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19 Jun (NucNet): Higher concentrations of the radioactive isotopes tritium and strontium-90 have been found in the groundwater below units 1 to 4 of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has confirmed...

19 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) today approved safety guidelines for nuclear power plants that reflect the lessons learned from the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has confirmed...

18 Jun (NucNet): With wind and solar power still contributing only three to four percent of total electricity generation in Austria, the country is still a long way from self-sufficiency without nuclear energy, Austrian Nuclear Society president Helmuth...

18 Jun (NucNet): A Russian-led consortium bidding to construct two new nuclear reactor units at the Temelín nuclear plant in the Czech Republic has established a new company which would be responsible for preparing and carrying out the project. ...read...

17 Jun (NucNet): The nuclear industry is in favour of any legislation that can contribute to improving nuclear safety, but proposed revisions to the European nuclear safety directive are too technically detailed and risk undermining the authority of national...

17 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe has agreed with leaders of four central European nations to increase cooperation in the energy sector in an attempt to boost exports of nuclear reactors. ...read more

14 Jun (NucNet): The second stage of lifting for the arched New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant has begun. ...read more

14 Jun (NucNet): Areva of France has signed a contract for several million euros with the Technical University of Munich in Germany to supply fuel elements for the FRM2 (also known as FRM II) research reactor. ...read more

14 Jun (NucNet): Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has appointed Gyula Fichtinger as the new director-general of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA). ...read more

13 Jun (NucNet): Organisational and human factors, including the lack of an independent national nuclear regulator, contributed to the severity of the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident in Japan, a safety conference heard yesterday. ...read more

12 Jun (NucNet): A Spanish consortium comprising Empresarios Agrupados AIE and Instalaciones Inabensa SA has signed a contract with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Organisation for the design, qualification and supply of a...

11 Jun (NucNet): Russia and the UK have agreed to create a joint working group on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy between state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom and the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). ...read more

11 Jun (NucNet): Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom is ready to build a nuclear power plant in Brazil and would be willing to take part in any project as a major investor. ...read more

10 Jun (NucNet): The share of low-carbon energy technologies, including nuclear, would need to increase eight percent by 2020 under a new scenario designed to “keep the door open” to limiting the average global temperature increase to no more than two...

7 Jun (NucNet): GDF Suez’s Belgian subsidiary Electrabel successfully restarted the Doel-3 nuclear reactor at approximately 18:00 local time on Monday 3 June and was planning to restart Tihange-2 today. ...read more

7 Jun (NucNet): French and Japanese companies have signed agreements that will see them cooperating on the rehabilitation of the Fukushima nuclear site and the start of commercial operations at the Rokkasho used fuel reprocessing facility. ...read more

7 Jun (NucNet): US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has ordered additional improvements to containment venting systems at most boiling water reactors, further strengthening a requirement that was first issued last year in response to the Fukushima...

5 Jun (NucNet): Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy and Areva have said they will work together to install filtered containment venting systems (FCVS) at boiling water reactors (BWRs) in Japan. ...read more

4 Jun (NucNet): GDF Suez’s Belgian subsidiary Electrabel successfully restarted the Doel-3 nuclear reactor at approximately 18:00 local time yesterday and is preparing to restart Tihange-2 tomorrow morning. ...read more

4 Jun (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has held a number of meetings with Kazakhstan to negotiate a host state agreement and supporting technical agreements for a multinational low-enriched uranium (LEU) bank project, the agency...

3 Jun (NucNet): Links between the nuclear research sector and education and training must be strengthened if the nuclear energy industry is to be assured of qualified human resources, the European Atomic Energy Society (EAES) has said. ...read more

31 May (NucNet): Two of South Korea’s nuclear reactor units were ordered offline for the replacement of safety-related cabling, installed as a result of falsified environmental qualification test reports, the country’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission...

30 May (NucNet): Members of the European Parliament’s energy committee have voted in favour of financing the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project “over and above” agreed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) ceilings” for the...

29 May (NucNet): Turkey has confirmed that it wants to build a third nuclear power plant, but said it hopes to gather the technology and expertise to build the majority of the plant using indigenous components and technology. ...read more

28 May (NucNet): Forty three percent of the public would support a government subsidy for the construction of new nuclear power in the UK – which compares with just 28 percent who said they would not, a poll by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers...