Nuclear energy

Authorities in Western Europe and the FBI have interrupted four attempts of gangs in Eastern Europe to sell nuclear material to ISIS in the last five years, according to Associated Press.

They have stopped criminals with Russian connections that sought to sell radioactive substances to the Middle Eastern extremists.

Britain pledged 2 billion ($3.1 billion) on Sept.21 for a nuclear plant set to be built in England by a consortium, including Chinese firms, which would be the country's first such new power station in decades.

Novinite has asked Japan's Ambassador to Bulgaria Takashi Koizumi to comment on international nuclear affairs and also on bilateral relations, in a month when the world marked the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

Secretary of State John Kerry said on August 6 the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima underscored the importance of the Iran nuclear deal and disarmament in general, as Japan marked the attack's 70th anniversary.

When Atsushi Hoshino set out to revive a group representing atomic bomb survivors in the rural northeast Japanese prefecture of Fukushima 30 years ago, one topic was taboo - criticising the nuclear power industry upon which many relied for jobs. 

Westinghouse Electric Company and eight European consortium partners today announced that they have received EUR 2 million in funding from the European Union (EU) to establish the security of supply of nuclear fuel for Russian-designed reactors in the EU.

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z has ruled out a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which was made public by daily Hürriyet May 31, was a ?secret? document, saying the study on Turkey?s first yet-to-be-built nuclear power plant was undated. 
 

The European Commission will provide EUR 70 M to Ukraine for the return of the Chernobyl site to a safe environment.

A fifth of Japan's electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country's industry ministry said April 28, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.

Japan?s pro-nuclear lobby pledged on April 13 that 2015 would be the year reactors are restarted, despite public wariness that has lingered since the Fukushima disaster.

Industry officials and supporters said the country desperately needs atomic power to play its part in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and ensure a stable electricity supply.