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Russia signs pact for six nuclear reactors in India
India and Russia signed an agreement on the sidelines of the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit in New Delhi to build six more nuclear reactors at a new site in India, Rosatom said.
read more... 09/10/2018
Russia to build nuclear reactors for China & Egypt
Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom will commission the third and fourth unit of China's Xudabao nuclear power plant (NPP) by 2027-2028 and start construction of the first unit of Egypt's Dabaa NPP in the summer of 2020, according to Aleksei Likhachev, CEO of Rosatom, on Wednesday.
read more... 13/09/2018
UK to help modify Iran’s Arak heavy-water nuke reactor
The U.K. will help Iran modify its Arak nuclear reactor after the U.S. withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers earlier this year, Iranian officials announced Wednesday.
read more... 23/08/2018
US government to investigate uranium imports
At the request of two domestic uranium producers, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) has launched an investigation into whether "the present quantity and circumstances" of uranium imports threatens national security. However, the US nuclear energy industry has warned that a suggested quota on imports would have a significant financial impact on the country's reactor operators.
read more... 20/07/2018
Investment in new nuclear declines to five-year low
Global energy investment fell for the third consecutive year in 2017, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Investment in nuclear power declined by nearly 45% last year to USD17 billion. Although spending on new reactors reached the lowest level in five years, investment on upgrades of existing units increased.
read more... 19/07/2018