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Japan To Restart 7 Dormant Plants As Part Of Nuclear Revival

To fulfill its energy needs, Japan aims to restart seven idle nuclear plants this year and to begin construction on a new fleet of cutting-edge reactors.The decision was made in response to increased energy prices and a push to...

New Breeder Reactor May Yield More Than Electricity In China

Pushing away Changbiao Island could appear insignificant and small from the shores of China's Fujian province. It is not at all. The China National Nuclear Corp. is constructing two fast-neutron nuclear breeder reactors there; the first one is expected...

A Significant Advancement In Fusion Energy On The Cards

According to reports, American researchers have completed the first nuclear fusion experiment to provide a net increase in energy. News sources from December 11 indicated that the Department of Energy (DOE) would probably reveal the discovery on December 13. Since the scientific...

US Grants Romania $3bn To Strengthen Its Nuclear Capacity

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has expressed interest in contributing $3.05 billion to help finance American participation in the construction of two additional reactors at Cernavoda, Romania's sole nuclear power plant. On November 9th, at the COP27 summit...

The US Finances Research Towards Recycling Nuclear Waste

On October 21st, the Biden administration announced that it is supporting initiatives to recover nuclear waste from power plants, such as through reprocessing, a method that has not been used in the US for decades due to worries about...

Russian Nuclear Energy Still Quietly Imported Into Europe

Much more than 7 months into the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, the nuclear fuel industry in Russia is notably unaffected by European sanctions, much to the despair of Kyiv politicians and environmental activists. Shipments of nuclear fuel from Russia are...

First Time Ever, Nuclear Reactor Shutdown In Belgium Happens

In accordance with Belgian law requiring the phase-out of nuclear power, the Doel 3 reactor, which has been operating in Belgium for 40 years, has been shut down. The nuclear plant in Doel, a village north of the port city...

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