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Spanish PM firm on phasing out nuclear power
Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2008
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday he would not extend the life of Spain's ageing nuclear plants as he repeated his government's commitment to phasing out nuclear power. "We are committed to respecting the normal life-span of the plants unless there are urgent energy needs, and to not building new nuclear plants," he said in an interview with top-selling daily El Pais. ... read more
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    Canada, Jordan sign nuclear co-operation deal
    Amman (AFP) June 28, 2008
    Canada has signed a nuclear energy cooperation memorandum with Jordan, the official Petra news agency said on Saturday, as Amman struggles to find alternate power sources. "Canada will help Jordan prepare economic feasibility studies to examine the possibility of introducing the CANDU energy reactor into Jordan," Khaled Tukan, head of the Jordanian atomic energy commission, was quoted as say ... more

    Indian coalition still deadlocked over nuclear deal: officials
    New Delhi (AFP) June 25, 2008
    Crisis talks between India's ruling Congress party and its left-wing allies ended Wednesday without them resolving a dispute over a nuclear energy deal with the United States, officials said. The parties, however, agreed to meet "in due course" for more negotiations over the pact with Washington, a divisive accord that has threatened to bring down the government and send India into early ele ... more

    Bulgaria to look at new reactors at partly shut nuclear plant
    Sofia (AFP) June 24, 2008
    Bulgaria will look at building new reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear plant as it seeks to guarantee its long-term electricity supply and exports, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said Tuesday. Stanishev said the government was "studying the possibility to build additional nuclear capacity at the site of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. "We have set up a special working group to study this ... more

    Repair of Slovenian nuclear power plant according to law: plant official
    Ljubljana (AFP) June 23, 2008
    No worker at Slovenia's nuclear power plant Krsko was exposed to excessive levels of radiation during a recent leak in the cooling system, a spokeswoman for the plant said on Monday. "I can assure you that none of the workers that intervened in the repair of the valve in the cooling system was exposed to a level of radiation higher than those allowed by the law," the Krsko plant's spokeswoma ... more

    Malaysia to mull nuclear energy amid rising oil prices: minister
    Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 22, 2008
    Malaysia may consider nuclear power generation to meet its long-term energy needs amid surging global oil prices, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said. Razak said the government would look at alternative energy sources, including nuclear power, to help the nation reduce its reliance on oil, which has hit nearly 140 dollars a barrel on global markets. The government hiked fuel prices ... more

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    Indian govt struggles with US nuclear pact
    New Delhi (AFP) June 17, 2008
    The future of a key nuclear energy pact between New Delhi and Washington appeared bleak Tuesday with the Indian government apparently failing to win over sceptical left-wing allies. A communist leader warned that the dominant Congress party would fail in its latest effort to push through the deal, aimed at giving India access to the worldwide nuclear energy trade without signing global ... more

    Solar Cells Cost Could Fall Below One Dollar Per Watt By 2020
    Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 16, 2008
    Conditions within the power industry have changed significantly in recent years. The rising cost of natural gas has made this an expensive source of power, while concern about global warming and the introduction of limits on CO2 emissions will have a profound effect on the use of coal for power generation, at least in the developed world. In consequence nuclear power has its best chance of ... more

    France, Nigeria sign strategic partnership deal
    Paris (AFP) June 12, 2008
    France and Nigeria on Thursday signed an accord aimed at promoting cooperation in civilian nuclear energy development and in strengthening economic ties, a French presidential statement said. The agreement was signed during a visit here of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua and French counterpart Nicholas Sarkozy. The economic component of the accord focuses on a number of "priority ... more

    India PM calls for end to opposition to US nuclear pact
    New Delhi (AFP) June 11, 2008
    Indian Premier Manmohan Singh Wednesday made a fresh appeal to his government's left-wing allies and the opposition to drop objections to an endangered nuclear energy pact with Washington. Singh, who has been pushing the deal that would allow India to buy technology and power plants without signing global non-proliferation pacts, said he was hopeful it would be finalised soon, the Press ... more

    Romanian operator says IAEA 'positive' on nuke plant
    Bucharest (AFP) June 11, 2008
    The UN's atomic watchdog has given Romania's nuclear power plant in Cernavoda a clean bill of health, the plant's operator Nuclearelectrica said Wednesday. Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who visited the plant at the beginning of this month, issued a "positive report" on the plant, Nuclearelectrica said in a statement. The IAEA experts found that Cernavoda "applies ... more

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    Researchers Developing New Technologies To Store And Recycle Nuclear Waste
    Auburn, AL (SPX) Jun 10, 2008
    Auburn 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, 2008
    As 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

    French bid is on for leading UK nuclear utility: reports
    London (AFP) June 8, 2008
    French state-owned energy giant EDF should get the green light to take over the leading British nuclear energy producer within a fortnight, a newspaper said Sunday. An announcement could be made as early as this week, said The Observer weekly, saying the board of British Energy was expected to recommend the takeover once EDF, the world's biggest nuclear energy producer, tables its bid. ... more

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