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Russia And South Africa Sign Uranium Production Agreement 07.03.06
Russia To Help Shape Nuclear Energy Future In Namibia 07.03.06
NRC board okays early site permit for Exelon’s Clinton 07.01.06
Poweo signs French nuclear/gas-fired output swap deal with EDF 07.01.06
Australia’s state governments should end bans on urnaium mining 07.01.05
OPG’s Darlington-1 nuclear reactor reconnects to grid 06.12.25
CNSC renews Gentilly-2’s license, refurbishment plan 06.12.25
US nuclear plant sale 06.12.22
Zarechnoye joint venture produced first tonne of uranium 06.12.15
Poland mulls nuclear options 06.12.14
ERA to build new plant 06.12.14
Hot Testing Starts At Romania’s Cernavoda-2 06.12.12
Alternate Energy Holdings announces plan to build reactor 06.12.11
Bruce Power asks Canadian regulator for export license 06.12.11
Canadian agreement aids Argentina 06.12.05
Italian reprocessing agreement 06.12.05
Agreement signed for construction of VVERs in Bulgaria 06.12.04
Strathmore Minerals Corp has purchased some 250 hectares of land 06.12.01
Australia could have a nuclear power reactor in operation in as little as ten years 06.12.01
Planning for a trial uranium mining and processing program at Trekkopje will begin 06.11.29
Rokkasho reprocessing plant produced first MOX mixture 06.11.22
Australian new OPAL research reactor reached full operating power 06.11.22
Indonesia has set a deadline of 2010 for construction nuclear power plant 06.11.16
USEC Inc has signed a long-term contract with PPL Susquehanna 06.11.16
Uzbekistan will supply natural uranium to Japan 06.11.14
Forsys Metals Corp accepted a pre-feasibility study proposal for the Valencia uranium project 06.11.14
Tenex and TVEL were merged to create a new uranium mining entity 06.11.14
UK Approves Plan To Break Up And Sell Off British Nuclear Group 06.10.26
European Commission Gives Favourable Opinion For Flamanville EPR 06.10.25
MHI has entered the final stage of talks with Areva 06.10.25
Eskom to decide as early as 2007 whether or not to construct another nuclear power plant 06.10.23
performance level of individual centrifuge machines in American Centrifuge Plant exceed the target level 06.10.23
Russia and Kazakhstan have established their first joint venture 06.10.23
JSC Priargunsky Mining & Chemical Union has won a tender for mining uranium deposits 06.10.19
Energy Fuels Resources Corp is planning to construct a uranium and vanadium production mill 06.10.19
Areva has been granted permission to prospect for uranium in the province of Karelia 06.10.19
Wolf Creek N-Plant Is Latest US Applicant For 20-Year Licence Renewal 06.10.17
Preparatory Work To Complete Romania’s Cernavoda-3 And -4 Starts In 2007 06.10.16
MOX Supply Contracts Signed For Japan’s Genkai-3 06.10.16
Tepco Submits Application To Build New Japanese Unit 06.10.16
US Government Backs GE Agreement On Silex Technology 06.10.12
Honeymoon licensed environmentally 06.10.12
Toshiba retains most of Westinghouse 06.10.11
Dutch outline nuclear future 06.10.11
Lithuania will start up a new energy strategy 06.09.27
Mexico outgoing Energy Minister propose to expand country’s nuclear energy program 06.09.27
GE expects to finalize its technology license agreement with Silex Systems Ltd 06.09.27
South Korea and Uzbekistan have agreed on the joint development of the uranium mine 06.09.25
India Calls For Greater Consideration Of ‘Thorium Route’ 06.09.25
Japans Mihama-3 Begins Trial Restart 06.09.25
Russia defines scope of new reactors 06.09.14
Russia ready to provide international centre 06.09.14
Nuclear Power Is An ‘Environmental Requirement’, Says UK Minister 06.09.14
E.On might invest in new Lithuanian reactor 06.09.11
EDF awards Flamanville-3 civil works contract to Bouygues 06.09.11
SNC-Lavalin Inc to conduct a preliminary engineering study on Michelin uranium deposit 06.09.07
Japan signed a nuclear energy cooperative memorandum with Kazakhstan 06.09.07
sxr Uranium One to develop Honeymoon ISL 06.09.05
Langer Heinrich uranium project started to plant commissioning 06.09.05
