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Analysis: Nuclear revival without Germany
Berlin (UPI) Jul 16, 2008 Global warming and rising energy prices have sparked a worldwide renaissance of nuclear energy -- but not in Germany, where the grand coalition government is still bickering over the planned phase-out of nuclear power by 2021. The United States, China, India, Russia, France, Canada, Britain, Finland, Sweden -- the list of countries aiming to build new nuclear power plants or at least ... more EU urges extra safety for planned Slovak nuclear reactor 
Brussels (AFP) July 15, 2008The European Commission called Tuesday on Slovakia's main electricity producer to step up safety at its planned extension of a Soviet-era nuclear power plant, slammed by Greenpeace as a hazardous unit. Slovenske Elektrarne, 66 percent owned by Italian energy group Enel and 22 percent by the Slovak state, wants to complete two new reactors by 2012 and 2013 at the Mochovce plant in western ... more Steinmeier slams wholesale export of nuclear plants: report 
Berlin (AFP) July 11, 2008German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned that it could prove dangerous to give nations around the world nuclear power plants in an interview published here Friday. "A nuclear power station is not a fridge. That is why I am worried about attempts to hand out nuclear power stations all over the world as a kind of cure-all," Steinmeier told the Frankfurter Rundschau. ... more Nuclear accident exercise in Mexico a 'success', IAEA says 
Vienna (AFP) July 11, 2008The nuclear accident response exercise conducted at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico this week was a "success", the UN's atomic watchdog said Friday. "The exercise was a success in that it demonstrated strengths but also the weak points in the international emergency response system," said International Atomic Energy Agency official, Rafael Martincic, who led the preparation ... more Analysis: Uzbek uranium exports increase 
Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2008 Record-high oil prices are causing many nations to re-evaluate other energy options, especially nuclear power, despite its environmental shortcomings. As the number of nuclear plants increases, so will demand for uranium, giving producer nations increased market opportunities. Since 2001 uranium prices have increased more than 1,000 percent; seven years ago a pound of uranium sold for ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 8, 2008 A report from a State Department advisory panel says a coming large expansion in global nuclear power generation poses proliferation risks, but the United States must embrace it to ensure that nuclear supplier nations build safeguards into the growing market. The report highlights division among experts about the future of civil nuclear power across the globe, the risks it poses, and ... more Left-wing parties pull backing for Indian government 
New Delhi (AFP) July 8, 2008A bloc of Indian left-wing parties announced Tuesday they were pulling out their backing for the country's coalition government in protest against a nuclear energy deal with the United States. Their decision, however, was not expected to cause the collapse of the Congress-led government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who last week managed to win support from a regional party to avoid the ... more US steps up sanctions on Iran over nuclear program 
Washington (AFP) July 8, 2008The United States announced new sanctions Tuesday over Iran's nuclear energy program, naming four individuals and four entities for their ties to Tehran's nuclear and missile programs. The US Treasury announced the new measures as part of a global effort to step up pressure on Iran to halt its disputed nuclear activities. "Iran's nuclear and missile firms hide behind an array of agents ... more IAEA conducts nuclear accident response exercise in Mexico
Vienna (AFP) July 8, 2008The UN's atomic watchdog said Tuesday it would conduct a major exercise to test the response to a simulated accident at a nuclear power plant in Mexico starting Wednesday. A total 74 IAEA member states and 10 international organisations are to take part in the 48-hour drill, a mock radiation emergency at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Alta Lucero, Mexico, the Internatinal Atomic ... more Putin, Ahmadinejad discuss nuclear plant progress: PM's office 
Moscow (AFP) July 7, 2008Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday discussed progress on a nuclear power plant Russia is building in Iran, a statement from Putin's office said. "Both sides underlined the need for timely construction of the atomic power station at Bushehr," the statement said. They also discussed cooperation in the transport and arms sectors, the st ... more |
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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 Canada, Jordan sign nuclear co-operation deal 
Amman (AFP) June 28, 2008Canada 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, 2008Crisis 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, 2008Bulgaria 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, 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
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