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Alstom to refurbish Darlington nuclear power plant in Canada
Friday, April 05, 2013 Alstom has secured a contract worth €265m to refurbish four 900MW steam turbine generator units for the Darlington power plant in Ontario,...

UK commits funds to boost nuclear technology
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 UK Business Secretary Vince Cable has approved £31m in new funding to help to commercialise new technologies in the nuclear...

EDF gets go ahead for Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 EDF Energy has secured planning approval from the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to construct a £14bn nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C in Somerset,...

UK signs nuclear energy expansion deal with EU member states
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 The UK government has signed a nuclear energy expansion agreement with 12 European Union (EU) member states, in a bid to reduce Europe’s carbon...

Alstom secures wind turbines order for Wild Rose projects in Canada
Monday, March 11, 2013 Alstom has signed a €420m contract to install up to 414MW capacity of wind turbines to NaturEner Energy Canada's Wild Rose projects in...

NRC claims that US nuclear is safer than ever are contested by scientists
Monday, March 11, 2013 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman Allison Macfarlane has said that US nuclear power plants are now safer than ever after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, with...

Areva builds first fuel assemblies for Taishan nuclear power plant
Friday, March 08, 2013 French nuclear firm Areva has completed construction of the first fuel assemblies for the Taishan nuclear power plant in...

Magnox awards construction contract for UK nuclear decommissioning sites
Thursday, March 07, 2013 Costain Nuclear Process has secured a contract from Magnox to undertake construction, infrastructure and maintenance work across 10 nuclear decommissioning sites in the...

Swiss firm to conduct seismic tests on Korean nuclear plant
Thursday, March 07, 2013 SGS, an industry provider of inspection and verification services, has secured a contract from LATECH Corporation to provide seismic qualification of nuclear power plant transformers, which will...

UK needs back-up plan for new nuclear: report
Monday, March 04, 2013 A new report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee has urged ministers to stop "crossing their fingers" on its new nuclear programme and urgently develop a back-up energy...

Iran identifies 16 new reactor sites ahead of nuclear talks in Kazakhstan
Monday, February 25, 2013 Iran has identified sites for 16 new nuclear reactors across the country, ahead of talks with six major powers over its disputed atomic programme on Tuesday in...

Iberdrola upgrades Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico
Thursday, February 21, 2013 Iberdrola Ingeniería has upgraded the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant, located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the coast of the Gulf of...

Operations start at first China nuclear plant since Fukushima
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 The Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant (HNPP) has commenced operations, marking the first nuclear power plant to come online in China since the 2011 Fukushima disaster in...

Finnish nuclear plant on hold until 2016
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), a Finnish nuclear power company, has announced another delay to its Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power...

Atkins to help EDF fill energy gap as UK waits for new nuclear
Wednesday, February 06, 2013 UK-based Atkins has agreed to offer expert engineering support to help extend the life of EDF Energy's existing nuclear projects....

Centrica opts out of UK nuclear new-build programme
Monday, February 04, 2013 Centrica has withdrawn its plans to participate in the UK nuclear new-build programme amid uncertainties over the construction schedule and pre-development expenditure on the project...

UK County Council rejects plans for underground nuclear waste facility
Thursday, January 31, 2013 Cumbria Country Council in the UK has voted to opt out of the process to find a location for a £12bn underground nuclear waste facility, a decision which could hurt plans for new nuclear in...

Japanese nuclear regulator unveils new safety measures
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has unveiled draft safety rules to protect nuclear power facilities against natural disasters and terrorist...

Australia and India to begin civil nuclear cooperation talks
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Australia is set to start civil nuclear cooperation talks with India for exporting uranium fuel to the...

UK regulators to assess Hitachi nuclear reactor design
Thursday, January 17, 2013 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have announced that they will conduct a design assessment on a new nuclear...