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Westinghouse Wins Contract To Provide Fuel Supplies To Ukraine
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Westinghouse Electric has announced it has won a five-year contract to provide nuclear fuel supplies to three Ukrainian reactors beginning in 2011. Ukraine relies on nuclear power generation for nearly 50 percent of its energy requirements. The genesis of Westinghouse's introduction into the Ukrainian nuclear fuel marketplace was an award in 2000 by the U.S. Government for the development ... more Toshiba expands in US with NRG nuclear tie-up 
Tokyo (AFP) March 26, 2008Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced a deal Wednesday aimed at expanding its share of US nuclear power plant construction with a 300 million dollar investment in a venture with US giant NRG Energy Inc. Toshiba will become the prime contractor for all future projects by the company, Nuclear Innovation North America, which will promote the deployment of advanced boiling water reactor power plants ... more France And UK To Forge Deals On Nuclear And Defence Issues 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 26, 2008The leaders of France and Britain are to hold a joint meeting later this week expected to result in an agreement to promote nuclear power as well as further co-operation on defence, immigration and money markets. UK daily the Guardian reported last week that Paris and London are ready to sign a deal on constructing a new generation of power plants, a move that is expected to be signed off by ... more US, Bahrain sign deal on nuclear energy cooperation: US 
Washington (AFP) March 24, 2008The United States and Bahrain signed a deal Monday on peaceful nuclear energy cooperation, holding it up as a model for the Middle East that contrasts with Iran's disputed atomic program. The memorandum of understanding on nuclear energy cooperation was signed by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa during a ceremony at ... more Turkey invites bids to build first nuclear power plant 
Ankara (AFP) March 24, 2008Turkey's energy minister on Monday invited bids for the construction of country's first nuclear power plant, which is to be built on the Mediterranean coast despite strong opposition from environmentalists. "I have officially launched the tender process today. This is the start of a very important and positive process for our country's future,", the Anatolia news agency quoted Energy Minister ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 22, 2008Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will visit Moscow next week for talks centring on the situation in the Middle East and civilian nuclear energy, Egypt's ambassador said Saturday. The visit comes at "a critical moment when the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians is practically frozen and when the situation is getting worse in Gaza," ambassador Ezzat Al-Saied told Interfax news age ... more Sarkozy, Brown to unveil nuclear cooperation plan: report 
London (AFP) March 22, 2008Britain and France will announce a deal to build new nuclear power stations and export the technology worldwide during President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit next week, the Guardian reported Saturday. Britain approved the construction of a new generation of nuclear plants in January and wants to take advantage of French expertise to help build them, the paper said. The announcement is d ... more Japan must lead way on nuclear energy, say advisors 
Tokyo (AFP) March 21, 2008A government advisory body on Friday urged Tokyo to take the lead in promoting nuclear energy worldwide as part of efforts to fight global warming. Japan is struggling to meet its obligations to slash greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol and is also being hit hard by high oil prices as Asia's largest economy has virtually no natural energy resources. The Atomic Energy Commission ... more Russian nuclear giant teams up with Toshiba: statement
Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2008Russian nuclear energy giant Atomenergoprom and Japanese industrial corporation Toshiba signed a preliminary cooperation agreement on Thursday, Russia's nuclear ministry said in a statement. "Today's event symbolises the start of large-scale cooperation between two leading companies... in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear energy," Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia's nuclear agency, was ... more Florida Power And Light Welcomes Initial Approval For New Nuclear Power Units At Turket Point 
Juno Beach FL (SPX) Mar 19, 2008The Florida Public Service Commission took a positive step toward securing the state's clean energy future with its approval of plans to build two nuclear power units at Florida Power and Light Company's Turkey Point generating complex in Miami-Dade County, FPL President Armando Olivera said. The PSC approved the additional nuclear plants and specifically agreed that FPL should ... more |
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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 Nuclear Power Industry Facing Unsustainable Growth Demands 
Clarion PA (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Nuclear energy production must increase by more than 10 percent each year from 2010 to 2050 to meet all future energy demands and replace fossil fuels, but this is an unsustainable prospect. According to a report published in Inderscience's International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology such a large growth rate will require a major improvement in nuclear power efficiency otherwise ... more 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
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