Orano signs an agreement with Japanese customer for the reprocessing of spent fuel to advance bilateral studies on the ...

Testing has begun on VVER-type fuel elements with uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide fuel in the MIR research reactor. Based on the results of irradiation and tests, scientists "intend to substantiate the ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: The Orano group has signed two MOX fuel manufacturing contracts with the Japanese industrial company MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.) for a total of 64 ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Orano has signed a contract with Japan's NFI (Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd) for the fabrication of 32 MOX fuel assemblies for the Takahama 3 and 4 reactors ...

Some outside experts are particularly concerned about high levels of plutonium in one of the damaged Japanese reactors. About 6 percent of the fuel rods in reactor No. 3 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi ...

OSAKA -- A plan to build a new special fuel treatment facility in France has been called off, it has been learned, despite ...

TOKYO, June 12 (Reuters) - Japan's power industry utilities' association said on Friday it has delayed a target of having 16-18 nuclear reactors using mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel by five years to March ...