Iran pushes ahead with new nuclear plant that worries West
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a...
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Novel material shows promise for extracting uranium from seawater
A new material could potentially be used to extract uranium from seawater more efficiently, new research suggests.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Uranium mine to go ahead despite Obama ban
Energy Fuels Resources has federal approval to reopen its mine six miles south of the canyon's South Rim entranceUranium mining on the doorstep of the Grand Canyon...
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Nuclear fuel leaves French port for Japan, first since Fukushima
PARIS (Reuters) - A shipment of highly radioactive nuclear fuel to Japan left the port of Cherbourg in northern France on Wednesday for the first time since the Fukushima...
Friday, April 12th, 2013
DOE official: Focusing on Yucca prevents 'progress' on nuclear waste
A senior Energy Department (DOE) official shot down using Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as a long-term storage site for nuclear waste Thursday, underscoring the difficulty...
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant "losing faith" in leaking water pits
TOKYO (Reuters) - The company that runs a Japanese nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami two years ago said on Tuesday it was losing faith in temporary storage pits...
Iran opens uranium mines, yellow cake plant
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had started production at two uranium mines and a yellow cake plant, declaring that Western opposition would not slow its nuclear...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
DOE to award up to $266M to small modular nuclear reactor project
The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a new funding opportunity announcement for up to $266 million to help US industry design and certify innovative small modular...
Monday, March 4th, 2013
Areva plans 1st nuclear fuel shipment to Japan since Fukushima
PARIS/TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - French energy group Areva said it was preparing to send nuclear fuel to Japan for the first time since the Fukushima disaster in March...
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Higher cancer risk after Fukushima nuclear disaster: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - People in the area worst affected by Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident two years ago have a slightly higher risk of developing certain cancers,...
Japan to begin restarting idled nuclear plants
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan will restart its nuclear plants that pass new safety standards, which are expected to be adopted as early as July.
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Iran announces uranium finds, days before nuclear talks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Days before resuming talks over its disputed atomic program, Iran said on Saturday it had found significant new deposits of raw uranium and identified...
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Japan faces nuclear shutdown for second time since Fukushima
TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Japan may face a total nuclear shutdown in the summer for the second time since the March 2011 Fukushima disaster as the country's two...
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Nuclear power key issue in Japan elections
TOKYO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A new political party, expected to become the unifying force of an anti-nuclear energy coalition, has been formed in Japan ahead of next...
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Britain's new policy meant to encourage both nuclear and wind ower
LONDON — The British government on Friday announced far-reaching changes in energy regulation designed to encourage development of renewable energy and nuclear power while...
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Administration awards grant to speed sales of small nuclear reactors
The Energy Department selected a grant recipient Tuesday for a class of small nuclear reactors that top U.S. energy officials say could revitalize the domestic industry.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Post Fukushima, VC-backed Kurion eyes former nuclear weapons site in U.S.
Following its successful cleanup of contaminated water at the Fukushima reactors in Japan, venture-backed startup Kurion, which makes nuclear waste cleanup technology, is...
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Nuclear plants get through the storm with little trouble
The Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey went on higher alert amid worries about Sandy's storm surge, and other plants in the mid-Atlantic region lost power from...
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
Japan quake-hit nuclear plant "may still be leaking radiation" into sea
TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's quake-struck Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Friday it could not rule out the possibility that it may still be leaking...
China ending post-Fukushima nuke moratorium
Chinese government says it hopes to generate 30% of energy from renewable sources and nuclear by 2015China is ready to approve new nuclear power plants as part of...
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