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Ljubljana (AFP) June 9, 2008A Slovenian nuclear power plant went back on line Monday, its managers said, after having been shut down last week in an incident that set off a Europe-wide alert. The managers of the Krsko plant, 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of the capital Ljubljana, said in a statement that it was running again after a faulty valve in its main cooling system was replaced following last Wednesday's leak. ... more Researchers Developing New Technologies To Store And Recycle Nuclear Waste 
Auburn, AL (SPX) Jun 10, 2008Auburn University professors are researching new ways to store and recycle nuclear waste as the federal government seeks to boost nuclear power production. The U.S. Department of Energy is funding AU's Center for Actinide Science to find chemical compounds that would combine with radioactive elements, allowing them to be safely stored without risk of radiation leakage. The nuclear material ... more Outside View: RAO UES liquidation near end 
Moscow (UPI) May 30, 2008 Russian electricity holding RAO UES, which will be liquidated on July 1, 2008, held its last general shareholder meeting on May 28. The only assets of the holding to be controlled by the state will be its dispatcher service, hydropower plants and nuclear power plants. The holding's thermal power plants will be privately owned. This will complete Russia's drawn-out reform of the ... more Japan, US say joining hands in nuclear power plants 
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 7, 2008As oil prices surge to record levels, Japan said Saturday it would help build nuclear power plants in the United States, sensing opportunities for Japanese companies. "We reaffirmed our commitment to promoting bilateral nuclear energy cooperation," said a joint statement after talks by Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari and US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman. ... more Analysis: Slovenian nuke incident
Berlin (UPI) Jun 5, 2008 On Wednesday officials in Slovenia shocked the European Union with what seemed to be a rather serious accident in the country's only nuclear power plant, but a day later officials were backtracking. The European Commission on Wednesday evening through a special emergency alarm system, the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange, issued an EU-wide warning to all 27 ... more |
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Warsaw (AFP) June 5, 2008Eastern European states like Slovenia, where a reactor incident set nerves jangling on Thursday, have become energetic advocates of nuclear energy, while western Europe has become more cautious. Neither the Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union in 1986 nor the leak in a water coolant on Wednesday at Slovenia's Krsko nuclear plant have dampened the enthusiasm of EU newcomers like Bulg ... more Algeria, France to sign nuclear energy pact: minister 
Algiers (AFP) June 1, 2008Algeria and France are due to sign an unprecedented nuclear energy cooperation pact, Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil said Saturday. At a press conference with Khelil, French counterpart Jean Louis Borloo said this agreement "mainly foresees an exchange of technology between the two countries as well as technical and financial assistance from France." Borloo refrained from givi ... more Albania may host nuclear power plant for Italy: report 
Rome (AFP) May 29, 2008Albania is prepared to host a nuclear power plant for Italy, which decided last week to reverse a 20-year ban on the energy source, the Italian press reported on Thursday. "With the Italian government, we will finance the construction of a plant in Albania," Albanian President Sali Berisha told the leading daily Corriere della Sera. "There's an Italian group that came to discuss the poss ... more Greenpeace to challenge completion of Slovak nuclear reactors 
Bratislava (AFP) May 28, 2008Environmental group Greenpeace will lodge a legal challenge to Slovak authorities' go ahead for the completion of two nuclear power stations in the country's west, a representative said Wednesday. The organisation will complain to the supreme court against the go ahead for completion of Mochovce's third and fourth nuclear reactors without prior environmental impact assessments being carried ... more Central Europe fuels demands for European nuclear revival 
Prague (AFP) May 27, 2008Central European countries are fuelling a nuclear power revival as they face soaring energy prices, closure of old Soviet reactors, fears over meeting EU climate change targets and dependency on Russian gas. Czech, Slovak and Lithuanian premiers hammered home the call for nuclear power to be at the centre of European Union energy policy at a recent two-day nuclear forum as their booming eco ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 22, 2008Long considered a pariah by environmental activists, nuclear energy is making a comeback as the new darling of the US "green" rush, as Americans cozy up to the idea of carbon-free power. The nuclear drive underway caps nearly three decades of a freeze on reactor construction following the 1979 accident at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island (TMI) plant, which sparked panic over the risk of ... more European leaders call for nuclear power revival 
Prague (AFP) May 22, 2008European nuclear leaders launched a call here Thursday for measures to ensure the revival of atomic energy in the face of soaring oil prices and concerns over global warming. At a two-day European Commission-sponsored forum in Prague, officials and government leaders said real steps had to be taken to put nuclear power back into the energy mix. "We are more and more dependent on oil and ... more Italy to reverse policy and build nuclear power stations: minister 
Rome (AFP) May 22, 2008The Italian government said Thursday it would begin building nuclear power stations, reversing a 20-year ban in an initiative likely to spark strong resistance and take a long time to come to fruition. "During the term of this parliament, we will lay the first stone for the construction in our country of a group of new-generation nuclear power stations," Economic Development Minister ... more Pair held for planning sabotage at Swedish nuclear plant: police 
Stockholm (AFP) May 21, 2008Swedish police Wednesday arrested two contractors for allegedly preparing to sabotage a nuclear power plant, after traces of explosives were found on one of the men, police said. "Two Swedish men were arrested ... The prosecutor suspects them of sabotage," Sven-Erik Karlsson of the Kalmar county police told AFP. He said both men were contractors who had been working at the Oskarshamn ... more Iran nuclear plans could trigger Mideast arms race: study 
London (AFP) May 20, 2008Iran's nuclear programme could trigger a race to develop atomic weapons in the Middle East, a study warned Tuesday, highlighting a recent surge of nuclear activity in countries in the region. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) noted that 13 countries had announced new or revived plans to pursue or explore civilian nuclear energy over an 11-month period between February ... more
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