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New controversy in India over US nuclear deal
New Delhi, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008India's government was Wednesday hit by a fresh storm over its nuclear energy deal with the United States following reports of new US stipulations. The agreement, which is entering the final stages of approval, offers India access to Western technology and cheap atomic energy on the condition that it allows UN nuclear inspections of some of its nuclear facilities. But Indian media ... more Bulgaria launches construction of new nuclear plant 
Belene, Bulgaria (AFP) Sept 3, 2008Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev launched building work on Wednesday at the site for the country's new 4.0-billion-euro (5.8-billion-dollar) nuclear power station near the northern town of Belene. Construction of the plant's two reactors, being undertaken by Russian atomic energy specialist Atomstroiexport, will not begin until next year, but Stanishev oversaw the first holes being ... more Russia says will complete Iran nuclear plant 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 2, 2008The Russian company building Iran's first nuclear power plant has renewed a commitment to complete the project, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. Russia, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, is building the plant at Bushehr on the Gulf coast of Iran despite a long-running standoff over Tehran's controversial nuclear drive. A visiting delegation ... more Belarus offers Lithuania power from future nuclear plant: PM 
Druskininkai, Lithuania (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Belarus plans to build a new nuclear power plant by 2015 that could possibly export energy to neighbour Lithuanuia, Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said Tuesday in Lithuania. "We are going to build the first block by 2015. We spoke with Lithuanian energy specialists about the possibility of supplying part of the electricity produced in this power plant to Lithuania," said Sidorsky ... more Australia reconsiders nuclear deal with Russia 
Canberra (AFP) Sept 1, 2008Australia is reconsidering a pact to sell uranium to Russia following its military push into Georgia, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith warned on Monday. He spoke as the head of a parliamentary committee examining the deal that would allow sales of uranium for use in Russia's civil nuclear power industry, expanding on the terms of a 1990 agreement, raised fears the yellowcake could be diverted ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Aug 27, 2008South Korea said Wednesday it will build 10 more nuclear power plants by 2030 and increase its renewable energy resources as part of a 100-billion-dollar plan to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. South Korea, a highly industrialised nation with few natural energy sources, already uses nuclear plants to generate nearly a third of its power needs but hopes to increase that to nearly 60 ... more Toshiba, Doosan in talks on nuclear power tie-up 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2008Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it was discussing a business tie-up with South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. in nuclear power plants. "We have agreed with Doosan to begin talks on how we can form wide-ranging relations to cooperate in the nuclear power business, including PWRs (pressurised water reactors)," said Ken Shinjo, a Toshiba spokesman. Toshiba, which ... more Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought 
Palisades NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2008A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plants, 24 miles north of the city, sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones. ... more Spanish nuclear plant closed after fire in electrical generator 
Madrid (AFP) Aug 24, 2008A Spanish nuclear power plant shut down after an electrical generator fire Sunday, safety officials said, the latest incident at a reactor that has already been hit with record fines for its safety record. The incident came just weeks after the government vowed to take action against another nuclear station over a radioactive leak last year. In Sunday's leak environmental group Greenpeac ... more Nuke plant increases NYC earthquake risk 
New York (UPI) Aug 23, 2008 Seismologists said nuclear power plants located 24 miles north of New York increase the risk of serious damage from earthquakes. Columbia University researchers said the Indian Point nuclear power plants sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones, making the risk of earthquake substantially greater than formerly believed. The findings, publis ... more |
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Seoul (UPI) Aug 19, 2008 South Korea has decided to focus its energy development efforts on nuclear power to reduce its heavy reliance on fossil fuels and meet global environment regulations. Under a long-term "basic plan for national energy," the country will build 11 new atomic reactors with a generating capacity of 1,400 megawatts each by 2030, which will make nuclear power the biggest source of electricity ... more Japan signals approval of India-US nuclear deal 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2008Japan on Tuesday signalled it would approve a nuclear energy deal between India and the United States, raising the chances that the controversial pact will come into force. The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the global flow of civilian atomic exports, is expected to meet Thursday in Vienna on the nuclear deal. Objections by any nation would scuttle the pact. Japan, the ... more Malaysia looking at nuclear energy use: minister 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 19, 2008Malaysia's cabinet will deliberate next month on whether to adopt nuclear energy to combat high global oil prices, a minister said Tuesday. Last month, state utility Tenaga said it could construct the country's first 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at a cost of 3.1 billion dollars after being asked by the government to look at the option. "After it is tabled to the cabinet, an announcement ... more India eyes US, Russian, French firms for nuclear plants: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 18, 2008India's atomic energy body has short-listed US, Russian and French firms for nuclear power projects once the country gets the green light to enter global atomic commerce, a report said Monday. The Hindu newspaper said the Nuclear Power Corporation of India has selected US giant Westinghouse Electric, US-Japanese alliance GE-Hitachi, Russia's Rosatom and France's Areva for potential orders as ... more Japan pressured to oppose US-India nuclear deal 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 15, 2008Anti-nuclear campaigners launched a campaign Friday to press nuclear energy suppliers to stop an accord between India and the United States, saying it would shatter anti-proliferation efforts. A loose coalition including activists and scholars focused efforts on Japan, which has been non-committal on the deal that would give India access to nuclear technology without signing the Non-Proliferation ... more
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