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Pressure drops in vessel at Fukushima plant, no radioactive leakage

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Monday said the pressure inside one of the reactor containment vessels at the nuclear plant has dropped.Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPC

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China's nuclear RPV is wrapping up installation

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A peek at China's own 3rd-gen nuclear power tech

China'sself-developedthird-generationnuclearreactor,namelythe"HualongOne",isbeingdeliveredtoapowerplantinsoutheastChina'sFujianProvince.Thecorepartofthetech,the

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Chinese nuclear giant mulls bid for Toshiba's $20bn UK reactor project

ChinaGeneralNuclearPowerCorporation(CGN)iseyeingupabidforToshiba’stroubled15-billion-pound(20billionUSdollars)reactorprojectintheUK,thecompanyconfirmedonMondayn

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‘Safer’ thorium reactor trials could salvage nuclear power

ADutchnuclearresearchinstituteisconductingthefirstexperimentinclosetofivedecadesonmolten-saltnuclearreactorsbasedonthorium.Longhailedasapotential"safer"nuclearp

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Fukushima: images show massive deposits, likely melted nuclear fuel

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DPRK's Yongbyon plutonium site likely reactivated says IAEA

DPRK appears to have restarted its nuclear facility at Yongbyon, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.

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China, U.S., Iran reach broad consensus over nuclear reactor in Tehran

China, the United States and Iran on Monday reached broad consensus over the modification of Tehran's Arak nuclear reactor, one of the West's main concerns, according to a press release by a Chinese nuclear delegation.

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First nuclear reactor resumes full operation in Japan after Fukushima crisis

​Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, started full commercial operation Thursday, making the plant the first to be brought fully back online following new safety regulations in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns.

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China's wisdom facilitates nuclear deal: Chinese negotiator

China's wisdom played a key role in the achievement of a comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program, Chinese negotiator Cheng Jingye said here on Wednesday.

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Japan's nuclear watchdog to review Tohoku Electric's reactor restart

Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Tuesday applied to Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) to assess the safety of its No. 1 reactor at the utility's Higashidori nuclear power facility in Aomori Prefecture in the northeast of Japan.

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"Substantive" Iranian nuclear talks discuss core issues

The "substantive" round of talks on Iranian nuclear issues touched upon some controversial problems, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Wednesday in a joint statement after a two-day meeting in Vienna.

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Britain to renew nuclear reactor for ballistic missile submarine

British Ministry of Defense (MoD) has decided to refuel the nuclear reactor in one of the country's four ballistic missile submarines at a cost of about 120 million pounds (200 million U.S. dollars), British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said Thursday.

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DPRK nuclear reactor may be in use again, warns IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday it has evidence of suspicious activity coming from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) 's Yongbyon nuclear complex that may indicate it is in operation again.

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Jordan approves Russian company as nuclear technology provider

The Jordanian government approved Russia's Atomstroyexport as technology provider for the country's first nuclear reactor, the head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission said on Monday.

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One reactor in S. Korea breaks down abruptly

A nuclear reactor in South Korea abruptly broke down on Wednesday, boosting fears over power shortage amid a scorching heat wave.