CIVIL NUCLEAR - WIND DAILY

Framatome achieves conducts qualification inspection using VCALL system

Mar 18, 2022 (SPX)

Addressing concerns with travel during the pandemic, Framatome's VCALL inspection system enabled experts located in the U.K. to complete complex inspections on ...

Government of Canada invests in small modular reactor technology

Mar 18, 2022 (SPX)

The Honourable Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of $27.2 million in Westinghouse Electric Cana...

Cash-strapped EDF to raise 3.1 billion euros with state support

Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)

The French state, which holds an 84-percent stake in the supplier, will inject 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion) into the struggling energy giant. The capital rais...

Belgium delays nuclear energy exit 10 years due to Ukraine war

Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)

"The federal government has decided to take the necessary steps to extend the life of two nuclear reactors by ten years," Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said ...

Czechs launch tender for new nuclear unit

Mar 17, 2022 (AFP)

"We want to take another step towards making the Czech Republic self-sufficient in terms of energy," Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters at the plant. Fran...

Framatome receives US NRC approval to transport higher enriched fuel

Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)

This license amendment enables Framatome to use its NRC-licensed shipping containers to transport nuclear fuel with enrichments above the industry standard 5 we...

Finland's long-delayed nuclear reactor goes online

Mar 12, 2022 (AFP)

The European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) reactor, built by the French-led Areva-Siemens consortium on Finland's southwest coast, was started up in December for te...

Russia engineers inspect seized Ukraine nuclear plant

Mar 12, 2022 (AFP)

Russia occupied Zaporizhzhia, Europe's biggest atomic power plant, after its forces attacked it on March 4. Its reactors appeared undamaged after the assault de...

Chernobyl power cut, transmission lost at Europe's largest atomic plant: IAEA

Mar 10, 2022 (AFP)

The news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission was also lost at the Z...

Russia, Ukraine 'ready to work' with UN nuclear watchdog

Mar 10, 2022 (AFP)

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concern about nuclear safety and security after Russian forces took over Europe's largest power plan...

IAEA reports second Ukraine nuclear facility damaged

Mar 08, 2022 (AFP)

The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported an attack took place on Sunday, adding that no increase in radiation levels had been reported at th...

German ministries back nuclear exit despite energy woes

Mar 08, 2022 (AFP)

An extension for the country's three remaining installations, which are due to be switched off at the end of the year, was "not advisable even in light of the c...

UN watchdog urges Russia, Ukraine to agree on nuclear safety

Mar 07, 2022 (AFP)

The battle had caused "unprecedented danger of a nuclear accident" and should not be repeated under any circumstances, said International Atomic Energy Agency (...

Ukraine: a nuclear-powered nation under fire

Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)

The Zaporizhzhia reactors, apparently undamaged by the attack, were taken over by invading Russian forces that have also stationed themselves at Chernobyl, the ...

Europe's largest nuclear plant at centre of Russia-Ukraine war

Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)

Here are some facts about the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which Ukrainian authorities say was shelled by Russians. - Where is the power plant? - The plant...

IAEA urges Russia to 'cease actions' at Ukraine nuclear sites

Mar 03, 2022 (AFP)

The resolution at the board of the governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also "deplores the Russian Federation's actions in Ukraine, includ...

CORRECTED: UN watchdog urges Russia to 'cease actions' at nuclear sites

Mar 03, 2022 (AFP)

The resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors also "deplores the Russian Federation's actions in Ukraine, including ...

Slovakia allows in Russian plane with nuclear fuel

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

Poland's civil aviation authority said it had also given its green light to the flight, which had to fly over Belarus and Poland to reach Slovakia. "Today... th...

UN watchdog concerned over Ukraine nuclear power plant

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he had received reports that the soldiers were close to the Zaporizhzhia station...

Finland to re-evaluate Russian Rosatom nuclear reactor project over crisis in Ukraine: PM

Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)

The decision, which was proposed by the country's defence ministry was announced at a press conference addressing the crisis in Ukraine and European sanctions a...