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Nuclear Fusion-Fission Hybrid Could Contribute To Carbon-Free Energy Future
Austin TX (SPX) Jan 28, 2009Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants. The invention could help combat global warming by making nuclear power cleaner and thus a more viable replacement of carbon-heavy energy sources, such as coal. "We have created a way to use ... more Siemens gives up stake in Areva 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 26, 2009German engineering group Siemens said Monday it is to give up its stake in Areva NP, the reactor subsidiary of French nuclear power giant Areva. Siemens currently holds a 34-percent stake in Areva NP, estimated to be worth 2.0 billion euros (2.6 billion dollars), which it will sell to Areva within three years, a Siemens statement said. Siemens chief executive Peter Loscher indicated in t ... more Russia May Build Belarus Nuclear Plant Without Tender 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 23, 2009Russia will be able to build a nuclear power plant in Belarus without a tender once the two ex-Soviet republics sign an inter-governmental agreement on civilian nuclear power use, Russia's Rosatom said Wednesday. Russia and Belarus agreed to sign the inter-governmental agreement in the first quarter of 2009 during talks on Wednesday between the Belarusian government and a Rosatom delegation ... more Siemens planning to give up stake in Areva: source
Berlin (AFP) Jan 23, 2009German engineering group Siemens is planning to abandon its stake in Areva NP, the reactor subsidiary of French nuclear power company Areva, a source close to the matter said on Friday. Siemens currently holds a 34-percent stake in Areva NP. The source said the decision to pull out was not for "political" reasons. A Siemens spokesman declined to comment on the report but added that the ... more Siemens planning to give up stake in Areva: source 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 23, 2009German engineering group Siemens is planning to abandon its stake in Areva NP, the reactor subsidiary of French nuclear power giant Areva, a source close to the matter said on Friday. Siemens currently holds a 34-percent stake in Areva NP, estimated to be worth 2.0 billion euros (2.6 billion dollars). The source said the decision to pull out was not for "political" reasons. A Siemens spo ... more |
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Ankara (AFP) Jan 19, 2009A partnership led by Russian state firm Atomstroyexport on Monday submitted a revised bid to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, citing global economic conditions, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said. The new bid was handed in just minutes after the tender commission announced that the consortium had offered a unit price of 21.16 cents per kilowatt per hour for supplying ... more Germany needs to diversify energy sources: economy minister 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 18, 2009Germany's economy minister has called for diversifying the country's energy sources after the recent gas crisis in Europe, hinting Berlin should take another look at phasing out nuclear power. "The current gas crisis has been it clear to the eyes of everyone that we cannot allow ourselves to reject any source of energy," Michael Glos told the newspaper Handelsblatt in an interview to appear ... more US takes poke at Iran in signing UAE civil nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2009The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday signed a deal to cooperate in civilian nuclear energy, which Washington says contrasts with Iran's defiant nuclear ambitions. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her UAE counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nayhan signed the document laying out what the US called "the legal framework" for civil nuclear cooperation under internat ... more Progress Energy Florida Signs Contract For New, Advanced-Design Nuclear Plant 
St. Petersburg FL (SPX) Jan 16, 2009Progress Energy Florida (PEF) has signed a contract with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and The Shaw Group Inc.'s Power Group for the engineering, procurement and construction of two nuclear units for a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County, Fla. The contract provides equipment, engineering and construction services for two 1,105-net megawatt (MWe) AP1000 reactors and is the next ... more 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 |
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Warsaw (AFP) Jan 13, 2009Poland said Tuesday its top priority was to ensure its energy security through broad diversification of sources, turning to nuclear power as a row between Russia and Ukraine halted gas supply to Europe. "By 2020 we intend to see power flow from one or two nuclear plants," Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Warsaw. Warsaw will consult South Korea and European nuclear ... more Philippines revisits nuclear energy option at 'white elephant' plant 
Morong, The Philippines (AFP) Jan 8, 2009The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman president Ferdinand Marcos. It was originally meant to cost around 500 million dollars, but the final price tag of 2.3 billion dollars was only paid off in April 2007. A huge slice of the inflated balance was allegedly stolen by Marcos and his cronies. An ... more Russian gas crisis puts a flame under nuclear debate in Europe 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 11, 2009Cuts in Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine have reignited interest in Europe about using nuclear energy as an alternative to hydrocarbons, sparking environmentalists' ire. "On nuclear energy, this crisis will have consequences for the way we consider energy security in all EU countries," said Czech Energy Minister Martin Riman, whose country holds the bloc's rotating presidency. ... more Niger picks France's Areva to operate giant uranium mine: company 
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
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