Berlin slams "irresponsible" report on nuclear funds
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Sept 15 (Reuters) - German economy minister Sigmar Gabriel refuted media reports of a provisioning shortfall of up to 30 billion euros ($34 billion) in nuclear exit costs, speaking of...
View ArticleGermany demands France shut old nuclear plant near border
Germany demanded Friday that France close down its oldest nuclear plant, Fessenheim, near the German and Swiss borders -- just one of several ageing atomic plants that are unsettling France's...
View ArticleIrregularities found in Areva-made components in French nuclear plants - ASN
Irregularities have been found in around 50 Areva-made components installed in French nuclear reactors, nuclear regulator ASN said on Tuesday.It said that after the discovery of weak spots in the...
View ArticleLithuania Submits Note To Belarusian Ambassador
Lithuanian MFA demands explanations regarding the accident at the construction of the Astravets NPP.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania called after the Belarusian Ambassador and submitted him...
View ArticleEU Court Likens Slovakian Charge to Illegal Customs Duty
(CN) – The European Court of Justice scolded Slovakia on Thursday for imposing a charge on one of its own power companies to export electricity to other member states.Slovakia adopted the scheme in...
View ArticleInsurance against nuclear damage regulated in Belarus
MINSK, 14 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed decree No.15 “On responsibility for nuclear damage” on 14 January, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.The...
View ArticleHungary working to modify funding for Russian-built nuclear plant
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is working to modify financing for a nuclear plant being built by Russia so it only starts repaying the loan once the two reactors begin supplying power, a Hungarian...
View ArticleErdoğan: Sinop Nuclear Plant Project Halted
"We are not at the desired point on the Sinop nuclear power plant project," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told daily Nikkei.Erdoğan arrived in Japan today for the G20 summit in Osaka, where he will meet with...
View ArticleTurkey Nixes Nuclear Power Plant Deal With Japan
Turkey has canceled an agreement with a Japanese-led consortium to build a 4,500-megawatt nuclear plant in Sinop in northern Turkey along the Black Sea coast. The Sinop site would have been Turkey’s...
View ArticleCourt ruling could close Doel nuclear reactors earlier
A ruling by the Constitutional Court could mean the nuclear power stations Doel 1 and Doel 2 have to close down earlier than the government planned.The Court this week struck down a law passed in 2015...
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