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Toshiba Accepts $15 Billion Buyout Bid From Private Equity Firm Japan Industrial Partners
Toshiba accepted a $15.3 billion (roughly Rs. 1.25 lakh crore) buyout offer from a Japanese consortium, the Nikkei newspaper reported, as the iconic conglomerate moved a step closer to ending a troubled chapter in its more-than-140-year history. The Tokyo-based company’s board approved on Thursday a bid of about CNY 2 trillion ($15.3 billion) fro...
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US Nuclear Power Industry Has A Russian Problem: Report
US firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: only one company sells the fuel they need, and it's Russian.
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Japan Looking To Build Next-Gen Nuclear Reactors To Fight Energy Crunch
Japan's prime minister on Wednesday called for a push to revive the country's nuclear power industry in a bid to tackle soaring imported energy costs linked to the Ukraine war.
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Belgium On Verge Of Delaying 2025 Nuclear Power Exit
Belgium may extend the life of its nuclear sector, deferring an exit planned for 2025
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Japan To Assist Bill Gates' Next-Generation Nuclear Power Project
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Thursday it will work with Japan's atomic energy agency to provide technical assistance to a US start-up run by Bill Gates that is building a next-generation nuclear reactor in Wyoming.
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Madras High Court Sets Aside Life Sentence Of CISF Jawan Who Killed 3 Colleagues
The Madras High Court has set aside a lower court order awarding life term to a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan for gunning down three of his colleagues and injuring two others in 2014 at the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant, after invok
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Saudi Arabia Plans To Launch Nuclear Power Tender Next Month: Sources
Saudi Arabia is expected to launch a tender process for its first nuclear reactors as early as next month and will reach out to potential vendors from countries including South Korea, France and China, industry sources said.
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Japan Election Key To World's Biggest Nuclear Plant, Shinzo Abe's Energy Policy
A regional election north of Tokyo between candidates most Japanese have never heard of may decide the fate of the world's biggest nuclear plant and mark a turning point for an industry all but shut down after the Fukushima disaster.
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Japan Court Upholds Reactor Shutdown In New Blow To Nuclear Industry
A Japanese court on Tuesday upheld an order to keep two reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power closed, the utility said, helping keep efforts to get the country's struggling nuclear industry up and running in limbo.
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Japan Court Upholds Injunction To Halt Reactors In Blow To Nuclear Power Industry
A Japanese court on Friday upheld an order to keep two reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant closed, operator Kansai Electric Power said, leaving efforts to get a struggling nuclear industry up and running in limbo.
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Stronger Indian Nuclear Industry Can Make N-Power More Competitive: S Jaishankar
Amidst India's aggressive bid for entry into the elite NSG, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Monday said a stronger Indian nuclear industry can help make nuclear power more competitive globally.
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China Could Build Nuclear Plants For South China Sea: Report
China is getting closer to building maritime nuclear power platforms that could one day be used to support projects in the disputed South China Sea, a state-run newspaper said on Friday, but the foreign ministry said it had not heard of the plans.
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Moment of Truth Nears for Nuclear Waste Time Bomb
More than half a century after the world's first commercial nuclear plant went into operation in the United States, the industry may finally be nearing a way to store radioactive waste underground permanently.
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Japan Eyes Nuclear Power for a Fifth of Electricity Supply
A fifth of Japan's electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country's industry ministry said Tuesday, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.
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Japan's Nuclear Industry Pledges to Refire Reactors
Japan's pro-nuclear lobby pledged today that 2015 would be the year reactors are restarted, despite public wariness that has lingered since the Fukushima disaster.
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Toshiba Accepts $15 Billion Buyout Bid From Private Equity Firm Japan Industrial Partners
Toshiba accepted a $15.3 billion (roughly Rs. 1.25 lakh crore) buyout offer from a Japanese consortium, the Nikkei newspaper reported, as the iconic conglomerate moved a step closer to ending a troubled chapter in its more-than-140-year history. The Tokyo-based company’s board approved on Thursday a bid of about CNY 2 trillion ($15.3 billion) fro...
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US Nuclear Power Industry Has A Russian Problem: Report
US firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: only one company sells the fuel they need, and it's Russian.
-
Japan Looking To Build Next-Gen Nuclear Reactors To Fight Energy Crunch
Japan's prime minister on Wednesday called for a push to revive the country's nuclear power industry in a bid to tackle soaring imported energy costs linked to the Ukraine war.
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Belgium On Verge Of Delaying 2025 Nuclear Power Exit
Belgium may extend the life of its nuclear sector, deferring an exit planned for 2025
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Japan To Assist Bill Gates' Next-Generation Nuclear Power Project
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Thursday it will work with Japan's atomic energy agency to provide technical assistance to a US start-up run by Bill Gates that is building a next-generation nuclear reactor in Wyoming.
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Madras High Court Sets Aside Life Sentence Of CISF Jawan Who Killed 3 Colleagues
The Madras High Court has set aside a lower court order awarding life term to a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan for gunning down three of his colleagues and injuring two others in 2014 at the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant, after invok
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Saudi Arabia Plans To Launch Nuclear Power Tender Next Month: Sources
Saudi Arabia is expected to launch a tender process for its first nuclear reactors as early as next month and will reach out to potential vendors from countries including South Korea, France and China, industry sources said.
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Japan Election Key To World's Biggest Nuclear Plant, Shinzo Abe's Energy Policy
A regional election north of Tokyo between candidates most Japanese have never heard of may decide the fate of the world's biggest nuclear plant and mark a turning point for an industry all but shut down after the Fukushima disaster.
-
Japan Court Upholds Reactor Shutdown In New Blow To Nuclear Industry
A Japanese court on Tuesday upheld an order to keep two reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power closed, the utility said, helping keep efforts to get the country's struggling nuclear industry up and running in limbo.
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Japan Court Upholds Injunction To Halt Reactors In Blow To Nuclear Power Industry
A Japanese court on Friday upheld an order to keep two reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant closed, operator Kansai Electric Power said, leaving efforts to get a struggling nuclear industry up and running in limbo.
-
Stronger Indian Nuclear Industry Can Make N-Power More Competitive: S Jaishankar
Amidst India's aggressive bid for entry into the elite NSG, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Monday said a stronger Indian nuclear industry can help make nuclear power more competitive globally.
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China Could Build Nuclear Plants For South China Sea: Report
China is getting closer to building maritime nuclear power platforms that could one day be used to support projects in the disputed South China Sea, a state-run newspaper said on Friday, but the foreign ministry said it had not heard of the plans.
-
Moment of Truth Nears for Nuclear Waste Time Bomb
More than half a century after the world's first commercial nuclear plant went into operation in the United States, the industry may finally be nearing a way to store radioactive waste underground permanently.
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Japan Eyes Nuclear Power for a Fifth of Electricity Supply
A fifth of Japan's electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country's industry ministry said Tuesday, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.
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Japan's Nuclear Industry Pledges to Refire Reactors
Japan's pro-nuclear lobby pledged today that 2015 would be the year reactors are restarted, despite public wariness that has lingered since the Fukushima disaster.