New Indian reactor in full operation 06.09.04
French Alstom to build turbine set for new EDF nuke 06.09.04
Credit Awarded For Completion Of Cernavoda-2 06.09.04
TXU to develop 2-6 GW of new nuclear generation by 2020 06.09.01
Consortium breaks ground on New Mexico uranium enrichment plant 06.08.31
Alstom expected to get Flamanville-3 turbine-generator contract 06.08.31
NRC can speed up its nuclear license application reviews: Klein 06.08.31
Westinghouse signs contracts for Korean PWR projects 06.08.29
Los Alamos official selected to lead GNEP 06.08.28
EIA: US net nuclear generation up 2.9% in June from a year ago 06.08.28
NRC finds no safety issues to stop Oyster Creek license renewal 06.08.28
Oversight of USEC’s lead cascade facility shifts from DOE to NRC 06.08.28
US regulators address new applications 06.08.23
Canadian application for site permit 06.08.22
US study on hydrogen production 06.08.22
US pushing ahead with GNEP plans 06.08.17
Reactor vendors order major components 06.08.17
BNG to hire 300 new staffers at Sellafield reprocessing complex 06.08.16
US DOE may sell up to 50 million pounds of uranium: sources 06.08.15
US DOE completes final rule on nuclear plant risk insurance 06.08.14
BNG to sell its Magnox electricity trading arm, ESTL 06.08.14
UniStar places order for 44 forgings for US EPR 06.08.09
Three companies form partnership to build nuclear plants in US 06.08.09
UK’s first nuclear doctorate center to be started in Manchester 06.08.08
RG Energy details plans to build two nuclear units in Texas 06.08.07
Areva first half sales revenue up 5.7% to Eur 5.036 billion 06.08.01
TVA board to fund study on Watts Bar-2 completio 06.08.01
BNG wants Cumbria to be "Silicon Valley" of the nuclear industry 06.07.28
UK government to consider selling part of its BE stake 06.07.26
NRC creating office for oversight of new reactor activities 06.07.26
DOE announces target date for receiving spent fuel 06.07.25
Nuclear performs in US heatwave 06.07.25
DHS awards contracts for radiation detection at US ports 06.07.24
Russia join advanced reactor project 06.07.24
New Australian research reactor licensed 06.07.18
Entergy to buy Palisades plant from Consumers for $380 million 06.07.17
Areva develops new reprocessing technology 06.07.14
European enrichment agreement signed 06.07.13
French R&D focus on fast reactors 06.07.13
New NRC chairman to take oath 06.07.11
Senate takes first step in approving US-India trade 06.07.11
UK’s NII decides on two-phase approach to new reactor licensing 06.07.10
Domenici drafts bill giving DOE interim nuclear storage authority 06.07.04
Switzerland’s Goesgen PWR back on line June 26 06.07.04
Holtec wins Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke contract 06.07.03
Brunswick units granted 20-year license extension by NRC 06.07.03
India’s Tarapur-3 Connected To Grid 06.06.30
Canada’s Cameco Acquires Stake In Uranium Exploration Company 06.06.29
UK’s NDA Offers Funding For Decommissioning R&D 06.06.29
NRG Energy Announces Plans For Two New South Texas Units 06.06.27
Confidence In New-Build Grows Among Industry Executives In US And Canada 06.06.27
LES gets NRC draft uranium enrichment plant license for review 06.06.26
EIA reports global nuclear generating capacity expected to rise 06.06.21
Dutch utility Delta investigates new nuclear build 06.06.21
Swedish Political Alliance Agrees Cross-Party Position On Nuclear 06.06.20
Poll Shows Support For Nuclear In Australia 06.06.20
Agreement Extends Lifetime Of Netherlands’ Borssele Plant To 2033 06.06.19
ITER "at the heart" of France’s energy strategy: De Villepin 06.06.19
Ontario Gives Go-Ahead For Possible New Nuclear Build 06.06.15
Mitsubishi to market new reactor in US 06.06.15
Hungary’s Paks nuke to boost capacity in second half of 2006 06.06.15
DOE, NRC to start on licensing strategy for NGNP this year 06.06.14
Oyster Creek license renewal advances 06.06.13
US nuclear fleet enters summer at high capacity level: NRC data 06.06.13
TVA, Southern extend talks on Alabama nuclear power plant JV 06.06.13
