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Berlin (AFP) March 4, 2009Siemens has become the latest German firm to up its game and tap into the renewed interest in nuclear power being seen all across the world -- but not in the company's own backyard. The Munich-based industrial giant said late Tuesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture with Russian firm Rosatom that they hope will become the "world market leader" in nuclear te ... more Kuwait to establish nuclear energy commission 
Kuwait City (AFP) March 2, 2009The cabinet of the Gulf state of Kuwait on Monday approved legislation to establish a national commission for nuclear energy uses, an official statement said. The commission, to be headed by the prime minister, will design policies needed for a peaceful nuclear programme in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, a statement by the cabinet said. The legislation must be ... more Iran says no military agenda in nuclear plan 
Tehran, Iran (AFP) Feb 27, 2009Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Friday Tehran's atomic plans were not of military nature, urging Russia to complete Iran's long-delayed nuclear power plant. "In the Friday prayer sermon, we don't make false promises. Therefore I declare that Iran's nuclear plan is not to build weapons ... and we are ready to prove it in negotiations," he said in a sermon carried liv ... more Olmert warns Iran after nuclear plant completed 
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 26, 2009Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert shot a thinly-veiled warning at Iran on Thursday after its arch-enemy announced the completion of its first nuclear power plant. "We are a strong country, a very strong country, and we have at our disposal (military) capacities the intensity of which are difficult to imagine," Olmert told public radio. "We have deployed enormous efforts to rei ... more Jordan, Russia sign nuclear deal 
Amman (AFP) Feb 26, 2009Russia, which is helping Iran build its first nuclear plant, inked a preliminary cooperation deal with Jordan on Thursday to pave the way for producing nuclear power in the energy-poor kingdom. Under the agreement, Russia will help Jordan, which imports around 95 percent of its energy needs, build power and desalination plants as well as research centres, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission head ... more |
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Madison WI (SPX) Feb 25, 2009The legacy of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy development has left ground water and sediment at dozens of sites across the United States and many more around the world contaminated with uranium. The uranium is transported through ground water as uranyl (U6+). In one bioremediation strategy, uranium immobilization in contaminated ground water and sediment may be achieved by the addition ... more Rio Tinto to explore for uranium in Jordan 
Amman (AFP) Feb 23, 2009Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto signed a deal on Monday with energy-parched Jordan to explore for uranium as part of the kingdom's efforts to pave the way for producing nuclear energy. "Under the 18-month agreement, the firm will fund the exploration of different areas of Jordan for uranium, thorium and zirconium," Khaled Tukan, head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, told the ... more Lunar Habitat Power System Begins Important Tests 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 23, 2009NASA today begins testing elements of a power system that is a potential candidate to provide the energy needed to support a human outpost on the moon. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has a one-of-a-kind test facility that enables engineers to simulate the nuclear power process of heat transfer from a reactor to a power converter - without using nuclear materials. ... more Iraq invites France back to build nuclear plant 
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 22, 2009Electricity Minister Karim Wahid on Sunday invited France to help Iraq build a nuclear power plant, three decades after Paris constructed a reactor near Baghdad that was bombed by Israeli warplanes. "We have had very good relationships with French companies," the minister told AFP in an interview. "I am willing to enter into contacts with the French nuclear agency and to start to build a ... more US nuclear plants must prepare for plane attacks 
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2009Firms building nuclear power stations will have to present designs that limit the possible effects of a large aircraft hitting the facility, the US nuclear energy watchdog said Wednesday. The rules are designed to limit the impact of a potentially catastrophic September 11-style attack on reactors, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The new regulations - which come af ... more |
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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 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
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