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Vattenfall, RWE, E.ON, EDF in running for Baltic nuclear plant
Vilnius (AFP) March 12, 2009Swedish energy group Vattenfall, Germany's RWE or E.ON, or France's EDF could win the construction contract for a four-nation nuclear power plant in Lithuania, officials said here Thursday. Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas singled out the four market giants but told reporters that "other large electricity companies" could also be in the running. Sekomkas also warned that the plant was un ... more Obama's energy chief announces nuclear waste panel 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2009US Energy Secretary Steven Chu backed a new generation of nuclear power Wednesday, and said a panel of experts would report back this year on the best long-term storage of radioactive waste. The Nobel laureate scientist, chosen by President Barack Obama to lead an ambitious drive for renewable energy, said nuclear power was also an "essential part of our energy mix" along with cleaner coal a ... more 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 |
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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 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 |
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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 Latvia, Estonia push for Baltic nuclear plant 
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
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