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France to spend $13 billion to boost nuclear safety
While some European countries as Germany or Switzerland have decided to phase out nuclear power following the Fukushima accident, the French Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) concluded that there is “no objective reason” to shut down nuclear power plants in France.
read more... 09/01/2012
French nuclear power plants passed safety tests
According to the French energy utility EDF, all nuclear power plants from France has passed successfully the safety tests, the report being submitted to the country's nuclear regulator ASN. The move came in the wake of Fukushima nuclear accident.
read more... 23/09/2011
France may extend the operation of its oldest nuclear plant
According to an article in the French daily, Le Figaro, the oldest and the most controversial nuclear reactor in France, called Fessenheim, in operation since 1977, is in the next few days expected to receive permission to extend its life span for another 10 years by the Nuclear Safety Authority of France (ASN).
read more... 27/06/2011
Rosneft and ExxonMobil to collaborate in the development of Black Sea basin
Russia’s Rosneft and ExxonMobil have found common ground regarding joint development of oil and gas resources in the Black Sea, which involves exploration and production in the Tuapse Trough, an 11,200-square-kilometers deepwater offshore area along the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar region.
read more... 14/02/2011