Nuclear power

Several Balkan countries reported nuclear pollution in their atmosphere during September and October, due to an allegedly unreported incident traced to the Southern Urals, but experts have reassured worried people that the levels of nuclear pollution are not dangerous.

Belene nuclear plant project can be financially successful in two thirds of the 90 scenarios developed by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), a report by the academy presented on 16th of November, reads.

Russia and Turkey plan to launch the first reactor at Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant in 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Nov. 13.

The Fifth Unit of Kozloduy NPP will be allowed to work for another ten years. This is announced by the executive director of the plant Ivan Andreev. For the first time, a Bulgarian nuclear facility will continue to produce electricity after the end of its project resource, reports webcafe. 

Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to start procuring uranium in the kingdom as part of its developing nuclear program. A high-ranking Saudi official termed it the first step to "self-sufficiency" in nuclear fuel production.

Asian countries dominate the market for new nuclear power plants, says the latest report by the World Nuclear Association. Eight of the ten new nuclear reactors, which began operating in 2016, are in Asia.

Greenpeace environmentalists stepped into a French nuclear power plant today and launched fireworks, the Associated Press reported.

The aim of the ecologists was to call for a more secure storage of nuclear waste and to protest against France's dependence on nuclear energy.

The Fukushima nuclear power plant may have been leaking radioactive water since April, its owner has admitted.

Three international companies want to invest in Belene Nuclear Power Plant. This was declared by Minister Temenuzhka Petkova who, today, announced the start of the construction of the National Radioactive Waste Repository in Belene. Reports BNT.

Turkey and Russia signed a key cooperation deal in the context of nuclear energy development in the Turkish capital Ankara on Aug. 24.