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Issued on: 25/08/2022 - 19:03 French electricity group EDF said Thursday that shutdowns of four nuclear reactors would be extended for several weeks because of corrosion…

It was just a piece of junk sitting in the back of a lab at the MIT Nuclear Reactor facility, ready to be disposed of. But it became the key to demonstrating a more comprehensive way of detecting atomic-level structural damage in materials…

NIKOPOL, Ukraine — Along most of the front line in Russia’s war in Ukraine, when one side lets loose with an artillery attack, the other shoots back.But not in Nikopol, a city deep in southern farm country where the Ukrainian military faces…

Issued on: 27/07/2022 - 22:04 France will intensify monitoring of nuclear power group EDF's fleet of reactors to ensure that the country will have sufficient electricity…

By 2030, the Energy Ministry wants nuclear to make up at least 30% of the country's power generation -- a step up from its previous goal of 27%.To meet this, South Korea is restarting construction on two new reactors at the Hanul Nuclear…

Six of Ukraine’s 15 working nuclear reactors have stopped sending power into the nation’s electrical grid — a high rate of disconnection compared with routine operations before the Russian invasion. The reduction in output might result from…

Issued on: 10/02/2022 - 16:38 France will build at least six new nuclear reactors in the decades to come, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, placing nuclear power at the…

Issued on: 23/12/2021 - 10:32 Belgium will shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 but will not close the door on new-generation nuclear technology, according to a deal…

The Yukon government is looking for ways to reduce the territory's emissions, and wondering if nuclear power is one way to go. The territory is undertaking a feasibility study, to determine whether there's a future for SMRs — small modular…

Much of the world has been turning away from nuclear power, with its ageing plants, legacy of meltdowns and radioactive waste. But some governments, big companies and billionaires including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are convinced the…