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Europeans' reservations about nuclear energy on the decline: survey
Brussels (AFP) July 3, 2008Reservations about the use of nuclear energy are on the decline in Europe, although there is still no majority in favour, according to an EU survey published on Thursday. Some 44 percent of Europeans are either "totally in favour" or "fairly in favour" of nuclear energy, according to the survey, carried out in February and March. The last time the survey was carried out in 2005 the ... more France to build second latest-generation nuclear plant 
Le Creusot, France (AFP) July 3, 2008President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Thursday that France will build a second third-generation EPR nuclear plant, arguing nuclear power was the country's best answer to soaring energy prices. Sarkozy, who has made exporting French nuclear know-how a priority of his presidency, made the announcement during a speech on energy policy at an ArcelorMittal steel factory in central France. ... more Europe must end energy dependence on Russia: ex-IEA chief 
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2008The European Union should free itself from its dependence on Russian gas by developing renewable and nuclear energy, the former head of the International Energy Agency told EU ministers Saturday. "We need to give ourselves a flexibility that we are missing," Claude Mandil told the European bloc's 27 energy ministers at an informal meeting on the outskirts of Paris. "We need more energy ... more Toxic legacy: Scientists ponder task of labelling nuclear waste 
Paris (AFP) June 30, 2008How will "DANGER!" be written 5,000 years from now? How will it be written in 50,000 years? Finding an answer to these questions may not seem like a Code Red emergency to most people. But for a growing cadre of scientists, figuring out how to alert our distant descendants to perilous nuclear waste entombed hundreds of metres (feet) below ground has become a fascinating task. ... more Spanish PM firm on phasing out nuclear power 
Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2008Prime 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. ... more |
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Ljubljana (AFP) June 23, 2008No 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, 2008Malaysia 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 France signs nuclear energy, military deals with Algeria 
Algiers (AFP) June 21, 2008French Prime Minister Francois Fillon signed nuclear energy and military agreements with Algeria Saturday, ahead of talks aimed at persuading Algiers to back French plans for a Mediterranean Union. "In signing these two accords, our countries have set the seal on genuine long-term mutual confidence," Fillon said in a speech to Algerian students. Along with deals on banking and insurance ... more Crunch talks on India-US nuclear deal postponed 
New Delhi (AFP) June 18, 2008Crucial talks between the Indian government and its left-wing allies on a controversial nuclear energy pact with the United States were postponed Wednesday with both sides still at odds over the deal. Neither side gave any reason for the delay but a source close to the talks, who asked not to be named, said left-wing parties were refusing to respond to a government appeal for the deal to go ... more Russian Nuclear Agency Rejects Rumors Of Radiation Leaks 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 19, 2008Russian nuclear power agency Rosatom dismissed on Monday rumors circulating of a radioactive leak from two plants in northwest and south Russia. Bogus e-mail messages on June 15 said that there had been alleged radioactive leaks at the Leningrad nuclear power station, in northwest Russia, and the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant, in the south of the country, a spokesman for the company said. ... more |
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Bucharest (AFP) June 11, 2008The 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 Switzerland plans first nuclear power station for 20 years 
Geneva (AFP) June 10, 2008Switzerland on Tuesday announced plans for its first new nuclear power station in more than 20 years to secure energy supplies over the coming decades. Energy group Atel said it has submitted plans to the government for a new plant near Olten in northern Switzerland, not far from the German border and the existing Goesgen facility. But the plan is not without its opponents, and the ... more Ukraine reactor stopped after water leak: officials 
Kiev (AFP) June 10, 2008A leak of radioactive water on Tuesday caused the shutdown of a nuclear reactor in western Ukraine but posed no risk to the environment, officials said. A senior official at the Rivne nuclear power plant who declined to give his name said 1.3 cubic meters of water escaped from the pipe used to cool the reactors, but remained within a sealed area. The leakage "did not exceed permitted ... more World major economies see new nuclear dawn 
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 9, 2008Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception. The Group of Eight industrial nations got together with China, India and South Korea at the weekend in Aomori, a hub of Japan's nuclear energy industry on the northern tip of the country's main island ... more Slovenia nuclear plant back on after alert
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
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