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Germany Approves Draft Law On Compensation For Nuclear Operators 24 May (NucNet) : The German government approved a draft law on 23 May 2018 that paves the way for energy giants RWE and Vattenfall to receive hundreds of millions of euros in compensation for the country’s decision to phase (…)

Fukushima radioactive particle release was significant says new research University of Manchester Public Release : 24-May-2018 Scientists say there was a significant release of radioactive particles during the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident. The researchers identified the (…)

Rosatom to process regenerated uranium for French nuclear power plants Business & Economy The contract is worth $1 billion ST. PETERSBURG, May 25. /TASS/. The Russian nuclear power corporation Rosatom’s trading branch operating on the foreign market, Tenex, and (…)

UK Nuclear Industry Welcomes PM’s Plan To Seek Euratom Associate Status 22 May 2018 : The UK’s nuclear energy industry has welcomed confirmation by prime minister Theresa May that the government intends to seek associate status to Euratom R&D programmes. In a speech on 21 May 2018 (…)

Assembly to debate ‘nuclear mud’ petition as campaigners call for more testing Anti-nuclear campaigners have raised new questions about what they fear is ‘radioactive mud’ to be dumped near Cardiff Bay, as the Assembly prepares to debate a petition against the plans. Over 7,000 signed (…)

Czechs put off decision on building new nuclear plants May 17, 2018 PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government has postponed a decision on building new nuclear units, saying it needed more time to evaluate the impact on its budget and find out EU views on state aid for such a project. (…)

British government offers $18 billion to Hitachi's UK nuclear project : Kyodo May 17, 2018 TOKYO (Reuters) - The British government has offered 2 trillion yen ($18 billion)in financial support to a unit of Japan’s Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) to build nuclear reactors in Wales, Kyodo News (…)

France Is Building a New Nuclear Powered Submarine. Here Is What It Can Do. Zachary Keck France has ordered a new nuclear-powered attack submarine. Following a May 2 ministerial investment meeting presided over by Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly, Paris announced that it was (…)

Billions of dollars later, Energy Department pulls plug on partly built nuclear fuel plant The Energy Department's Savannah River site, which the Trump administration has decided not to complete, shown in January. (Reuters) by Paul Sonne and Steven Mufson The Trump (…)

Europe Needs To Recognise Flexibility Of Nuclear, Says Foratom Flexibility, the new mantra of European nuclear industry… 7 May 2018 - European Union energy policy should take account of the flexibility nuclear power could provide alongside intermittent renewables for the bloc’s (…)