News archive
Nuclear-industry articles and summaries, with original dates and attribution.
All topics · All sources · All years · Newest first
Energy Solutions' Italian job
Source: World Nuclear NewsA deal to recycle radioactive waste from Italy at US facilities has led to deep controversy. Interstate administrators are seeking to block the project, while the company involved wants the courts to overrule them. …
Nuclear chief becomes Russia's energy minister
Source: World Nuclear NewsSergey Shmatko, president of Russia's state-owned nuclear power reactor vendor AtomStroyExport, has been appointed as head of the country's energy ministry, itself newly created from the former Ministry of Energy and Industry. …
Nuclear powers reaffirm commitment to NPT
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsThe five major nuclear powers – China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA – have reaffirmed their commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and called on Iran and North Korea to fully address…
Binder named as new CNSC president
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced that Michael Binder has been appointed as its new president. He had previously been appointed interim-president in January following the dismissal of Linda Keen by the federal government…
EdF buys potential UK sites
Source: World Nuclear NewsEdF Energy, the UK business of Electricité de France (EdF), has confirmed to World Nuclear News its purchase of land in the UK. The plots are located next to the existing nuclear power generation sites…
Volgodonsk battles to third place
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsThe Volgodonsk nuclear power plant has hosted the All-Russia Hand-To-Hand Combat Tournament for the third time. The two-day event attracted competitors from 23 Russian regions. Of the 107 fighters present, 12 were acknowledged as masters…
Saskatchewan and Alberta vie for nuclear plant
Source: World Nuclear News[Canwest News Service, 7 May] The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are competing to house western Canada's first nuclear power plant, Saskatchewan's minister of natural resources said. Speaking at a meeting of energy regulators…
No baseload bids against planned Vogtle units
Source: World Nuclear NewsNo market bids have been forthcoming in response to Georgia Power's request for proposals for 2016-2017 base load capacity, clearing the way for the continued review of its plans to build new nuclear units at…
Nizhniy Novgorod plans nuclear power plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe governor of the Nizhniy Novgorod region of Russia has said that a nuclear power plant will be constructed either in the Urensky district or the Vyksunsky industrial area under the federal government's nuclear energy…
Deadlock remains on US-India nuclear deal
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear News[Bloomberg, 6 May; Hindustan Times, 7 May] India's federal ruling coalition and its communist allies failed to break the deadlock on the stalled civilian nuclear agreement with the US as their eighth meeting ended inconclusively…
Green light for Opal restart
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) announced on 5 May that it had been given the go-ahead to restart the Opal research reactor following approval on 1 May by the country's nuclear safety…
Areva selects US enrichment site
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsAreva has confirmed a site 30 kilometres west of Idaho Falls, near the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, as the place for its potential new $2 billion centrifuge enrichment plant. Areva's is just…
Yellowcake for Bluerock?
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsDays after proudly announcing the first production of ore from its J-Bird mine in Colorado, wannabe uranium producer Bluerock Resources has made a pitch to build its own mill in Utah. …
Carbon charges make nuclear cheapest choice
Source: World Nuclear NewsCarbon dioxide charges and federal incentives would increase nuclear energy's cost competitiveness against other generation options making it the USA's most competitive source of new generation in the long run, a study by the Congressional…
CNSC creates directorate for new projects
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced that it has created a new directorate to "meet the new challenges of new major projects," such as new uranium mines and power reactors. …
Bushehr shipment released by Azerbaijani customs
Source: World Nuclear News[Associated Press, BBC, 1 May] After over a month, Azerbaijan has allowed a shipment of Russian equipment for the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran to continue. The cargo of heat-isolating equipment was stopped at…
BE renews engineering and technical support contract
Source: World Nuclear NewsBritish Energy has renewed a contract worth up to £20 million ($40 million) annually over five years for engineering and technical support to its nuclear power plants with a team of strategic partners. …
Fennovoima obtains more land in Kristinestad
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear NewsFennovoima announced on 30 April that it has leased some 250 hectares of land in Kristinestad, in western Finland, from six private landowners. The agreements include an option for it to purchase the land, on…
GEH selects site for potential Silex enrichment plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsGE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy has selected Wilmington, North Carolina, as the site for a potential commercial uranium enrichment plant using the SILEX laser isotope separation process technology. The eventual plant could have a capacity of up…
Ministerial nuclear council
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsFrance is to create a top-level council on nuclear energy. Consisting of ministers and chaired by the President, it will decide France's nuclear policy. The move clearly underlines the importance of nuclear technologies to France…