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Firms ink deal to build 4bn euro Bulgaria nuclear plant
Sofia (AFP) Nov 21, 2008Russian company Atomstroyexport signed an agreement on Friday with French and German subcontractors to build a new nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, a statement said. A consortium featuring French giant Areva and Germany's Siemens, CARSIB, was chosen by the Russian company to design the new facility's control and operations, safety, conditioning and electric systems, Atomstroyexport ... more Algeria, Argentina strike deal on nuclear energy 
Algiers (AFP) Nov 17, 2008Algeria and Argentina signed an agreement Monday to boost cooperation over civil nuclear energy as part of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's tour of northern Africa. The energy deal was signed by Algerian Energy and Mining Minister Chakib Khelil and Argentina's Minister for Federal Planning Julio de Vido. Meanwhile, Kirchner met with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for ... more Power company offers nuke-heavy power plan 
Berlin (UPI) Nov 14, 2008 German power company RWE is offering consumers a zero-carbon energy plan fueled mostly by nuclear power plants. Der Spiegel said the "Pro-Climate Power" derives 68 percent of its power from nuclear sources and 32 percent from hydroelectric energy. The plan, which costs slightly more than other packages, is being marketed to consumers concerned about global warming. Power industry ... more Fire at Japan nuke power plant injures worker: operator 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 13, 2008A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Thursday, injuring one worker but causing no radiation leak, the operator said. Firefighters put out the fire about an hour after white smoke was spotted coming out of the reactor, which was already shut for a regular check-up, Tohoku Electric Power said. "One worker sustained minor burns but was not exposed to radiation," a ... more Japan's CO2 emissions hit record high: official 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 12, 2008Japan's carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high of 1.37 billion tons in the year to March 2008, well above the target set by the Kyoto Protocol, the environment ministry said Wednesday. The figure, which marked a 2.3 percent rise from the previous fiscal year, was mainly the result of more polluting energy production following the closure of the world's biggest nuclear power plant after ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Italy will build up to ten nuclear power reactors to cover a quarter of the country's energy needs, with the first batch operational by 2018, Italian media reported Thursday. "Our goal is for nuclear energy to cover 25 percent of our energy needs, which corresponds to between eight and 10 plants built on two to three sites," Italy's economic development minister Claudio Scajola was quoted by ... more Russia to help in Vietnam civil nuclear program 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Russia wants to take part in Vietnam's planned nuclear energy program, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said Thursday following talks with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi. "We know that such plans were made in Vietnam, very daring and far-reaching plans. We hope that Russia will be among those who will work with Vietnam in this hi-tech area and continue the ... more Thailand commissions nuclear power plant study 
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 5, 2008Thailand's state electricity firm said Wednesday it had signed a contract with a US company to conduct a feasibility study for what would be the nation's first nuclear power plant. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) signed a 4.97-million-dollar contract with engineering firm Burns and Roe Asia for a 20-month study and will decide whether to press ahead with nuclear power ... more Czech nuclear power station shutdown extended 
Prague (AFP) Nov 4, 2008One of the reactors at the Czech nuclear power station at Temelin, closed for maintenance since the end of July, is to remain shut for several more weeks so a turbine blade can be repaired, the plant operator said Tuesday. The unit at the plant, situated 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the Austrian border, was shut down for 75 days at the end of July for routine maintenance, extended for two ... more Austria should exit Euratom Treaty: Green party 
Vienna (AFP) Nov 4, 2008The Austrian Green party called Tuesday for Austria to quit the European Atomic Energy Community (Euroatom or EAEC), saying public money paid to the body could be better used elsewhere. Austria, which is constitutionally opposed to nuclear energy, "must exit the Euroatom Treaty," Green party spokeswoman Eva Glawischnig said. "We call for the immediate cessation of payments to Euratom. ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Tuesday for the modernization of the US nuclear arsenal to strengthen deterrence at a time when Russia and China are upgrading their nuclear weapons. "Currently, the United States is the only declared nuclear power that is neither modernizing its nuclear arsenal nor has the capability to produce a new nuclear weapon," he said in a speech to the ... more RWE eyes nuclear projects outside Germany: report 
Frankfurt (AFP) Oct 22, 2008RWE, Germany's second-biggest power supplier, plans to take part in up to five nuclear power projects outside Germany, its chairman said in a newspaper interview Wednesday. "RWE will participate in projects outside Germany. It depends on financing and on what partner we find. But I think that three to five (projects) are in the pipeline," chief executive Juergen Grossmann told the daily ... more World will tremble if Pakistan falls 
Washington (UPI) Oct 21, 2008 The global financial crisis is close to knocking out its most important and potentially most dangerous victim yet: Pakistan needs a financial support package of $10 billion to $15 billion to avoid collapse. The stakes could not be higher: With a rapidly increasing population of more than 150 million -- larger than that of Russia -- Pakistan is also the world's only Muslim nuclear power. ... more Russia, India lay groundwork for nuclear pact 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2008Russia and India were Monday laying the groundwork for the signing of a civil nuclear energy deal, following New Delhi's signing of similar pacts with Washington and Paris, officials said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in India for talks with his counterpart Pranab Mukherjee as well as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ahead of an expected visit to New Delhi in December by President ... more China to help Pakistan build two more nuclear plants 
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 18, 2008Energy-hungry Pakistan said on Saturday that China had agreed to help it build two more nuclear power plants in a major boost to the country's long-term plans to end crippling electricity shortages. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced the deal after President Asif Ali Zardari returned from a four-day state visit to China which Qureshi said had been "very significant." ... more
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