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Japan to launch nuclear energy talks with SKorea, Vietnam: report
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2009Japan will shortly launch talks with South Korea and Vietnam on cooperation in developing nuclear energy, with its sights set on growing demand in emerging economies, a report said Sunday. The talks on nuclear power accords with South Korea and Vietnam will start as early as this spring and Japan is expected to conclude an agreement with Russia, the Nikkei business daily said. Demand for ... more Areva to sign Indian nuclear deal this week: French minister 
Mumbai (AFP) Feb 1, 2009French nuclear power engineering company Areva is to sign a deal this week with a number of Indian energy plants, France's foreign trade minister Anne-Marie Idrac said here Sunday. Idrac said that a memorandum of understanding would be signed in the coming days, as part of French moves to tap into India's expanding civil nuclear sector. The minister declined to say exactly how many plant ... more Union Leader Urges The Government To Push Ahead With Nuclear Energy 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 29, 2009While meeting workers at Sellafield, Derek Simpson, the joint leader of Unite, will urge the Government to push ahead with the nuclear re-build programme to reduce Britain's household bills, create jobs and end our reliance on oil and gas from countries like Russia. Mr Simpson will welcome the Government's commitment to nuclear energy as a key part of its low carbon and secure energy polic ... more 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 |
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Ottawa (AFP) Jan 21, 2009India welcomes Canada's "strong involvement" in the expansion of its nuclear power capacity, Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Wednesday. Day, on a four-day visit to the world's most populous democracy, also indicated in a statement that Canada aims to finalize a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement with India "as soon as possible." "I was encouraged by the very positive resp ... more Russia May Build Belarus Nuclear Plant Without Tender 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 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 delegatio ... more Spain's Iberdrola, Britain's SSE plan nuclear joint venture 
Madrid (AFP) Jan 20, 2009Spain's Iberdrola and Britain's Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) will join forces to build new nuclear power stations in Britain, a spokesman for the Spanish firm said Tuesday. The two firms will create a joint venture which will compete for contracts to build nuclear power station in Britain, he told AFP. Britain approved the construction of a new generation of nuclear plants last Jan ... more Russian-led consortium revises bid for Turkey nuclear plant: minister
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 |
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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 Poland plans first nuclear plant, LNG terminal as gas crisis bites 
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
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