Nuclear Energy News

“This is a long-term plan, but it is being proactively discussed”

St Petersburg News.Net Tuesday 1st January, 2008 Buenos Aires, Jan 1 Russia is looking for cooperation with Uruguay in the field of nuclear energy, the Russian ambassador to the Latin American state has said. via St Petersburg News

Workers on Friday hoisted a 170-ton dome into place over the underground workshop that will house a third reactor at the second phase of the Qinshan nuclear power complex, the first commercial nuclear power ... via People's Daily Online

“The sodium-bonded fuel is the last remaining fuel at FFTF”

RICHLAND, Wash. - Nuclear fuel from the Fast Flux Test Facility at the Hanford nuclear reservation is being shipped to Idaho to have the uranium extracted for possible reuse by commercial nuclear power plants. via Times-News

“We don't know yet how the iridium source was dislodged and we are trying to find out if the iridium source had been properly used”

Vietnam is working to build a nuclear power plant by 2020 with the blessing of the International Atomic Energy Agency. via Gulf Times

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company announced that the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, located near Oak Harbor, Ohio, began a scheduled refueling early Sunday, December 30, 2007. via Earth Times

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed his country's willingness to assist Egypt's nuclear program, a pro-government newspaper said Saturday. via PR-inside.com

BOISE, Idaho - A pair of nuclear energy foes are pushing a voter initiative to keep nuclear power plants out of Idaho. via Times-News

PPL's announcement that it plans to file an application for a new nuclear reactor at its Susquehanna plant, near Berwick, is a recognition of economic and environmental reality. via The Times-Tribune

“We still have to finish restructuring the nuclear sector, we will spend another two months on that, and I believe that all the organizational reforms in the sector will be accomplished by March 1, 2008”

Russia will establish a nuclear-energy university in Moscow in 2008, RIA Novosti reported. via Daily India

Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. and trading house Sumitomo Corp. will tie up with Kazakhstan's state-run energy company in uranium processing for nuclear power generation, an official said Wednesday. via XtraMSN Real Estate

“It's good news for the country”

Vermont lawmakers expressed concern about a provision slipped into a massive budget bill last weekend intended to help the nuclear energy industry add new reactors to its aging fleet of power plants for the ... via The Bennington Banner

“We are assured of a market in the sense that demand for nuclear power is increasing”

Resurgent global interest in nuclear power has made Zambia, a southern African nation better known for its vast copper reserves, into a hotbed of uranium exploration. via Houston Chronicle

“We were earlier confident of concluding the safeguards pact with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) by the end of the month, but it turned to be more complex than we thought. Some crucial details are still to be sorted out”

India was hoping to conclude a safeguards pact with the IAEA this month, but its uniqueness and complexity has delayed the plan. via New Delhi News.Net

“There was no danger to the public as a result of the fire”

Authorities at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix said Wednesday a fiberglass blanket caught fire outside a closed-down cooling tower. via MyFOX Atlanta

There are no environment concerns that should keep Progress Energy Inc. from receiving an extension of its license to run the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant. via WITN

After the EU gave its approval for the Russian-Bulgarian agreement on building a nuclear power plant in the small Bulgarian town of Belene on the bank of the Danube, the two countries are in the starting blocks ... via RIA Novosti

“That decision can only be made out of ignorance or because you think money is more important than safety”

Canada's insistence on using weapons-grade material at its Chalk River, Ont., nuclear reactor could compromise safety and jeopardize the country's international reputation as a leader in nuclear safety, critics ... via National Post

December 19, 2007 -- A team of 10 students at MIT powered a supercomputer for 20 minutes by pedaling bicycles. via ComputerWorld

“The IAEA's response received recently was found to be very positive towards installation of a nuclear power plant”

Dhaka, Dec 25 Bangladesh's plan to install its first nuclear power plant by 2015 to meet the country's increasing electricity demand has been received positively by the International Atomic Energy Agency , a ... via Earth Times

“To my suggestion that India would then expect that this subject would be raised at the forthcoming Moscow summit, the Prime Minister replied that 'this might be a good thing'.”

Agencies Posted online: Saturday , December 22, 2007 at 1019 hrs IST Washington, December 22: During her visit to the US in 1974, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had said New Delhi would sign a ... via Express India