CIVIL NUCLEAR - WIND DAILY

UN watchdog 'concerned' about Ukraine nuclear plant access

Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)

Russian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on March 4, sparking alarm when shelling caused a fire at a training facility. ...

Switzerland demands curbs on Russian UN nuclear official

Apr 21, 2022 (AFP)

Swiss newspaper 24 heures reported that federal energy councillor Simonetta Sommaruga wrote to International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi demanding ...

In 'project of the century', Swiss seek to bury radioactive waste

Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)

The Mont Terri international laboratory was built to study the effects of burying radioactive waste in clay which sits 300 metres (985 feet) below the surface n...

Toshiba pauses spin-off plan, weighs going private

Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)

The firm announced in a statement Thursday that its management team will lead discussions with private equity funds and other possible investors on potential of...

Safely storing Canada's used nuclear fuel for millennia

Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)

Some of Canada's top geoscientists are leading the studies, in which approximately eight kilometres of core samples were pulled from the bedrock at two Ontario ...

Hungary gets first delivery of Russia nuclear fuel since war

Apr 07, 2022 (AFP)

Hungary runs a sole nuclear power plant -- built with Soviet-era technology in the 1980s -- south of Budapest, providing almost half the country's electricity. ...

UK may build seven nuclear plants by 2050: minister

Apr 03, 2022 (AFP)

"If we fast forward to 2050, there is a world where we have six or seven (nuclear) sites in the UK," Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told The Sunda...

After Ukraine, UN atomic watchdog chief visits Russia

Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)

Grossi visited a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Wednesday on his first trip to the country since Russia's invasion raised fears of a nuclear acciden...

UN atomic watchdog chief visits Ukraine nuclear plant

Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)

Grossi has repeatedly warned of the dangers of the conflict -- the first in a country with a vast nuclear estate. Russian forces seized control of the defunct C...

UN atomic watchdog chief in Ukraine to discuss nuclear safety

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

This is Grossi's first visit to Ukraine after Russia seized several nuclear facilities, including Chernobyl, during its more than month-long invasion. "The aim ...

UN nuclear watchdog head visits Ukraine to discuss safety

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

This is Grossi's first visit to Ukraine since Russia seized several nuclear facilities, including Chernobyl, as part of its war in Ukraine. Grossi is holding ta...

Nuclear energy research to address barriers to innovation

Mar 25, 2022 (SPX)

The four-year project - called Enhanced Methodologies for Advanced Nuclear System Safety (EMEANSS) - will use experimental data and machine learning to develop ...

Advanced Test Reactor overhaul complete

Mar 25, 2022 (SPX)

ATR is the world's largest, most powerful and flexible materials test reactor. Its distinctive cloverleaf core design provides a range of capabilities that no o...

A new epoxy resin composite developed for neutron shielding

Mar 25, 2022 (SPX)

This composite, called Sm2O3-APTES/AFG-90H, was with high thermal stability, mechanical properties and efficient neutron shielding performance, according to the...

New pumpkin shaped nucleus radiates protons with record setting rate

Mar 25, 2022 (SPX)

The new isotope was found among the products of fusion of 58Ni beam particles and 96Ru target atoms, and it was identified in the detector setup of the MARA sep...

Toshiba shareholders reject spin-off plan in key vote

Mar 24, 2022 (AFP)

The results of the ballot held at an extraordinary shareholder meeting are non-binding, but Toshiba had been hoping to shore up support ahead of a final vote ne...

Greenpeace urges French nuclear firms to cut Russia ties

Mar 22, 2022 (AFP)

The environmental activist group said EDF has contractual links to Russian state-owned firm Rosatom in several areas including fuels, construction and operation...

Russia's energy clout also comes from being a key nuclear supplier

Mar 19, 2022 (SPX)

Nuclear power is a critical part of many national electricity grids. European countries especially rely on nuclear power, including France, where it produces 69...

Framatome and General Atomics restart fuel fabrication facility for TRIGA reactors

Mar 19, 2022 (SPX)

Following an extensive renovation, this unique facility houses the latest industrial equipment and utilizes modernized processes to fabricate TRIGA fuel at Fram...

Bruce Power leverages Framatome technology for isotope production

Mar 19, 2022 (SPX)

Isogen, the joint venture between Framatome and Kinectrics, developed irradiation capabilities to produce radioactive isotopes in one of Bruce Power's CANDU-typ...