown Leaves One Unit Online In Japan
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet26 Mar (NucNet): Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), operator of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, has shut down its last commercially operational reactor unit for…
Work Resumes Following Green Light For India’s Kudankulam
Source: NucNet21 Mar (NucNet): Work has resumed at India’s Kudankulam nuclear plant a day after the local government in the southern state of Tamil Nadu gave the…
IRSN Report Shows Possible Fukushima Radiation Doses For Children
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet16 Mar (NucNet): An unprotected child living within 40 kilometres of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant could have received an effective radiation dose exceeding 10 millisieverts (mSv),…
Spanish Industry Group Calls For Lifetime Extensions To 60 Years
Source: NucNet20 March (NucNet): Spain should extend the operating lives of the country’s eight nuclear reactor units to 60 years, the industry group Foro Nuclear has said.…
Brussels Association Aims To Boost Nuclear R&D
Source: NucNet20 March (NucNet): A new association has been launched in Brussels with the aim of helping to promote R&D into second and third generation nuclear reactor…
Unit 2 At Canada’s Bruce A Shut Down During Post-Refurbishment Startup
Source: NucNet19 March (NucNet): Canadian utility Bruce Power has returned unit 2 of the Bruce A nuclear power plant to “a guaranteed shutdown state” because of a…
UK Needs Nuclear Not Wind, Says Oxford University Report
Source: NucNet15 March (NucNet): The UK should rely on nuclear energy not offshore wind power to meet its electricity needs without spending too much money, a former…
BKW To Appeal Court Decision On Switzerland’s Mühleberg
Source: NucNet14 March (NucNet): The operator of the Mühleberg nuclear power plant in Switzerland is to appeal against a decision by the country’s Federal Administrative Court (FAC)…