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US Nuclear Power Plants Achieved Near-Record Level Of Production In 2008
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2009U.S. nuclear power plants last year continued their decade-long trend of reliable electricity generation, eclipsing all other electricity sources with an industry-average capacity factor of more than 90 percent, according to preliminary data on 2008 operations. Nuclear power plants generated approximately 805.7 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity last year, a mere one-tenth of one ... more China eyes massive hike in atomic energy target: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2009China 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 ... more 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 |
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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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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 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
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