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Analysis: New nuclear research is the bomb
Tokyo (UPI) Oct 7, 2008 A Japanese research team is developing a technology that would make it more difficult for countries to import plutonium for use in producing nuclear weapons. If this technology can be used practically to safeguard against the misuse of nuclear energy, Japan may help bolster nuclear non-proliferation by supplementing the provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Last month a ... more The Future Of Energy In Latin America 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 08, 2008Peak 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 ... more 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 |
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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 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 |
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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 Slovakia wants to cooperate with Russia in nuclear energy 
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
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