Contaminated water might have leaked from the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors after erroneous settings on water gauges lowered groundwater levels nearby, the plant operator said.
Westinghouse Electric Company today re-affirmed its commitment to delivering economic benefit to the United Kingdom through the company’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) shared design and development model - allowing the U.K. to move from buyer to global provider of SMR technology.
Today Westinghouse Electric Company announced they have signed a contract with Jadrová a vyraoovacia spolocnost (JAVYS) for the dismantling of the reactor coolant systems of two VVER-440 units at the Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia. The project is financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Workers at the Sellafield nuclear site will stage a 24-hour strike on Wednesday in a dispute over pay.
Construction workers on the £20 billion Hinkley Point nuclear power station are to be balloted for strikes in a long-running dispute over pay and bonuses.
Rising sea levels could pose a threat to the naval base which houses the UK’s Trident submarines, a new report has warned.
US president Donald Trump has warned Washington will walk away from its nuclear deal with Iran if it deems that the UN watchdog monitoring the agreement is not tough enough.
A plane carrying weapons-grade nuclear waste to the US left the Highlands the day after the UK’s terror threat level was raised to “critical”.
Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has called for nuclear power to remain a key component of the country’s energy supply despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society.
A North Korean threat to sink Japan with a nuclear bomb is “extremely provocative and outrageous”, Japan’s top government spokesman said.