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The European Commission's approval of agreements between EDF Group and the UK government to build Hinkley Point C demonstrates that they are "fair and balanced for investors and consumers now and for the long term," EDF ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß chief executive Vincent de Rivaz said.

Kazakhstan's economic and foreign policy ambitions will continue to sustain the country's active participation in the global nuclear market and politics, think tank the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said in a new report, Kazakhstan and the Global Nuclear Order, published last week.

Climate action and a low-carbon economy have been recurring themes as members of the European parliament have been grilling candidates for top posts in the next European Commission over the past week, but nuclear energy has been largely missing from the debate.

A USA-Vietnam agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation has entered into force. The agreement establishes the terms for commercial nuclear trade, research and technology exchanges between the two countries as provided under Section 123 of the Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Act.

Kazakhstan has removed a stockpile of Russian-origin fresh high-enriched uranium fuel from the critical assembly of the WWR-K Research Reactor in Almaty, the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency said yesterday.

Bolivia is to invest more than $2 billion in the development of nuclear energy over the next decade, the country's president has announced.

The USA and India have established an inter-agency Contact Group to sort out outstanding liability and technical issues to accelerate the full implementation of the US-India civil nuclear cooperation agreementÌýintroduced in 2005.

The operator of Spain's Garoña nuclear power plant, Nuclenor, has submitted documents to the country's nuclear regulator detailing how it plans to meet a series of requirements for the plant's restart.

Sweden may be facing the phase out of nuclear power following agreement by the country's Social Democrats and their junior coalition partner, the Green Party, to set up an energy commission tasked with achieving a 100% renewable electricity system.

The US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß has announced a significant step to help meet America's future low-carbon goals with the release by its Loan Programs OfficeÌýof a draft $12.6 billion loan guarantee solicitation for advanced nuclear energy projects.

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COP 21 will need to prove that the international community has not failed on climate change, writes Jonathan Cobb.

The Finnish government has decided not to grant Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) an extension to its 2010 decision in principle for the construction of a fourth unit at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant.