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Compound Removes Radioactive Material From Power Plant Waste
Argonne IL (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Strontium 90 is a common radioactive by-product of fission in nuclear power plants. When extracted from the reactor along with other isotopes, a mixture created is made up of the radioactive material and inert ions like sodium and calcium. Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University have developed a compound that captures the radioactive ions ... more Nuclear Power To Play Key Role In Meeting Energy And Environmental Goals 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2008The development of new nuclear power plants over the next decade will help the nation meet its growing demand for electricity with a reliable, carbon-free source of energy, a nuclear industry executive told the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. It is extraordinarily challenging to imagine credible scenarios by which electricity produce ... more Putin hints at summit with Libya's Kadhafi: report 
Moscow (AFP) March 11, 2008Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday left open the possibility of a summit with Libya's Moamer Kadhafi amid Russian interest in the North African country's civil nuclear energy market. "We have a very active dialogue, and I don't exclude reciprocal visits at the highest level," Putin said during a meeting with parliament leaders at the Kremlin, according to the Interfax news agency. ... more Progress Energy Florida Takes Next Step To Secure Energy Future 
St. Petersburg FL (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Progress Energy Florida took a significant step toward securing Florida's energy future with carbon-free nuclear power. The company submitted a filing with the Florida Public Service Commission that outlines its need for additional electricity and proposes to meet that need with two nuclear units in Levy County. Nuclear power is one of three critical components of the company's balance ... more Bulgaria shortlists RWE, Electrabel for nuclear power plant 
Sofia (AFP) March 11, 2008Belgian utility Electrabel and German power giant RWE have been shortlisted to help finance and operate a new nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, the state-owned National Electricity Company said Tuesday. NEC said in a statement it had whittled down to just two an original shortlist of six companies interested in acquiring a minority stake in Belene Power Company, which will finance and ... more |
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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 Four million without power in Florida 
Miami (AFP) Feb 26, 2008Some four million people were without power across southern Florida on Tuesday after reactors went down at a nuclear power plant, US media and police said on Tuesday. Four million people had lost electricity across a wide area including Miami and traffic signals were malfunctioning, causing congestion on roads and forcing some shops to close. "We have a massive power outage in Miami, but ... more Coal-Fired Power Industry Now In Similiar Position To Nuclear Power In 1970s 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 27, 2008With rising construction costs, regulatory uncertainties, environmental concerns and other growing risks, the U.S. utilities with more than 100 proposed new coal-fired power plants now face comparable risks and uncertainties to those that derailed the U.S. nuclear power industry in the 1970s, according to a major new report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., for the Interfaith Center on ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Feb 20, 2008 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, 2008 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 Namibia hopes to build nuclear power station: official 
Windhoek (AFP) Feb 15, 2008Namibia hopes to construct a nuclear power station within ten years to ensure independent power supply in the face of a regional electricity crisis, a government official said Friday. "We are thinking of nuclear-generated energy," Joseph Iita, permanent secretary of the ministry of Mines and Energy told AFP. "The political position is already there, we are working with the Americans ... more
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