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France postpones target for cutting nuclear share of power production

8 November 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed France postpones target for cutting nuclear share of power production PARIS (Reuters) – The French government has postponed a long-held target to reduce the share of nuclear energy in the country’s power production after grid operator RTE warned it...

Foratom Director-General Urges Nuclear Industry To ‘Step Up’ And Cooperate On Challenges

20 October 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Foratom Director-General Urges Nuclear Industry To ‘Step Up’ And Cooperate On Challenges Close cooperation in the European nuclear sector could help the industry overcome many challenges, improve its competitiveness and maintain the share of nuclear energy in...

Brexit Is a Game Changer for the British Nuclear Industry

16 October 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Brexit Is a Game Changer for the British Nuclear Industry Of all the international regulatory challenges created by the U.K.’s impending departure from the European Union, the atomic-energy industry may best encapsulate the decision’s bottom-line effect: more...

Europe’s nuclear trade body pushes for swift ‘Brexatom’ deal with UK

12 October 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Europe’s nuclear trade body pushes for swift ‘Brexatom’ deal with UK Europe’s nuclear trade body has said it sees no reason why the UK cannot quickly sign a nuclear deal with the EU after Brexit which mirrors agreements the bloc...

South Korea a ‘nuclear success story’

28 September 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed South Korea a ‘nuclear success story’ South Korea’s economic growth is thanks in part to nuclear energy, and the innovative use of radiation techniques will support sustainable development, said the country’s ambassador to the...

IAEA: Advanced Nuclear Technologies can Help Achieve a Carbon-Free Energy Future

20 September 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed IAEA: Advanced Nuclear Technologies can Help Achieve a Carbon-Free Energy Future Innovation in the nuclear sector is vital to fulfil its potential in combatting climate change, agreed panellists at a side event held on the margins of the IAEA General...

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