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New cost overrun for Finnish nuclear plant: Areva
Paris (AFP) Dec 19, 2008French nuclear technology group Areva announced Friday a new cost overrun for a major project in Finland to build a nuclear power plant amid deteriorating relations with Finnish partner TVO. Areva did not reveal the size of the provision it was taking for the unbudgeted costs of the already delayed plant, which will include a new generation reactor that is the first of its kind to be built. ... more Areva, Mitsubishi Heavy to tie-up in nuclear fuel: report
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 21, 2008Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and major French nuclear energy company Areva will form a capital tie-up in nuclear fuel production, a report said Sunday. Areva will buy a roughly 30 percent stake in Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co. and Mitsubishi Heavy will become the nuclear company's leading shareholder, the business daily Nikkei reported, without citing sources. Areva's new investment ... more French nuclear firm Areva says it will deliver uranium to India
Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2008French nuclear power engineering company Areva will deliver 300 tonnes of uranium to India under an agreement signed in September, the French company said in a statement on Thursday. The uranium will go to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and is the first such shipment since a 34-year international embargo on international nuclear trade with India was lifted in September. ... more France's EDF to buy Constellation nuclear assets for 4.5 bln
New York (AFP) Dec 17, 2008US-based Constellation Energy Group accepted a 4.5-billion-dollar (3.15-billion-euro) offer from France's EDF for a 49.99 percent stake in its nuclear power business, the companies said Wednesday. Constellation backed out a deal with renowned US investment manager Warren Buffett, whose energy group MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company had offered 4.7 billion dollars for the whole company. ... more France's EDF agrees 4.5-bln-dlr deal to buy US nuclear assets
Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2008US energy firm Constellation Energy has accepted a 4.5-billion-dollar (3.15-billion-euro) offer from French giant EDF for a 49.99 percent stake in its nuclear power business, the companies said Wednesday. The decision was a blow for renowned US investment guru Warren Buffett, whose energy group MidAmerican had offered 4.7 billion dollars for the whole of the group. A statement from the ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Dec 6, 2008India's government has pledged to open up its nuclear sector to private players -- once it completes bilateral civil nuclear cooperation pacts. The statement late Friday came after Indian Premier Manmohan Singh signed a landmark nuclear deal with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev earlier in the day covering the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in India. "Once negotiations ... more IAEA to issue new report on quake-hit Japan nuclear plant
Vienna (AFP) Dec 5, 2008The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Friday would publish the findings next month of its latest inspection of the world's largest nuclear power station after it was hit by an earthquake in July 2007. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement that a team of 10 experts had now returned from their third trip to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan to ... more China to kick off inland nuclear power projects: state media
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2008Construction of an 8.7 billion dollar nuclear power plant in eastern China is set to begin soon, as part of ambitious plans for more atomic energy in the nation's interior, state press said Thursday. Work on the 60 billion yuan (8.7 billion dollar) Pengze nuclear plant in eastern China's Jiangxi province will begin, with authorities also approving plants in nearby Hubei and Hunan provinces ... more Poland aims for nuclear power plant by 2020: PM
Poznan, Poland (AFP) Dec 1, 2008Coal-dependent Poland could build a nuclear power station on its territory by 2020, in a drive to switch to a cheap and clean energy source, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday. "Poland wants to make a rapid decision on building a nuclear power plant," Tusk said on the sidelines of a UN climate conference in the western city of Poznan. The "ambitious and absolutely realistic" goal cou ... more Russia and Venezuela sign nuclear energy deal
Caracas (AFP) Nov 26, 2008Russia and Venezuela on Wednesday signed a joint deal to promote the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Officials signed a series of deals in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Caracas Wednesday, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez has said that the cooperation will only concern civilian and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Nov 24, 2008The head of the UN atomic watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, said Monday the IAEA had no legal right to deny Syria help in a nuclear power project, as called for by a number of western states. "A state has the fullest right of membership until proven otherwise," ElBaradei told a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) technical assistance and cooperation committee at a closed-do ... more Spanish police detain 30 at Greenpeace nuclear power plant protest
Madrid (AFP) Nov 20, 2008Police in Spain detained 30 Greenpeace activists Thursday who had blocked the entrance to the country's oldest nuclear power station which the environmental group is urging the government to close, the group said. Sixty protesters, wearing bright yellow raincoats, gathered outside the entrance Garona power plant, located some 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Madrid, just before dawn ... more 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
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