EDF Energy will shut down temporarily four nuclear reactors at two large power plants in the north of England after a technical issue was found in boiler units.
read more... 12/08/2014
The EDF version of so-called EPR nuclear reactors may be the first connected to the grid, overthrowing others also manufactured by Areva in Finland and China, according Henri Proglio, chief executive of state-controlled French utility EDF.
read more... 01/08/2014
Canada's Candu Energy declared on Friday it will assist China Nuclear Power Engineering Company (CNPEC) in the construction of two nuclear reactors in European Union state Romania if and when the Chinese company comes to a decision to invest there.
read more... 28/07/2014
Areva's head of the company modified his prediction that the French nuclear group controlled by the state would vend 10 reactors by 2016, stating it would be no problem if that time limit reduces by a year or two.
read more... 21/05/2014
An accord between Japan's Toshiba and France's GDF Suez has been reached on key stipulations with Britain's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to run the terrain at Sellafield where the firms intend to construct three new nuclear reactors.
read more... 02/05/2014