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A transport ship carrying recycled nuclear fuel for Japanese power companies left the French port of Cherbourg for Japan Thursday. The ship is loaded with … Fourth shipment of MOX fuel to JapanRead more

French nuclear waste is on the move and now at sea on the Russian transport ship, Kapitan Kuroptev. That doesn’t mean Greenpeace has given up … French nuclear waste is on the moveRead more

Entergy Corp was denied a request for a water-quality certification for its Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York, setting back efforts for a … No inspectionRead more

The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey has killed 80 million pounds of aquatic organisms in the past 40 years, a federal agency says. … Nuclear plant that kills 1,000 tons of sea life a yearRead more

Kansai Electric Power Co (9503.T), Japan’s second-largest utility, said on Friday it would manually shut down the 500-megawatt No.2 reactor at its Mihama nuclear plant … Kansai to shut reactorRead more

Some 350km (220 miles) from India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, lies the village of Madban overlooking the vast expanse of the Arabian Sea. It is in … Indian farmers battle against nuclear plantRead more

Niger in Western African provides 40-45 per cent of the uranium needed to fuel French nuclear reactors. French companies have been mining uranium in Niger … Sarkozy’s secretRead more

The Monju prototype fast reactor (FBR) in Japan has completed a government-mandated procedure to ensure the reactor is safe to restart following a sodium coolant … After 15 years of fixingRead more

The International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) has condemned Fast Breeder Reactors. ‘After six decades and the expenditure of the equivalent of tens of billions … Fast Breeder Reactors, What a shameRead more

Of all the nuclear waste France has sent to Russia since 2006 for reprocessing, less than 10% has ever been sent back. That’s 3,090 tonnes … Reprocessing fraudRead more