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Most Swedes want nuclear power
Stockholm (AFP) Feb 13, 2009Most Swedish people favour nuclear power as an energy source, a poll published Friday showed a week after the government decided it would not shut the country's 10 nuclear reactor plants. About 62 percent of 1,016 people polled between February 5 and 11 by the Dagens Nyheter daily approved nuclear power, while 28 percent opposed it and 10 percent were undecided. On Febrary 5, Sweden's go ... more Albania gets Croatia backing for nuclear plant 
Zagreb (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Plans by Albania to build a nuclear power plant were backed by Croatia as a project that could benefit the entire Balkan region at a meeting on Tuesday of the two countries' prime ministers. "We have agreed to work together, to invite other countries in the neighbourhood, Montenegro, Bosnia and others interested to work on this project," Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha told reporters. ... more Analysis: Nuclear revival in Sweden 
Berlin (UPI) Feb 6, 2009 Sweden has reversed a decision to phase out the country's nuclear reactors, following a trend in Europe that only a handful of countries are still ignoring. On Thursday the Swedish center-right government agreed on an ambitious new climate package, which will include nuclear energy, it says. The package not only includes bold measures to boost the share of renewables and reduce ... more Finnish Fortum seeks permit for a new nuclear reactor 
Helsinki (AFP) Feb 5, 2009Finnish utility group Fortum submitted an application to the government Thursday to build a new nuclear reactor in Finland, the company said. "Fortum has today ... submitted to the government of Finland an application for a decision-in-principle concerning the construction of a new nuclear power plant unit on the island of Haestholmen in Loviisa," the firm said in a statement. It added ... more 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 |
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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 Nuclear energy use in EU limited: commissioner 
Ostrava, Czech Republic (AFP) Jan 30, 2009EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said Friday negative public opinion limited the use of nuclear energy in the bloc, but vowed to push it as far he could. "I am ready to go as far as we can go in the Union," he said at a conference in the Czech city of Ostrava. "But on the EU level, there is a different public opinion which should be respected that puts a limit to involvement of the ... more 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 |
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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 India welcomes Canada's involvement in its nuclear expansion: minister 
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
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