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As the UAE prepares to adopt nuclear energy, it can draw pointers from Finland’s troubled Olkiluoto plant. What should have been a relatively low-cost and … Lesson in how not to go nuclearRead more

‘Italians have not been able to protect Renaissance art treasures for even as long as one thousand years. Egyptians have not been able to protect … Quote of the EraRead more

Prague – The Dukovany nuclear power plant, owned by Czech power giant CEZ, nearly shut down one of its four units Tuesday owing to an … Reactor nearly shuts down owing to staff errorRead more

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says an apparent water leak has been detected in a dike outside Dominion Virginia Power’s North Anna nuclear power plant. … Water leak found outside nuclear reactorsRead more

A power unit of a nuclear power plant in southern Russia was shut down for repair on Sunday, said Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosenergoatom. … Nuclear power plant shuts down power unit for repairRead more

Federal regulators say there is no danger to the public after a small amount of a radioactive isotope was discovered on the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power … Radioactive isotope found at Nuclear Power Plant complexRead more

Nearly one million people around the world died from exposure to radiation released by the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl reactor, finds a new … Chernobyl: One nuclear reactor can pollute half the globeRead more

The likes of French nuclear giant AREVA and its supporters are trying to push the nuclear ‘renaissance’ onto the agenda at the Copenhagen climate change … Two more new nuclear reactor projects in troubleRead more

So, in July 2007, there were these two contractors working at the Sellafield nuclear plant in North West England. They were drilling through a concrete … Radioactive contamination at SellafieldRead more