Chirac And Blair Announce New ‘Franco-British Nuclear Forum’ 06.06.13
Canada Announces Funding For New Waste Management Strategy 06.06.12
Final Approval Granted For Uprate At Sweden’s Oskarshamn-3 06.06.12
EnergySolutions’ purchase of Duratek complete 06.06.09
Nine Mile Point relicensing application review advances 06.06.08
EU needs more nuclear power to reduce oil dependency 06.06.08
Policymakers Urge Japan To ‘Increase Pace’ Of Fast Breeder Development 06.06.07
International nuclear solutions wins work at Sellafield MOX plant 06.06.07
AECL To Help Argentina Explore Possibility Of New-Build 06.06.06
Constellation And EDF Sign Agreement On EPR Development 06.06.06
Dominon to focus on expanding generation east of Mississippi 06.06.05
Canada to provide funds for Chalk River cleanup 06.06.05
Pinnacle West Capital Corp might consider constructing two new reactors 06.06.02
Nuclear power should supply some 30% of electricity needs to tackle climate change 06.06.02
ITER Engineering Contracts Awarded To Spanish-Led Consortium 06.06.01
sxr Uranium One Inc applied to mine and mill radioactive ore 06.06.01
Canada to amend the operating licence for McClean Lake mine operation 06.06.01
Profitable New-Build Would Not Need Subsidies, Australia Report Concludes 06.05.31
US company is ready to fulfill orders for large components 06.05.31
US Regulators Approve Uprate For Seabrook 06.05.30
ITER Partners Prepare For Construction Start In 2007 06.05.30
Senate OKs Sproat nomination as DOE civilian nuclear waste chief 06.05.29
Feasibility of new reactor in Argentina to be studied 06.05.29
India’s Tarapur-3 Achieves First Criticality 06.05.26
Spaish parliament approved to develop an interim central nuclear waste storage facility 06.05.25
Senate panel approves NRC commissioners’nominations 06.05.25
BNG awarded 36-year, GBP230 million contract by UK’s MoD 06.05.25
Kazatomprom held a ceremony to mark the launch of the new ISL uranium mine 06.05.24
NRC has issued final EIS on gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plant 06.05.24
Lithuania start feasibility study for new nuclear power capacity’s construction at the Ignalina plant 06.05.24
US civilian nuclear power reactors purchased 66 million pounds U3O8e 06.05.23
GE to license,develop Silex’s uranium enrichment technology 06.05.23
Russia Ready To Help Turkey Build Nuclear Plants 06.05.23
NRC to hire 350 new employees by June 06.05.22
Koeberg-1 returned to the grid May 17 06.05.22
Bush continues advocating new nuclear 06.05.22
Most of DOE nuclear programs to be fully funded in FY-07 bill 06.05.22
Public enquiry into Flamanville-3 EPR build to start in spring 06.05.19
US uranium production up 18% in 2005 06.05.19
Former Russian regulatory chief named Rosatom deputy director 06.05.18
WGI is the first contractor to publicly declare its interest in managing 06.05.18
First contractor publicly declares interest to manage Sellafield 06.05.18
Florida governor expected to sign broad energy legislation 06.05.17
France to construct new reactor 06.05.17
Further US licence renewals 06.05.17
Russia announces new larger reactors 06.05.17
Brazil starts enrichment plant 06.05.17
E.ON UK supports new nuclear plants in the UK 06.05.16
Russia Says Construction Of Iran’s Bushehr Unit Nearing Completion 06.05.16
UK’s NDA Begins Search For ‘World-Class Contractors’ For Drigg 06.05.16
Swedish Inspectorate Approves Forsmark Power Uprates 06.05.16
BNG signs first new MOX fuel order in four years 06.05.15
US House Republicans push gas-use limits, big nuclear expansion 06.05.15
DOE issues rule on risk insurance for new nuclear reactors 06.05.15
Swiss’Support for nuclear energy appears to be growing 06.05.12
France’s NPP generated a record 451.5 TWh of electricity in 2005 06.05.12
Alberta will consider nuclear power as a future energy source 06.05.12
Entergy first quarter earnings beat last year’s performance 06.05.11
Westinghouse to supply nuclear services to south Texas project 06.05.11
Vermont Yankee reaches full 20% power increase 06.05.11
