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Iran says nuclear plant to start operating by Aug 22
Tehran (AFP) March 10, 2009Iran said on Tuesday that its much-delayed nuclear power plant, where testing began last month, would start operating by August 22. The 1,000-megawatt Russian-built plant in the southern port city of Bushehr will first generate around 500 megawatts by August 22, Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said, quoted by state television's website. The Russian federal nuclear company which is construc ... more Analysis: Nuclear vs. renewable in Germany 
Berlin (UPI) Mar 6, 2009 Renewable and traditional energy companies have launched a war of words over Germany's future energy mix, a divisive issue increasing in prominence roughly half a year before Germans head to the polls to vote for a new government. The dispute centers around one question: Will Germany stick to its decision to phase out nuclear energy or not? The current government, made up of Chan ... more Analysis: Kazakhs to boost uranium output 
Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 Unlike many other newly emerging oil-rich nations, Kazakhstan is not placing all its hopes on its hydrocarbon resources but seeking to diversify its energy exports to include uranium, adducing an increased demand for the fuel in coming decades from countries interested in nuclear power. Ultimately, however, having the silvery metal underwrite an increased percentage of the national economy mig ... more Iran says nuclear plant to start operating by Sept 
Tehran (AFP) March 4, 2009Iran said on Wednesday that its much-delayed nuclear power plant, where testing began last month, would start generating electricity by September 2009. The 1,000-megawatt Russian-built plant in the southern port city of Bushehr will first generate around 500 megawatts, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told parliament, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Since the fuel for the pow ... more Siemens teams up with Russia for slice of nuclear pie 
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 |
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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 Iran says nuclear plant could start in months 
Bushehr, Iran (AFP) Feb 25, 2009Iran began testing its first nuclear power plant on Wednesday in the face of deep international concern over its atomic drive and said the long-delayed project could go on line within months. Officials from Iran and Russia, which has been involving in building the power station for the past 14 years, watched over the start of the pre-commissioning in the Gulf port of Bushehr. "As for a t ... more Launch date to be set for Iran's first nuclear plant
Tehran (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Iran and Russia will announce on Wednesday a date for the Islamic republic's first nuclear power plant to go operational, the official IRNA news agency reported. "The exact date for the start of operations at Bushehr nuclear plant will be announced at the plant on Wednesday," the spokesman for Russia's federal nuclear agency, Sergei Novikov, told IRNA in Moscow. Iran plans to carry out ... more Italy takes first step to return to nuclear energy 
Rome (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Italy took the first concrete step Tuesday towards returning to nuclear energy following a 21-year ban, reaching an accord with France to build state-of-the-art reactors. The Italian and French energy firms ENEL and EDF signed an accord for the construction in Italy of at least four European pressurised water nuclear reactors (EPRs) as part of an overall nuclear cooperation accord. The ... more Patience Pays Off With Methanol For Uranium Bioremediation 
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 |
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Riga (AFP) Feb 18, 2009Latvia and Estonia Wednesday said they were tired of delays to a four-nation nuclear power plant project which is meant to help the Baltic states reduce the energy clout of their Soviet-era master Moscow. "This project is moving slowly," Latvian Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins told AFP after meeting with his Estonian opposite number Urmas Paet. He said Riga was hoping that a long-awaite ... more British nuclear firm fined for radioactive waste leak: court 
London (AFP) Feb 17, 2009A British court Tuesday ordered a company which managed a nuclear power plant to pay 400,000 pounds after it was convicted of allowing radioactive waste to leak into the ground over a 14-year period. Magnox Electric Ltd was fined 250,000 pounds (350,000 dollars, 280,000 euros) and ordered to pay 150,000 pounds in legal costs for breaching laws on the disposal of radioactive waste at ... more Russia, Turkey close to mega energy deals: official 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2009Russia and Turkey are close to agreeing energy deals worth billions of dollars under which Moscow will build a nuclear power station and supply electricity for Ankara, a Russian official said on Friday. During a visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said the two sides were nearing agreement on Russia winning the nuclear energy contract worth up to ... more 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
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