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French nuclear firm EDF and Russia's Rosatom are in discussions to work more closely, a French publication has reported, potentially including co-ownership of Turkey's first commercial nuclear plant. Les Echos recently quoted Rosatom Deputy General Director Nikolai Spassky as saying the French...

As the British government and EDF push back another target date for completing negotiations over new reactor construction at Hinkley Point, a prominent former politician has argued that the outcome will have far-reaching consequences for both nuclear power and energy policy in the UK. In an editorial...

The UK's energy secretary has granted planning permission for two new reactors at the Hinkley Point nuclear plant. While critical power price negotiations are ongoing, the approval represents the last go-ahead from the government required for EDF to build the units. With support from the governing...

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured at the Cattenom nuclear plant in France Thursday. A structure inside the reactor building of unit 4 fell on the employees of EDF contractors Presiozo and TNS Tractel shortly before 5 p.m. The reactor was offline at the time, as the plant had entered...

Centrica on Monday announced it will not take a minority interest in the construction of new reactors at the UK's Hinkley Point and Sizewell nuclear plants. The utility acquired an option that would entitle it to a 20 percent stake of the projects in 2009, and it agreed to spend up to $1.58 billion...

EDF's engineering chief Herve Machenaud confirmed Wednesday that the French firm is in talks with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group to potentially partner on reactor development in the UK. EDF is preparing to build two EPR units each at the Hinkley Point and Sizewell B nuclear plants. Speaking...

UK regulators have granted design approval to Areva's Generation III reactor – a critical milestone in EDF's plans to build new units at Hinkley Point. The UK Environment Agency and Office for Nuclear Regulation announced Thursday that the EPR meets the country's safety standards. According...

EDF will miss its end-of-year deadline for a decision on building new reactors at the UK's Hinkley Point nuclear plant. Citing unnamed sources close to the project, the Guardian reported Friday that a final decision is now likely to be delayed until at least April of 2013. The French firm is in negotiations...

British regulators have issued a critical license for two reactors proposed at Hinkley Point near Bristol. The project still requires two further approvals from the British government, as well as design certification for Areva's EPR. All are expected before the end of the year. If the project moves...

EDF executive Jacques Regaldo will assume the chairmanship of the World Association of Nuclear Operators in March, the organization announced Wednesday. He was elected to replace outgoing Chairman Laurent Stricker, who has held the position since 2009. “I am honored to have been elected chairman...

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth over $62 million to retrofit the Controbloc N20 units for the 1300 MW nuclear power plants of Electricité de France (EDF). All of the twenty 1300 MW nuclear units in France are equipped with Alstom control system, installed during the construction of the...

The NRC denied a license Thursday to UniStar Nuclear Energy, a French-controlled company that proposed a third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Southern Maryland. UniStar will have 60 days to provide proof of progress toward a partnership with a U.S. company that meets the...

The construction of the EPR nuclear plant at Taishan in China, coordinated by EDF, CGNPC1 and AREVA, has passed a key stage in its development with the lowering of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) into the Unit 1 reactor building, after which it was installed in its final location in the reactor pit...

According to a report by The Guardian, EDF Energy has put the award of a £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) civil engineering contract for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset on hold. Two consortiums led by Balfour Beatty and Laing O'Rourke expected to have heard about the...

A consortium that includes scientists and engineers from Battelle, Bechtel International Systems and other companies have begun construction of a moveable building that weighs 20,000 tons and will eventually cover the remains of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 . On the 26th anniversary of the...

A draft energy bill designed to invest £110bn ($174 billion) in new energy projects - including a chain of new nuclear power stations - will be unveiled by the UK Government today. It has been working with investors – including Electricite de France (EDF) – to establish a pricing...

A Greenpeace activist landed inside EDF SA’s Bugey site in a powered paraglider Wednesday morning in an attempt to "demonstrate the vulnerability of nuclear installations to a threat of an air attack," according to a Greenpeace statement. Video footage from the stunt showed the activist...

A fire was discovered and quickly extinguished at France’s Fessenheim nuclear plant Wednesday. According to a release from EDF, unit 2 at the plant on the German border was working normally when a fire started at about 8:30 a.m. in a machine hall on the non-nuclear side of the plant. Response teams...

Penly - a French nuclear reactor owned and operated by EDF - had its 1,330-megawatt Unit 2 reactor automatically shut down after two small fires broke out in the plant Thursday. The fires were caused by hot oil leaking from a pump inside the reactor building, an EDF spokeswoman said, quoted by Reuters...

EDF announced this weekend that it will not purchase the Horizon Nuclear Power project recently abandoned by German companies RWE and E.On . The joint venture originally intended to invest in new plants in Anglesey and Oldbury, but last week the companies announced they were cancelling the plans due...

RWE and E.ON announced today that they will be abandoning their plan to build nuclear reactors in the UK, citing financial difficulties. The two were planning to invest in new plants in Anglesey and Oldbury under a 50:50 joint venture created in 2009 called Horizon Nuclear Power created specifically...

Areva’s CEO formally announced the company will bid on a three-unit nuclear plant construction project in Poland. Speaking before a legislative hearing, Luc Oursel said the company would make a joint bid with EDF, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. In competing for the project, the French firms promoting...

The Guardian reports Areva may have to face a competition investigation by the European Union should it win its bid against Westinghouse to build a reactor at Wylfa site on Anglesey. According to detailed legal documents drafted by a competitor and viewed by the newspaper, Areva would secure a market...

As the UK makes plans for new reactors at eight potential sites around the country, it pledged to increase cooperation with France on nuclear development and to foster construction deals among companies that include Areva, Rolls-Royce and EDF. The later company and its partner Centrica plan to build...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has agreed to transfer plant licenses associated with the proposed merger of Exelon and Constellation Energy. The orders from the NRC, announced by the companies Thursday, are among that last regulatory approvals they need to close the deal. Constellation owns just over...