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Framatome expands cybersecurity capabilities with acquisition of Allentis

Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)

The addition of Allentis significantly strengthens Framatome's capabilities, enabling it to offer enhanced threat detection, anticipation services, and secure c...

Niger disputes French firm's uranium move

Nov 01, 2024 (AFP)

Orano announced last month it was stopping production as from Thursday owing to what it termed increasingly difficult operating conditions in the country and fi...

Germany to bury nuclear waste but toxic dispute unresolved

Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)

At the bottom, a jeep ride takes helmet-clad engineers and visitors through an underground tunnel complex into a cold, cavernous hall with concrete-lined walls ...

Czech body rejects EDF, Westinghouse nuke deal complaints

Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)

The two companies have appealed a decision by the Czech government to hand the contract to South Korea's KHNP. The competition office (UOHS) temporarily blocked...

Czech body halts nuclear deal after EDF, Westinghouse cry foul

Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)

KHNP's victory in a tender to build two nuclear units in the Czech Republic was contested by two failed bidders, France's EDF and the US's Westinghouse. KHNP be...

Japan nuclear reactor near Fukushima to restart

Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)

Japan shut down all of its 54 reactors after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, but has since brought 12 of 33 still operable units online -- although none in eastern...

Czechs buy stake in Rolls-Royce SMR ahead of joint project

Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)

The two companies signed a deal Tuesday to develop and produce SMRs together, with the first one to be installed at the Temelin nuclear plant in the Czech Repub...

Framatome to Supply Nuclear Fuel for Hungary's Paks VVER Reactors

Oct 28, 2024 (SPX)

"MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant has been producing cheap, clean and safe electricity for the country for more than 40 years. Under all circumstances, we could cou...

Swedish court grants permit to build nuclear waste burial site

Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)

The project would make Sweden one of the first countries in the world, along with Finland, to bury its spent atomic fuel for that length of time in a bid to sol...

French uranium group Orano receives 300 mn euro injection from state

Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)

The company issued new shares which were bought entirely by the French state, bringing its stake to 90.3 percent, the company said. "This operation demonstrates...

Slovenia cancels vote on second nuclear reactor

Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)

Slovenia is eyeing the construction of a second reactor in Krsko, near the country's sole nuclear power plant. The project can go ahead without any referendum b...

Nuclear energy firm Orano halts Niger uranium production

Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)

The Nigerien government, whose leader Abdourahamane Tiani seized power in a July 2023 coup, has previously made clear it would overhaul rules regulating the min...

Framatome completes lifecycle operations for enhanced accident-tolerant fuel assemblies in the US

Oct 23, 2024 (SPX)

Southern Nuclear, operator of the Vogtle plant, along with Framatome, removed and inspected the four LFAs after Cycle 23 at Unit 2. The fuel showed excellent pe...

Cost of dismantling UK nuclear plant soars: audit

Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)

This is up almost 19 percent on the previous official estimate in 2019 surrounding the "ageing" and "contaminated" site on England's northwest coast, the NAO sa...

Italy lays groundwork for return to nuclear power

Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)

"By the end of the year we will create the legislative framework to ensure that new third and fourth generation nuclear power plants can be installed in Italy,"...

Japan shifting back to nuclear to ditch coal, power AI

Oct 19, 2024 (AFP)

Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, but with the G7's dirtiest energy mix, it is seeking to cut emissions, and atomic ener...

Zelensky's nuclear arms comments 'dangerous provocation': Putin

Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)

The Ukrainian leader made the comments at an EU summit on Thursday, in which he said "either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, which will protect us, or we mus...

Tech giants go nuclear in AI arms race

Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are now looking to outgun each other with announcements on atomic energy, which they hope will power a technology that is consumin...

Framatome to provide long-term fuel supply for Trillo nuclear plant

Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)

"CNAT is a longstanding customer, and Framatome has supplied fuel to the Trillo plant since the start of operations in the late 1980s," said Lionel Gaiffe, seni...

Amazon bets on nuclear power to fuel AI ambitions

Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)

As companies including Microsoft, Amazon, and Google rapidly expand their global data center capabilities, they are actively seeking new electricity sources. Am...