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Daily (12.10.2017): French year-ahead delivery power contract hit a record high, delayed nuclear reactors restarts
Oil prices edged up for the third day on Wednesday as OPEC predictions of higher demand for 2018 and tensions in Kurdistan buyout prices.
read more... 12/10/2017
France: EDF will protect its business position in energy sector investigation
The French minister of environment Nicolas Hulot declared in July that about 17 reactors could be closed in France by the year 2025, as it tries to reduce the part of nuclear power in its electricity mix.
read more... 21/09/2017
Last segment of the Fukushima ice wall is being frozen
The last section of the ice wall surrounding the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors is being frozen, as stated by Tokyo Electric Power Company. The wall ensures that no water from the outside enters the reactor building basement, and no contaminated water from the inside escapes to the outside.
read more... 25/08/2017
Nuclear waste found under Fukushima power plant
A heap of melted nuclear waste has been found by an underwater robot inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima power plant.
read more... 28/07/2017
Cold testing completed at Barakah 2nd unit
The second unit at the Barakah nuclear plant has successfully undergone the cold hydrostatic testing. It was performed in order to see if all joints, pipes and components of the reactor coolant system qualify to the standards set by the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR).
read more... 26/07/2017