EPA hopes to issue final Yucca rule by end 2006 06.05.10
Brush Wellman gets $7 million beryllium order for fusion reactor 06.05.10
New plant tax credit guidance posted on IRS web site 06.05.10
USEC Inc is on target to begin uranium enrichment operations 06.05.10
Russia reassesses RBMK reactors 06.05.09
UK Waste Committee Recommends Deep Geological Disposal 06.05.09
Feasibility Study Proposes Way Forward For Cernavoda-3 and -4 06.05.09
Areva Wins Decommissioning Contract For Germany’s Wuergassen 06.05.09
NRC Renews Browns Ferry Operating Licences 06.05.08
EDF Gives Go-Ahead For Flamanville EPR 06.05.08
Call For Roadblocks To US New-Build To Be Removed 06.04.29
New Nuclear Energy Appointment In European Commission 06.04.29
Spain to close oldest nuclear plant 06.04.29
The Clean & Safe Energy Coalition was founded in US 06.04.28
Yucca Mountain repository could expand its capacity 06.04.28
India: The government should plan to raise the nuclear generating capacity 06.04.28
Slovakia: Proposals for the completion of the Mochovce-3 and -4 06.04.28
A majority of Finns support the construction of a sixth nuclear power reactor 06.04.28
Guyana: Exploration permits have been granted to U3O8 Corp of Canada 06.04.27
Kazatomprom plans to produce nearly 5000 tonnes of uranium in 2006 06.04.27
Strathmore Corp prepared to apply for an operating licence of ISL uranium facility 06.04.27
Improved nuclear safety is Chernobyl‘s legacy 06.04.25
Cavanaugh re-elected as WANO chairman 06.04.25
Licence renewal plan advances for US plant after environmental report 06.04.25
Russian threaten to Europe‘s gas 06.04.24
UK government will approve the construction of new nuclear power reactors 06.04.21
50% of Swedes want to keep nuclear energy in the long term 06.04.21
The pending closure of the Kozloduy-3 and -4 will result in huge economic loss 06.04.21
Russia and Czech are reportedly considering jointly building the plant at Belene 06.04.21
UK NDA begun search for a M&O contractor for LLW repository near Drigg 06.04.21
A storage facility for ILW will be built at Sellafield, UK 06.04.21
US DOE is seeking industry proposals for nuclear hydrogen 06.04.21
Updated uranium resource estimate of Ghurayyah deposit in Saudi Arabia 06.04.20
Indian KHADC approved a new uranium project 06.04.20
India has launched a major initiative to explore for uranium 06.04.20
Russia is planning to produce uranium abroad while exploring for new deposits at home 06.04.20
Power utilities urge emission limits 06.04.20
Students return to nuclear courses 06.04.20
Site for first Turkish nuclear plant 06.04.20
Holtkamp Named As ITER‘s Deputy Director-General 06.04.17
India Hosts Delegation Of US Regulators 06.04.17
Scottish Workers Leaders Vote To Support New Nuclear Build In UK 06.04.17
French Survey Indicates Balance Of Opinion On Waste Solutions 06.04.17
US N-Plant Marks 35th Anniversary 06.04.17
Ukraine Amends Law On Research Reactor Liabilities 06.04.17
ORAU/ORISE will provide independent expert reviews on the Yucca project 06.04.14
Tokai Reprocessing Plant completed the final shearing and melting of spent nuclear fuel 06.04.14
Japan: Construction of Higashidori-1 will start in fiscal 2008 06.04.14
DGSNR issued the license to decommission and dismantle the EL4 GCHWR 06.04.14
France: production resumed at Malvesi and Pierrelatte conversion facilities 06.04.14
South Africa is considering increasing its annual uranium production 06.04.14
US Uranium Resources Inc has restructured its long-term sales contracts 06.04.13
The construction has been delayed at the Cigar Lake uranium project 06.04.13
UrAsia Energy Ltd announced its second uranium sales contract 06.04.13
Chairman Diaz will not seek third term at NRC 06.04.13
Spending cut likely in Senate 06.04.13
US And Ukrainian Regulators Sign Safety Cooperation Arrangement 06.04.12
Waste Isolation Plant Granted Recertification 06.04.12
Czech utility upbeat on nuclear prospects 06.04.12
Japan’s reprocessing plant active 06.04.12
South Africa considers nuclear boost 06.04.11
Proposed Legislation For Yucca Mountain Goes To US Congress 06.04.07
