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Iranian President Declares His Country A Space And Nuclear Power
Tehran, Iran (RIA Novosti) Mar 14, 2009Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that pressure from Western powers trying to keep Iran in economic isolation have in fact spurred the country to become a space and nuclear power. "Had you not been bad-tempered and blocked the way, the Iranian nation would not have been present in space, and would not have become a nuclear power," Fars news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as s ... more Analysis: Nuke waste problem unsolved 
Berlin (UPI) Mar 13, 2009 In Europe, nuclear power is undergoing a revival, but the problem of how to best store highly radioactive nuclear waste is still not solved. The most recent country to join the nuclear revival is Sweden. In February Stockholm reversed a decision from 1980 to phase out the country's nuclear reactors. Over the past few years, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Britain ... more 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 |
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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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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 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
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