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The Future Of Energy In Latin America Washington DC (SPX) Oct 08, 2008 
Peak oil in Latin America is less than 10 years away; energy integration, nuclear power plants, and large-scale renewable power generation are necessities to ensure sufficient energy supplies in the future; the region's governments should play a stronger role in their respective energy sectors; and Latin America and the Caribbean are ripe for business. These are the significant findings of ... read more
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Hungary inaugurates first stage of nuclear waste disposal facility
Budapest (AFP) Oct 6, 2008The completed first stage of a nuclear waste disposal site -- the first in Hungary -- was inaugurated Monday in Bataapati, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) southwest of Budapest. "The Bataapati National Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility provides the most extensive security permitted by current scientific and technological knowledge," Jozsef Palinkas, the chairman of the Hungarian Academy ... more Without assured nuclear supply Iran will keep enriching: envoy 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 2, 2008Iran will continue to enrich uranium while there is no legally-binding international assurance of a nuclear fuel supply, the country's envoy to the UN's nuclear energy watchdog said Thursday. "We are going to continue as long as there is no legally-binding instrument for assurance of supply," Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told ... more New Power Generation Market Report Available 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Oct 02, 2008Conditions 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. As a consequence, nuclear power has its best chance ... more France and India vow to boost civil nuclear cooperation 
Marseille, France (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Indian and French leaders vowed to boost nuclear energy cooperation Monday at an annual summit on EU-India ties dominated by trade, global warming and the world financial crisis. "France, which has great trust in India and its prime minister, has worked hard so that India can have access to civilian nuclear energy," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the rotating EU ... more 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 |
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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 Detroit Edison Submits Application For New Nuclear Plant 
Detroit MI (SPX) Sep 24, 2008Detroit Edison officials have submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission a Combined License Application for a possible new nuclear power plant at the site of the company's existing nuclear plant near Newport, Mich. "It is satisfying to reach this significant milestone, which is necessary if we are to maintain the option of building a nuclear power plant to help Michigan meet both ... more Nuclear Energy Insights From Policy Expert Marilyn Brown 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2008There are concrete signs of a renewed interest in nuclear power spurred by a coalescence of motivating trends. Nuclear power can help meet the rapid growth of demand for electricity, avoid rate increases caused by escalating fossil fuel prices, reduce dependence on imported oil by supporting plug-in electric cars and avoid greenhouse gas emissions. Since the rapid build-up of nuclear power ... more Lithuania eyes Areva, Candu, GE, Westinghouse for nuclear plant 
Vilnius (AFP) Sept 22, 2008Lithuania is eyeing four firms, France's Areva, Canada's Candu as well as the US-based General Electric and Westinghouse, as candidates to build a nuclear power plant by 2016, the Lithuanian Electricity Organisation (LEO) said Monday. "They all are working with us. Which one is chosen will depend on the quality of the proposal -- the best price and conditions," Saulius Specius, a LEO LT ... more Malaysia to resort to nuclear energy by 2023: minister 
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 |
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Bratislava (AFP) Sept 10, 2008Slovakia is seeking "friendly and mutually favourable" economic cooperation with Russia, notably in nuclear energy, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday after meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin. "It's mostly cooperation in the field of energy, especially regarding construction of the third and fourth stations of the Mochovce nuclear power plant," in the west ... more Outside View: Russia changes nuke plant 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 9, 2008 The birthplace of the first-ever floating nuclear power plant will be the Baltic Sea instead of the White Sea. The formal keel-laying ceremony took place in April 2007 at the Sevmash shipyard of the Russian State Center for Nuclear Shipbuilding in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region. After about a year and a half, the state-owned corporation Rosatom revoked the general contract, handing it ... more Canadian think tank publishes nuclear guide 
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 8, 2008A group of Canadian academics Monday published a comprehensive guide to the who, what, where and how of nuclear energy. The document, entitled "A Guide to Global Nuclear Governance" details treaties, conventions, initiatives and networks that deal with nuclear non-proliferation, safety and security. It highlights multilateral and bilateral agreements, International Atomic Energy Agency ... more Armenia shuts down nuclear power station for renovation 
Yerevan (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Armenia has shut down its Metzamor nuclear power station for 85-day renovation works and refueling, the station's chief engineer told AFP Monday. "The station was shut down on September 5 at midnight and will be launched again on November 29. There will be repairs, refueling, and some measures aimed at boosting security," Movses Vardanyan said. "Meanwhile, there will be no restrictions ... more Analysis: Germany's nuclear waste scandal 
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
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