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Britain To Significantly Increase Reliance On Nuclear Power
London (AFP) March 6, 2008Britain will "significantly" increase its reliance on nuclear energy in the next 20 years, the country's business secretary said in an interview published Thursday. Asked by the Financial Times whether the government wanted to increase the share of Britain's energy that came from nuclear power, John Hutton replied: "That's the ambition we should have ... I'd be very disappointed if it's not ... more Indonesian Governor Opposes Nuclear Power Plant 
Jakarta (AFP) March 6, 2008An Indonesian governor has backed calls to abandon plans to build a nuclear power plant in his province on the quake-prone main island of Java, a report said Thursday. The government, under pressure to improve energy supplies to the world's fourth most populous nation, plans to build its first nuclear plant on the foothills of Mount Muria, a dormant volcano on the north coast of Central Java ... more New Material Can Find A Needle In A Nuclear Waste Haystack 
Evanston IL (SPX) Mar 05, 2008Nuclear power has advantages, but, if this method of making power is to be viable long term, discovering new solutions to radioactive waste disposal and other problems are critical. Otherwise nuclear power is unlikely to become mainstream. A team of Northwestern University chemists is the first to focus on metal sulfide materials as a possible source for nuclear waste remediation methods. ... more Duke Energy's Lee Nuclear License Application Accepted By US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Charlotte NC (SPX) Mar 05, 2008Duke Energy has received confirmation from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that its combined construction and operating license (COL) application for the proposed William States Lee III Nuclear Station has been approved and docketed for the next stage of review. Our nuclear development project team spent more than 21 months working on this application to ensure quality ... more Toshiba, IHI in talks over nuclear plant tie-up: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 29, 2008Japan's Toshiba Corp. and heavy machinery manufacturer IHI Corp. are in talks over a possible business tie-up in energy systems, including nuclear power plant construction, a report said Friday. IHI may spin off its energy plant business into a new company that would then be partly owned by Toshiba, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing unnamed company sources. The two companies aim to ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Feb 26, 2008French nuclear giant Areva said Tuesday its 2007 net profit rose 14.5 percent as chairwoman Anne Lauvergeon again called on the state-owned company to be opened up to outside investors. Areva, the world's largest nuclear power company, said net profit last year came to 743 million euros (1.1 billion dollars), above analyst forecasts of 709.5 million euros, while operating profit jumped 84.5 ... more ASAT Weapons And Doctrine In The Early 21st Century Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 25, 2007 The Soviet Union once used sea reconnaissance and targeting satellites with nuclear power packs aboard. Upon completion of their duty, they would be elevated to a so-called burial orbit to circle the Earth for hundreds of years. But one of the satellites, while still active, got out of control, descended from orbit and, partly collapsed, fell in the north of Canada. Radioactive pollution ... more 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 |
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Ankara (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Turkey has decided to build its first nuclear power plant at a controversial location on the Mediterranean coast that had been previously dropped, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said Tuesday. "The place where everything is currently ready (for construction) is Akkuyu," Guler told the NTV news channel. An earlier plan to build a nuclear reactor at Akkuyu, in the southern province of Mersin, ... more Lithuania, Poland sign power deal, spurring nuclear plan 
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
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