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Russia, US sign nuclear energy deal
Moscow (AFP) May 6, 2008The United States and Russia signed an agreement in Moscow on Tuesday for cooperation in the nuclear energy industry between the two former Cold War foes. The agreement will allow US and Russian companies to form joint ventures in the nuclear sector and gives the go-ahead for exchanges of nuclear technology between the two countries, officials said. Russia will also be able to ... more Analysis: Azeris seize Iran nuke material 
Washington, April 29, 2008 Amid increasingly rancorous U.S.-Iranian relations over Tehran's nuclear energy program, the U.N. sanctions regime scored a small victory March 29 when Azerbaijan's customs and frontier officials detained a Russian cargo bound for Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility. Khazar Ibragim, a spokesman for Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry, said the convoy of trucks carrying the shipment, sent from ... more Russian Navy Conducts Tactical Missile Drill In Barents Sea 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 30, 2008The nuclear powered missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy of Russia's Northern Fleet has completed a missile firing exercise in the Barents Sea, a Navy spokesman said on Wednesday. "The live fire exercise was carried out as part of a tactical drill at a test site in the Barents Sea," Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo said. He said, in particular, the battle-cruiser had successfully engaged a mock target ... more US calls for fresh approach to nuclear sanctions 
Geneva (AFP) April 28, 2008The United States on Monday called for a fresh approach to sanctions for countries determined to develop nuclear weapons, saying extra incentives were needed to dissuade countries from pursuing nuclear energy technologies. US special representative Christopher Ford called on the world to wake up to the "challenge" of a fresh nuclear arms race triggered by Iran and North Korea, at a gathering ... more Outside View: Work on Chernobyl continues 
Moscow, April 28, 2008 The Chernobyl nuclear power plant must have a new confinement shelter for its 4th reactor, which exploded on April 26, 1986. The old shelter was built hastily, in emergency conditions when robots went mad but people continued to work. It sufficed in the short term, but time and severe weather conditions have weakened it. The new confinement will be safe for 100 years. The European Bank ... more |
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Kiev (AFP) April 23, 2008Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko Wednesday inaugurated a nuclear waste storage and processing centre in the contaminated zone around the Chernobyl nuclear station ahead of the catastrophe's 22nd anniversary, his press service said. The centre's first module, constructed with the European Commission's aid, would be launched by the end of the year, Valentin Melnichenko, a project official ... more Baku says Russian nuclear delivery to Iran halted 
Baku (AFP) April 22, 2008Azerbaijan said on Tuesday it had detained a Russian shipment intended for the Iranian nuclear power plant under construction at Bushehr due to concerns that it might violate UN sanctions. Foreign ministry spokesman Khazar Ibragim told AFP that Azerbaijan had stopped the shipment at its border with southern neighbour Iran because Russia had failed to provide detailed information on its ... more BNP Paribas to raise funding for Bulgarian nuclear power plant 
Sofia (AFP) April 22, 2008Bulgaria has selected French bank BNP Paribas to lead the raising and management of funds to build a new nuclear power plant in the north of the country, Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said on Tuesday. The state-owned National Electricity Company (NEC) "has picked BNP Paribas as a structuring bank to manage the funding to build the nuclear plant at Belene," BTA news agency cited ... more UAE signs nuclear cooperation deal with US 
Manama (AFP) April 21, 2008The United Arab Emirates promised to set "a good example" for the Middle East on developing civilian nuclear energy as it signed a cooperation agreement on Monday with the United States. "We really want to be a good example for the region," Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a signing ceremony ahead of a broader Arab-US ... more Bulgaria asks EU to double compensation for reactors' closure 
Sofia (AFP) April 20, 2008Bulgaria has asked the European Commission to double compensation funds for its closure of four reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said Sunday. "Bulgaria is negotiating to double the compensation it receives from the EU for Kozloduy," Dimitrov was quoted as saying by national radio. Brussels asked Sofia to close down four reactors a ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) April 11, 2008Russia and Mongolia signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation in the uranium sector, as Moscow pushes to develop nuclear power in the neighbouring state, Russian news agencies reported. "The signing of this document ensures a multi-faceted approach to developing aspects of atomic energy in Mongolia," the head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, was quoted by ... more Greenpeace complains to EU over Slovak nuclear plans 
Brussels (AFP) April 11, 2008The environmental group Greenpeace filed an official complaint with the European Commission on Friday, alleging illegal Slovakian state aid for a "pre-Chernobyl" nuclear power plant project. The complaint claims that the Slovak authorities used "market-distorting measures" to push through "what would otherwise have been an unviable and unattractive project". ... more EDF readies British Energy bid worth 11 billion pounds: report 
London (AFP) April 11, 2008French electricity and nuclear power group EDF was assembling a takeover bid for British Energy worth more than 11 billion pounds (13.7 billion euros, 21.7 billion dollars), The Times reported on Friday. The daily newspaper, which cited an unnamed source, said that state-owned EDF was drawing up plans for a British Energy takeover bid pitched at more than 700 pence per share. Investment ... more Outside View: Ukraine fears of nuke safety 
Moscow, April 9, 2008 Global utility giant Westinghouse Electric Co. and Ukraine's power utility Energoatom have signed a deal to supply Ukraine's nuclear power plants with fuel from 2011-2015. Under the contract, concluded on March 31, 630 fuel assemblies will be loaded inside three local reactors. "This contract represents a major commitment from both Westinghouse and Ukraine in ensuring that alternative ... more Analysis: Companies race for nuclear plant 
The United States may soon see a resurgence in nuclear power--if the government approves any of the applications for new power plants currently piling up in record numbers. As of this month, nine different businesses have requested permission to build a total of 15 nuclear reactors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees U.S. nuclear power plant operation and licensing. ... more
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