A nuclear research reactor in Norway had to be shut down after an alarm signal sounded, the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) announced.
In a statement, the agency said no radiation leak had been detected around the building housing the reactor at a technical institute in Kjeller, some 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Oslo.
Four of Sweden’s 10 nuclear reactors have been shut down, following an electricity failure. The Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SKI, has been holding an emergency meeting, following the incidents at the Oskarshamn and Forsmark plants.
The firm operating Oskarshamn, in southern Sweden, stopped two of its three reactors late on Wednesday, citing safety concerns.
The fifth block of the Kozlodui Nuclear Power Plant will re-open after the planned June 15 closure only if the Russian company Hydropress that constructed the plant guarantees there will be no more failures of the security system.
Paris, March 13, 2006 - Nuclear power will dominate the first G8 energy summit in Moscow next week.
The rising price of fossil fuels, combined with concerns about the greenhouse effect and the demands of the Kyoto agreement ha s meant industrialised nations are having to reconsider how they source their energy supplies. Most countries regard nuclear energy as the solution to environmental concerns and dwindling fossil fuel supplies.
THE CITY of Košice is against a proposal to mark off almost 300,000 square metres of land near the city's Jahodná recreational area for a uranium mine. The Canadian company Tournigan Gold Corporation (TGC) is interested in mining uranium and molybdenum in this area. The city is the exclusive owner of the land in question.
Košice argues that the land lies in a protected area that includes the city's water reservoirs.
As Britain seriously considers launching a new nuclear programme, Robin McKie visits Finland to see Europe's first reactor for more than a decade, built as the only answer to the country's energy needs
By Michael Harrison, Business Editor
Saturday, 24 December 2005
An inquiry was under way last night at the Torness nuclear power station in Scotland after an incident involving fuel rods in one of its reactors.
Anti-nuclear campaigners said the incident was just the latest in a series of problems at the British Energy-owned site and called for the investigation to be wide ranging.
THE STATE ironed out the final wrinkles plaguing the sale of Slovak power utility Slovenské elektrárne to Italian buyer Enel in what is the country's last big privatization deal in the energy sector.
Slovakia might soon see its nuclear power plant in Mochovce completed, along with the construction of its first wind power plant if power producer Enel makes good on its investment plan promises.
The Spanish government plans to open tenders for purchase of land at three sites for nuclear power plants that never operated, a spokesman at the Ministry of Industry, Trade & Tourism said May 9. The plants fell victim to the country's 1984 nuclear construction moratorium.
Italy is hoping to export 99% of its nuclear waste to the UK after public demonstrations made it impossible to find a suitable site on Italian soil.
The Italian government has 235 tonnes of spent fuel from the country's long decommissioned reactors in deteriorating stores.
