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Nuclear power generation has a turbulent history from a source of clean energy to nuclear meltdowns and disposal of nuclear waste.  Find the latest nuclear power news covering nuclear power technology, nuclear power plant upgrades, development and contracts, regulation, policy and nuclear waste.

Nuclear Power Generation News

Westinghouse and China’s SNPTC sign SMR nuclear pact

17/05/2013 US company Westinghouse Electric Company and China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corp (SNPTC) are to work together on d...

Japan nuclear plant faces closure by regulator

16/05/2013

At least one nuclear power plant is on the verge of being shutdown by the country’s new atomic regulator.

High costs and public confidence top poll of nuclear challenges

15/05/2013 High capital costs and maintaining public confidence are the greatest challenges facing the European nuclear power industry, ac...

Rosatom bids to entice developing nations with nuclear package

14/05/2013 The Russian state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom is attempting to win business in developing countries by offering a compr...

$2.4bn coal power plant for Turkey

13/05/2013 Turkey’s drive to reduce its dependency on energy imports has been boosted by an agreement with China to build a 2640 MW coal-f...

Rosatom invites EDF to participate in Turkey’s first nuclear plant

10/05/2013 The Russian state atomic power company is seeking partners for its new nuclear reactors, and has already invited EDF to help bu...

India green lights controversial 2000 MW nuclear plant

08/05/2013 11 years after it began construction, the Indian Supreme Court have approved the commissioning of the Kundankulam nuclear power...

De Rivaz to leave if UK nuclear deal falls through

07/05/2013 The chief executive of EDF Energy is set to leave the UK if his company’s deal to build the country’s $22bn nuclear reactor at ...

EDF signs up new utility management software

03/05/2013 EDF has contracted software solution provider Ventyx to install its management software across the energy company’s 435 hydroel...

French-Japanese consortium to build Turkish nuclear plant

02/05/2013 Turkey’s energy minister Taner Yildiz has confirmed that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and GDF Suez will jointly build the countr...

From the Wires

Full commitment to all units in KKNPP: Russia

CHENNAI, May 19 -- Expressing commitment to India's nuclear energy programme, Nikolay Listopadov, Consul General of the Russian...

High price of nuclear plants worth paying

THE chairman of an influential Commons committee warned the high price of new nuclear power stations would be worth paying for ...

Ex-energy minister slams Scottish Government over nuclear power

FORMER energy minister Brian Wilson has attacked the Scottish Government for abandoning nuclear power, warning that a successfu...

Irish challenge to Hinkley C

Government approval for the proposed new Hinkley C nuclear power station is being challenged in the High Court, by the National...

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