US Utility Plans New Florida N-Plant Application In 2009 06.04.07
BNFL Gets Approval To Sell British Nuclear Group 06.04.07
Australia-China Sign Uranium And Nuclear Cooperation Agreements 06.04.05
Utility Chiefs Launch Feasibility Study For Lithuanian N-Plant 06.04.05
Santee Cooper Approves South Carolina New Build Proposals 06.04.05
French waste bill in parliament 06.04.04
US Private Fuel Storage offers help 06.04.04
Paladin Resources Ltd has secured its third sales contract 06.04.03
Ukraine plans to boost uranium production 06.04.03
US: New England are considering new nuclear power 06.04.03
NRC has reviewed license renewal applications for V. Yankee and Pilgrim NPP 06.04.03
Canadian team to offer new plants 06.04.03
South Africa initiated a feasibility study of a second NPP 06.04.03
JAPC has applied for permission to decommission its Tokai-1 reactor 06.04.03
South Korea is interested in constructing Vietnam first NPP 06.04.03
UK: Phased deep geological disposal was the option preferred by most people 06.04.03
UK government is to embark on sale of publicly-owned energy assets 06.04.03
US Senate and House will debate the US-India nuclear agreement 06.03.27
US DOE is considering a second repository site 06.03.27
US DOE is seeking organizations to evaluate GNEP technology demonstrating sites 06.03.27
Mexico CFE aims to construct a new nuclear power plant by 2020 06.03.27
US set a new world record for the longest continuous operation of LWR 06.03.27
US: Duke Power and Southern Co agreed to jointly evaluate the site for new NPP 06.03.27
Canada IUC and Cameco will jointly explore the Park Creek uranium project 06.03.27
Russian considers power supply to China 06.03.27
European Parliament votes on energy 06.03.27
G8 acknowledged that diverse energy sources including nuclear energy will be crucial 06.03.24
Japan Shika-2 nuclear power reactor began commercial operation on 15 March 06.03.24
Russian agreed to supply 60 tU fuel India Tarapur nuclear power reactors 06.03.24
Stanislav Antipov Steps Down As Rosenergoatom Head 06.03.23
PBMR Signs USD 1.7 Million Pilot Fuel Plant Facility Contract 06.03.23
Westinghouse Wins USD 30 Million Forsmark Uprates Contract 06.03.23
Switzerland Unveils Three-Step Draft Plan For Choosing Disposal Sites 06.03.22
French report on high-level waste disposal 06.03.21
US Academies issued a report on low-level wastes 06.03.21
French-Libyan nuclear agreement 06.03.21
OPG intends to apply for approval to construct a deep geologic disposal facility 06.03.20
Areva has designed an integrated recycling plant 06.03.20
Commercial operation of Shiga-2 nuclear power reactor is set to start on 15 March 06.03.20
A feasibility study of new nuclear power reactor in Lithuania started to implement 06.03.20
TVEL agreed to supply nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors at Kozloduy NPP 06.03.20
Brazil is developing a National Nuclear Energy Plan 06.03.20
NRC has reached preliminary conclusion for renewal of Palisades NPP operating license 06.03.20
TVA and Southern Co are considering the construction of new reactors 06.03.20
Movement at Midwest mine, Canada 06.03.20
Australia is close to signing an agreement with China 06.03.20
US considers acceleration of energy investment en Pakistan 06.03.17
Areva signs MOX supply agreement with Japan's Chubu Electric 06.03.17
Russia plans to invest USD 10 billion in Uranium production 06.03.17
Common EU Energy Strategy Will Respect Choices Of Individual State 06.03.15
Westinghouse has taken over the 15% shareholding in PBMR previously held by BNFL 06.03.14
Armenian government has decided not to sell Metsamor nuclear power plant 06.03.14
Russia: The basic design of a 1200 MWe reactor should be completed in 2006 06.03.14
France will sign an agreement with Libya 06.03.14
EdF plans to apply for a construction-operation licence for the Flamanville-3 reactor 06.03.14
NRC has approved a 20% power uprate for the Vermont Yankee reactor 06.03.14
Urenco will acquire the interest held by Westinghouse in LES and NEF 06.03.13