nuclear-reactor

WASHINGTON—Toshiba Corp.'s Westinghouse Electric Co. unit earned two key votes of confidence Friday on the nuclear-reactor design slated to be used at a dozen new nuclear power-generating units in the U.S.

New Reactors Get Key Backers Ryan Tracy 2011

During her decade at the helm of Areva, Ms. Lauvergeon sought to turn the company into a global nuclear heavyweight, offering services ranging from uranium mining to nuclear-reactor construction.

Ex-CEO Accuses French Firm Of Spying Max Colchester 2012

The prefectures hardest hit by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear-reactor woes represent less than 5% of Japan's sales.

Aflac CEO: Profit View Stands Despite Quake Leslie Scism 2011

In France, shares of nuclear-reactor maker Areva sank 9.6%, while utilities that have committed to large nuclear projects also suffered.

Insurance, Nuclear Worries Hit European Stocks Ishaq Siddiqi 2011

In PARIS , shares of nuclear-reactor maker Areva sank 9.6%, while utilities that have committed to large nuclear projects also suffered.

Europe Falls on Fear About Japan's Crisis Ishaq Siddiqi 2011

The Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 reactor has a better "containment system than Chernobyl but on the scale of most reactors in this country, it's not as strong as most of them," said Ken Bergeron, a physicist and former scientist at the Sandia National Laboratories, where he worked on nuclear-reactor accident simulation.

Scientists: Japan Fallout Won't Rival Chernobyl's Gautam Naik 2011

The newspaper said it would be easier for the U.S. and Japan to sell their nuclear-reactor technology overseas if they could offer countries a place to put their nuclear waste.

U.S., Japan Deny Plans to Send Spent Nuclear Fuel to Mongolia Peter Landers 2011

But even Ms. Merkel's policies show the Greens' influence on society: In March, after Japan's nuclear-reactor disaster, she bowed to Germans' mistrust of atomic energy and agreed to shut down all Germany's reactors by 2022.

Germany's Greens: From Hippies to Hip Patrick McGroarty 2011

*** Utilities Areva, the French state-controlled nuclear-engineering group, will sign a strategic partnership for its nuclear-reactor program with Rolls-Royce Group.

Business Watch 2011

As long as the threat of a nuclear-reactor disaster is avoided, some analysts said, the earthquake's economic and market impact could prove less severe than the human toll might suggest.

Markets Slip on Quake Worries E.S. Browning 2011