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Favorable Confusion Might Keep Pakistan Out Of Civil War
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2007 Free elections in Pakistan Feb. 18 were to be the first step in bringing a dysfunctional nuclear power back to democratic stability. The preliminary first step was a deal with the pro-al-Qaida Taliban chief in the tribal areas. The new Pakistani army chief of staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani, and the "amir" of Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, agreed to a cease-fire, as well as the ... more Outside View: Nuclear fever in the Baltics 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 20, 2007 Four Baltic nations -- Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland -- have decided to build a powerful nuclear plant together. The initiative belongs to Lithuania, the only partner that knows what a luxury it is. In the Soviet Union, it had a two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power plant on the banks of Lake Druksiai near the town of Ignalina. Lithuania had plenty of energy and exported it to ... more India must pass by July key India-US nuclear deal: US senators 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 20, 2008India must complete by July all steps needed to conclude a nuclear technology deal with Washington to ensure the US Congress approves it before the presidential polls, three US senators said on Wednesday. The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal has been held up due to stiff opposition from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Communist allies who prop up the minority Congress-led government. ... more Areva declares interest in Turkey nuclear plant project 
Istanbul (AFP) Feb 18, 2008French nuclear giant Areva said Monday it was interested in a planned tender for the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant. "We are going to meet the (Turkish) energy minister (Hilmi Guler) and we will clearly indicate to him that the Areva company is interested," Gabriel Saltarelli, head of the company's commercial affairs in Central and Eastern Europe, told reporters here. ... more Outside View: Russian nuke plant for India 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 15, 2007 Russia and India have upgraded their unique cooperation in building civilian nuclear facilities by initializing an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of four additional energy units at the Kudankulam nuclear power station in Tamil Nadu and on joint work at other sites. Deputy Director of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency Nikolai Spassky and head of the Indian Nuclear Power ... more |
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Warsaw (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Poland and Lithuania Tuesday signed a deal paving the way to hook up their electricity grids, helping offset Russia's energy clout in the region and clearing a hurdle to related plans to build a new nuclear power plant. In a ceremony with Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his Lithuanian opposite number Valdas Adamkus, the bosses of the two countries' state-owned electricity grid firms inke ... more India, Russia agree to cooperate in civil nuclear power, boost trade 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Cold War allies India and Russia Tuesday finalised plans for Moscow to build new nuclear power stations here and pledged to boost strategic ties by doubling trade to 10 billion dollars by 2010. The two countries also decided to step up cooperation in defence, engineering and energy during talks between visiting Russian Prime Minister Victor Zubkov and his Indian host Manmohan Singh in New De ... more US Nuclear Power Plants Set Record Highs For Electricity Production And Efficiency In 2007 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2008U.S. nuclear power plants posted all-time record highs in electricity production and efficiency in 2007, according to preliminary figures released by the Nuclear Energy Institute. U.S. nuclear plants generated approximately 807 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity last year, exceeding by more than two percent the previous record-high of 788.5 billion kwh of electricity set in 2004. ... more Energy Department FY09 Budget Request Reflects New Focus On Nuclear Power 
by Staff WritersWashington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 Portending the nations intensifying need for additional sources of clean, reliable electricity, the Department of Energy has released its fiscal year 2009 budget request that seeks a 79 percent increase in funding for the Nuclear Power 2010 program and that extends the period during which companies that build new nuclear power plants can apply for federal loan ... more Lithuania, Poland to sign power deal spurring nuclear plan 
Vilnius (AFP) Feb 4, 2008Lithuania and Poland said Monday they were poised to sign a deal linking their electricity supply grids, resolving a key sticking point in related talks on constructing a new nuclear power plant. "I have been invited to visit Warsaw on February 12. We plan to sign documents on the construction of the energy bridge between Lithuania and Poland during the visit," Lithuanian Economy Minister ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Jan 30, 2008An international "fuel bank" should be set up to provide countries like Iran with nuclear fuel for civilian purposes so they don't have to enrich uranium themselves, the EU's Javier Solana said Wednesday. "Beyond Iran itself, in a world where there is an increasing interest in nuclear power, we need to find ways of ensuring countries they can obtain nuclear fuel without having to carry out ... more Bush wants climate deal that gives 'none a free ride' 
Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2008US President George W. Bush called Monday for completing an international deal aimed at cutting global-warming greenhouse gases that involves "every major economy and gives none a free ride." In his annual State of the Union speech, Bush plugged a US initiative which stresses uses of nuclear power and technology to trap emissions from coal plants that critics fear will undermine UN-led effor ... more Russia completes nuclear fuel delivery to Iran: report 
Tehran (AFP) Jan 28, 2008Russia has completed delivering fuel for Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported. "With the last consignment, Russia has fully delivered the 82 tonnes of fuel enriched by 1.6 to 3.6 percents along with the supplementary equipment," said a statement from Iran's Organisation for Production and Development of Nuclear Energy. ... more Russia accuses Western, Asian powers of WMD spying: report 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Russia's FSB secret service on Friday accused "Western and Asian spy agencies" of trying to obtain information on technology for making weapons of mass destruction, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Russian agents "have uncovered spying attempts by Western and Asian spy agencies in enterprises specialising in nuclear energy, biology and nanotechnology work" in Siberia, RIA Novosti quoted an ... more France, India fire up military cooperation, nuclear energy ties 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 26, 2008India and France agreed Friday to push their military ties beyond arms sales, signing an accord on nuclear power cooperation as soon as New Delhi is allowed to enter the global atomic energy market. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he had agreed with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy to go beyond a "buyer-seller relationship," in which France is merely positioned as one of several ... more
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