Tag Archives: France

Last 24 hours have ‘killed’ French nuclear – analyst via Reuters

Posted on 2012/12/05 by norma field

MILAN/PARIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) – French power group EDF received a new blow on Tuesday when Italy’s biggest utility Enel announced its has pulled out from a project to build a next-generation nuclear reactor in northern France. The French state-owned … Continue reading →

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Cameco Profit Drops 50% on Lower Prices; 2018 Forecast Reduced via Bloomberg

Posted on 2012/11/12 by kojimaaiko

Cameco Corp. (CCO), the world’s third- largest uranium miner, reported a 50 percent drop in third- quarter profit, excluding one-time items, as the price of the raw material in nuclear-reactor fuel dropped. Profit declined to C$52 million ($52 million), or … Continue reading →

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IAEA team tours India nuclear plant after radiation leak via The Naitonal

Posted on 2012/10/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

JAIPUR // A team from the UN’s nuclear watchdog began a safety inspection yesterday at a power plant in northern India where dozens of workers were exposed to radiation in separate leaks this year. The inspectors were touring the Rajasthan … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power turns to developing world as west recoils from Fukushima via The Guardian

Posted on 2012/10/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As the mood in Japan, Germany, Italy and even France hardens, China is restarting a £170bn reactor programme and India is looking to atomic power to shore up its creaking grid A nuclear fuel pellet the size of your little … Continue reading →

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EDF : French Nuclear Body : Level 1 Incident At Flamanville’s Plant via 4-traders

Posted on 2012/10/25 by kojimaaiko

PARIS–A leak at the reactor No. 1 of Electricite de France SA’s (EDF.FR) Flamanville plant late Wednesday didn’t trigger any environmental damage or threatened the health of any employee, the French nuclear safety regulator Autorite de Surete Nucleaire said Thursday. … Continue reading →

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The “Bright Future” of Japan’s Nuclear Industry via Japan Focus

Posted on 2012/09/27 by norma field

While the media are rushing to announce the “full stop” of Japan’s nuclear power production 2039, little attention has been paid to two much less publicized moves. The first is the restarting of Japan’s nuclear export industry, especially its targeting … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Long Atomic Sayonara via Nukefree.org

Posted on 2012/09/17 by norma field

By Harvey Wasserman As demonstrators from the Coalition Against Nukes prepare to descend on Washington DC and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the world’s third-largest economy has taken a landmark step toward Solartopia. A pro-nuclear Japanese government has announced it will … Continue reading →

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No Imported Nuclear Plants, No Compromise Safety via People’s Democracy

Posted on 2012/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The mega nuclear parks planned to be set up in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh with US reactors would also be costly. The whole idea of importing nuclear reactors on such a large scale is unviable and is part of … Continue reading →

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France to close oldest nuclear plant end-2016: Hollande via Reuters

Posted on 2012/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – France will close its oldest nuclear power plant, Fessenheim, at the end of 2016, President Francois Hollande said on Friday, bringing the closure date forward by a few months. “The Fessenheim power plant … will close at the … Continue reading →

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2 injured in steam blast at French nuclear plant via The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Posted on 2012/09/05 by norma field

PARIS — A steam blast at France’s oldest nuclear plant Wednesday left two workers with slight hand burns and revived calls to reduce the country’s heavy reliance on nuclear power. Nuclear safety authorities said there was no threat of radioactive … Continue reading →

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