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The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) will cancel the proposed nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. This will be the party’s first decision after coming to power in Haryana. INLD candidate from Fatehabad Balwan Singh Daulatpuria and former MLA Ran Singh Beniwal stated this here today while addressing people …
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will resume issuing licenses for new atomic reactors and allowing existing plants to extend operations after addressing flaws in its waste rules. The commission approved a final rule addressing the environmental effects of storing spent nuclear fuel at a plant site, satisfying a court order …
Japan is facing the toughest test yet in its effort to restore nuclear energy more than three years after the Fukushima disaster: scrutiny from a skeptical population. The Nuclear Regulation Authority vouched last month for the safety of two reactors in Sendai, the first to pass inspections. Still, with Japan …
FUKUSHIMA – The number of suicides in Fukushima Prefecture linked to 3/11 is higher than elsewhere, most likely because of the nuclear disaster, according to the Cabinet Office.
Two nuclear power plant projects will be initiated in Northeast China's Liaoning province to optimize the energy structure in the northeastern area, according to an action plan released on the State Council's website Tuesday. The plan states that the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant project will move into phase-two construction and …
Two Belgian nuclear reactors owned by GDF-Suez unit Electrabel may remain offline until spring and may need to be halted permanently, Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported on Tuesday. The Belgian nuclear regulator ordered production to be stopped at the 1,008 megawatt Tihange 2 reactor and the 1,006 megawatt Doel 3 …
KAWAUCHI, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – The government said Sunday that it was considering lifting its evacuation advisory on Oct. 1 for the eastern part of the village of Kawauchi, located within 20 km of the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The government will formalize the lifting at a meeting …
Europe's ageing nuclear fleet will undergo more prolonged outages over the next few years, reducing the reliability of power supply and costing plant operators many millions of dollars. Nuclear power provides about a third of the European Union's electricity generation, but the 28-nation bloc's 131 reactors are well past their …
Becomes second nuclear plant in the world to produce power uninterrupted for 739 days The Atomic Power Station at Rawatbhata achieved a feat on Monday when Unit-5 completed 739 days of uninterrupted power production. With this achievement the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station becomes the second nuclear plant in the world …
Russia and the world's top energy user China may jointly develop six floating nuclear power plants, Russia's nuclear export body said on Tuesday. The two recently signed a $400 billion natural gas supply deal. Rusatom Overseas said it signed a memorandum of understanding with China on the development of floating …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is planning to pump contaminated groundwater from drainage wells at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and dump it into the ocean after removing almost all radioactive materials, company officials said Thursday. The plan is aimed at reducing the amount of toxic water building up at …
The long-awaited restart of Japan’s nuclear power plants is facing yet another setback and may be delayed until 2015, Japanese media said on Wednesday, piling pressure on struggling utilities to push for fresh price hikes. Kyushu Electric Power’s two-reactor Sendai plant, located about 1,000 km (600 miles) southwest of Tokyo, …
India is learnt to have made it clear to the United States again that the two countries would have to work within the ‘four corners’ of the Indian Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act if the bilateral civil nuclear agreement was to be implemented in letter and spirit. There was …
A Japanese judicial panel has recommended that three former executives of the utility that operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant face criminal charges over their role in the disaster. A document released by the panel on Thursday showed it voted in favor of indicting Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric …
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday it is considering raising the maximum radiation exposure limit for nuclear workers in emergencies, from the current 100 millisieverts. “We cannot completely deny the possibility” that accidents involving radiation exceeding the current limit would occur in the future, NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka said at …
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2014 provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production and construction. The WNISR assesses the status of new-build programs in current nuclear countries as well as in potential newcomer countries.
Yesterday’s report vouching for the safety of Kyushu Electric Power Co. (9508)’s atomic station in southern Japan means the utility’s two reactors in Sendai may begin operating as soon as October or November, according to Yoko Nobuoka, a Tokyo-based analyst with Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Two more units may be …
Pakistan's National Committee Members, expressing concern over the negative impact of the Zulfikarabad Project on Country's largest Mangroves forest pleaded for an adequate environmental impacts assessment of the project. The National Committee, comprising representatives from different civil society groups and activists working for protection of natural resources and environment here …
With the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture poised to be restarted as early as this fall, experts and critics are pointing to flaws in the evacuation plan drawn up by prefectural authorities, stirring doubt among nearby residents. Municipalities within 30 km of nuclear plants are required to craft evacuation …
Japan’s nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that two nuclear reactors in Kyushu were safe enough to switch back on, marking a major step toward restarting the country’s nuclear plants which were shuttered after the Fukushima crisis. But fresh protests—and accusations that the regulator is a puppet of the powerful nuclear industry—have …
