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France has 56 reactors – more than any other European nation. What is it like to swim, play and live in their shadow?

Before renewables came along, coal-fired power stations pumped out electricity (and carbon emissions) 24 hours a day. But now, this type of “always on” baseload power is no longer necessary or commercially viable.

Spot prices for uranium are up 50% in the past year due to the growing supply/demand imbalance. By one estimate, demand could outstrip supply by more than 100 million pounds per year through the 2030s. That makes NexGen Energy's project, which will be the largest uranium mine in the world,…

IAN Murray has been urged to “respect” devolution and rule out building any new nuclear power stations in Scotland ...

ONE of Scotland’s leading environmental campaigners has warned that Labour’s GB Energy plans risk wasting resources on nuclear power.

Ghana is considering bids from five companies for the construction of what would be its first nuclear power plant. The companies are: France’s EDF, US-based NuScale Power and Regnum Technology Group; China National Nuclear Corporation; South Korea’s Kepco and its subsidiary Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Corporation; and Russia’s Rosatom. The…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’ relationship as NATO leaders gathered in Washington and Russia and launched deadly missile strikes in Ukraine that destroyed a children's hospital

Australia’s opposition leader has proposed building the country’s first nuclear plants, but many are unconvinced.