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Germany reports damage at nuclear waste storage site
Berlin (AFP) Jan 15, 2009Germany's radiation protection office came in for criticism on Thursday after it revealed only this week that damage had been detected late last year at an old salt mine storing nuclear waste. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) discovered that chunks of the ceiling of a 750-metre (2,500-foot) deep chamber at the Asse site could crash on top of some of the 6,000 containers of r ... more Poland still backs Lithuania nuclear plan, with conditions: PM 
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 14, 2009Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday reaffirmed Warsaw's backing for a four-nation nuclear power plant project in Lithuania, but said his country must get a major share of the output. "For Poland, these conditions must be met. The plant must have a capacity of more than 3,000 megawatts, and Poland must receive around 1,000 megawatts," Tusk told reporters at a joint press conference wi ... more German groups join forces in British nuclear sector 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 14, 2009German energy giants RWE and EON said Wednesday they had joined forces to build and develop new nuclear power stations in Britain. "Developing new nuclear power stations requires a substantial investment, and RWE and EON will together contribute the financial stability and balance sheet strength required to support a programme of this scale," the firms said. The companies hold stakes in ... more Finnish Fennovoima seeks permit to build new nuclear reactor 
Helsinki (AFP) Jan 14, 2009Finnish utility group Fennovoima submitted Wednesday an application to the government to build a new nuclear reactor in Finland, the ministry of employment and the economy said. Fennovoima, whose owners include Finnish steel makers Outokumpu and Rautaruukki and German energy giant E.ON's Nordic arm, is looking to build a nuclear power plant either in Simo or Pyhaejoki on Finland's western co ... more Analysis: Chu supports clean coal, nuclear 
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 13, 2009Coal and nuclear power took center stage at Tuesday's confirmation hearing for President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of energy, Steven Chu, who garnered broad bipartisan support from senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The first Nobel laureate to receive a presidential Cabinet nomination, Chu, a renowned physicist, brings an impressive resume to the table ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 5, 2009French nuclear energy group Areva said on Monday it had been awarded a licence to operate a uranium mine in Nigerm which it described as the biggest in Africa and the second biggest in the world. The agreement foresees Areva holding a 66.65 percent stake in the company operating the mine, with the Niger state holding the remainder. Production is set to begin in 2012 and will enable Niger ... more Wind, Water And Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear And Coal 
Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water, not growing on prairies or glowing inside nuclear power plants, says Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford. And "clean coal," which involves capturing carbon emissions and sequ ... more Japan to reimport nuclear fuel from France: source 
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Japan plans to start buying back reprocessed nuclear waste from France as early as April as the resource-poor country looks to start using the fuel for the first time, a French company source said Monday. Japan ships spent nuclear fuel to France but it would mark the first time since 2001 it has received back reprocessed fuel amid safety concerns by local residents. French nuclear giant ... more Electrabel says will challenge windfall tax 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 24, 2008Electrabel, the Belgian subsidiary of French energy group GDF-Suez, will challenge a 250-million-euro windfall tax the government plans to impose on nuclear power generators, a spokesman said Wednesday. "We will ask the Constitutional Court to annul this tax which we consider to be discriminatory and disproportionate," Electrabel spokesman Guy Dellicour told AFP. The Belgian parliament p ... more Areva, Mitsubishi announce nuclear fuel tie-up 
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 22, 2008Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva on Monday announced a capital tie-up in nuclear fuel production, predicting that the market for atomic energy will keep growing. The major French nuclear energy company will buy a 30 percent stake in Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co., in which Mitsubishi Heavy will be the top shareholder with 35 percent stake, they said, confirming a Sunday ... more |
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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 Key Challenges And Issues Facing The US Nuclear Energy Outlook 
New York NY (SPX) Dec 17, 2008Nuclear power plays a major role in the US energy industry as the country, after coal and natural gas, produces its maximum amount of electricity from nuclear power plants. Oil and hydropower are the next biggest sources of energy. But the US heavily depends on imported uranium for its nuclear power industry. And with China, India and Russia planning for massive deployments in nuclear ... more Russia, Argentina sign cooperation deals 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 10, 2008The presidents of Russia and Argentina Wednesday sealed an array of cooperation deals, including in nuclear energy, and vowed to work together to promote a "multipolar world." Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and visiting Argentinian counterpart Cristina Kirchner held talks in the Kremlin that focused on promoting economic relations beyond trade towards areas like nuclear energy or military ... more
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