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Venezuela wants to work with Russia on nuclear energy: Chavez
Caracas (AFP) Sept 28, 2008Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he was interested in accepting Russia's offer of help in developing a civilian nuclear power program. "We certainly are interested in developing nucler energy, for peaceful ends of course -- for medical purposes and to generate electricity," he said. "Brazil has various nuclear reactors, as does Argentina," he added. "We will have ours as ... more Russia may launch nuclear cooperation with Venezuela: Putin 
Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia (AFP) Sept 25, 2008Russia may launch nuclear energy cooperation with Venezuela, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday during talks with the country's fiercely anti-US leader Hugo Chavez. "We are ready to consider a possibility of cooperation in using nuclear energy," Putin said. Putin also noted "development of our ties in all spheres," with "new possibilities in energy, high-tech, machine co ... more Analysis: Kazakhstan's uranium exchange 
Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2008 A year that has seen record-high oil prices has left nations considering alternatives that seemed too expensive or environmentally unfriendly as recently as a year ago, when oil was still $60 a barrel. Wind and wave power, bio-fuels and solar energy are now attracting increased attention, as is nuclear power, which acquired a negative image worldwide after the 1979 partial meltdown at Three Mi ... more Russian-led consortium only bidder in Turkey nuclear plant tender 
Ankara (AFP) Sept 24, 2008A partnership led by Russian state firm Atomstroyexport on Wednesday submitted the only bid in a tender to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, a senior energy official said. The consortium, which also includes Turkey's Park Termik, was among 13 foreign and local companies which had expressed interest in building a 4,000-megawatt plant at Akkuyu, in Mersin province on the ... more Alleged nuclear shenanigans hit Lithuania's graft rank: watchdog 
Vilnius (AFP) Sept 23, 2008Alleged misdealings over a nuclear power plant project dented Lithuania's standing on a global corruption list, watchdog Transparency International said Tuesday, but the prime minister rejected the claim. Rytis Juozapavcius, head of the organisation's Lithuanian chapter, spotlighted the Lithuanian Electricity Organisation (LEO LT), which is piloting a four-nation plan to built a new nuclear ... more |
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Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 20, 2008Malaysia will turn to nuclear energy to generate electricity by 2023 as supplies of fossil fuel eventually run out, a minister said according to Saturday news reports. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Shaziman Mansor said the use of nuclear energy was also an alternative to counter high global oil prices, the Star newspaper reported. "I will be briefing the cabinet in a fortnight ... more India, France close to nuclear cooperation pact: official 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 19, 2008India and France are close to an signing a nuclear energy pact similar to a deal New Delhi has already struck with Washington, India's top diplomat said Friday. The accord is expected to be signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to France on September 30, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said. "We are working on signing the agreement," Menon told reporters. ... more Luminant To Submit Application To Expand Nuclear Power Plant 
Dallas TX (SPX) Sep 22, 2008Luminant will submit an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the potential expansion of its Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Glen Rose, Texas. "This application is an initial, but significant, step toward expanding the use of safe, dependable, clean nuclear power," said Luminant Chief Executive Officer David Campbell. "While we are just at the beginning of a ... more Energy group EON signs deal to connect with British power grid 
London (AFP) Sept 11, 2008German energy group EON, which wants to build nuclear power stations in Britain, on Thursday signed an agreement enabling it to connect with the British national power network, an EON spokesman said. The deal, signed with the British group National Grid, calls for the eventual connection of a new nuclear reactor that could be built next to a reactor already in service in Oldbury, near ... more Russia To Build Baltic Nuclear Power Plant 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2008Sergei Kiriyenko, head of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power (Rosatom), has signed the order on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad Region, Russia's exclave on the Baltic Sea. Preliminary work for the project is to start in 2009. Russia decided to build a nuclear power plant in its westernmost region to ensure its own energy security, but the new power plant will ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 Germany is engulfed in a discussion over how to best handle nuclear waste, after it surfaced that several leaks threaten security at a dumping site in Lower Saxony state. German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel did not beat around the bush. The dumping site in the Asse mountain range in northern Germany is "the most problematic nuclear facility in all of Europe," he said last week, a ... more Progress Energy Florida Estimates Fuel, Nuclear And Environmental Costs For 2009 
St. Petersburg FL (SPX) Sep 05, 2008Rising fuel prices, environmental improvements and planning for additional carbon-free nuclear power to meet future growth will increase the cost of electricity next year, Progress Energy Florida has announced. If state regulators approve the company's 2009 fuel-cost projections, clean-air expenses, nuclear pre-construction costs and other factors, the residential monthly bill for 1,000 ... more 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
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