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China eyes massive hike in atomic energy target: state media Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2009 
China plans to nearly double its target for nuclear energy by 2020, state media said Wednesday, a move likely to reaffirm the nation's position as a prime market for the global atomic industry. The new objective is for nuclear power plants to reach a capacity of 70 gigawatts in 11 years, the China Daily reported, enough to power 70 cities the size of San Francisco. The objective, if ... read more
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GDF Suez, Iberdrola join forces for British market
Paris (AFP) Feb 4, 2009French energy group GDF Suez and Spanish utility Iberdrola said Wednesday that they will join forces to bid for work on the renewal of Britain's nuclear power generating capacity. The companies said in a statement that they "would take part together in the joint development of new nuclear reactors" in Britain. "Through a joint venture, GDF SUEZ and Iberdrola, along with Scottish ... more Putin ready to expand German nuclear cooperation 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 3, 2009Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Russia was ready to expand cooperation in the nuclear energy sector with the German engineering giant Siemens, underlining the strength of economic ties between the two countries. "We are ready to move from realizing piecemeal projects to the creation of a full-scale partnership between Siemens and (Russia's state nuclear firm) Rosatom", Putin to ... more Areva says it will sign Indian nuclear deal Wednesday 
Paris (AFP) Feb 3, 2009French nuclear power giant Areva said it would on Wednesday sign a deal with Nuclear Power Corp of India to build at least two next-generation EPR nuclear reactors. A memorandum of understanding will be signed by Areva chief executive Anne Lauvergeon in New Delhi, said the spokesman for the state-controlled group, adding it would open the way for negotiations to build "at least two EPRs." ... more Wind Now Leads EU Power Sector 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Feb 03, 2009In 2008, more wind power was installed in the EU than any other electricity generating technology. Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) show that 43% of all new electricity generating capacity built in the European Union last year was wind energy, exceeding all other technologies including gas, coal and nuclear power. A total of 19,651 MW of new power ... more Protests as Philippine Congress deliberates nuclear bill 
Manila (AFP) Feb 2, 2009About a hundred environmentalists led a protest outside the Philippine Congress Monday to denounce a bill to revive a mothballed nuclear power plant at a cost of one billion dollars. The protesters, led by Greenpeace, erected a symbolic tombstone at the gates of the House of Representatives that they said was meant to remind lawmakers that the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has long been ... more |
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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 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 |
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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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