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Turbine fault closes Russian nuclear power station: report
Moscow (AFP) April 3, 2009Russian officials shut down the nuclear power station at Kalinin, in the northwest Tver region of Russia, because of a faulty turbine, the Interfax agency reported Friday, citing officials at the station. The number two block was shut down on Thursday because of a problem with the turbine, said the station's director Leonid Martynovchenko, the agency reported. It would back up and connec ... more Slovenia shuts down nuclear plant for maintenance 
Ljubljana (AFP) April 1, 2009Slovenia shut down Wednesday its sole nuclear power plant for 30 days of regular maintenance work, nearly a year after an incident there triggered a Europe-wide alert, authorities said. The Krsko plant was shut down for five days last June when a loss was detected in the reactor's cooling system, which led to the first Europe-wide radiation alert since the system was put in place in the afte ... more Romania eyeing four possible sites for nuclear plant: report 
Bucharest (AFP) April 1, 2009Romania has shortlisted four different sites in the country for the construction of a second nuclear power plant by 2020, the outgoing head of its atomic agency said Wednesday. Valica Gorea, who headed the Romanian Nuclear Agency from 2005 until earlier this week, told the Newsin agency that out of a total 100 possible sites, locations in Brasov, Sibiu, Arad and Cluj were currently being co ... more China energy arm plans to up nuclear capacity: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2009China's energy sector will table a plan to nearly double its 2020 nuclear power capacity goal and is urging firms to acquire uranium abroad to build a fuel reserve, state press said Monday. The country's energy administration wants to increase capacity to 75,000 megawatts, up from the 40,000 it had called for in a plan put forward in 2007, the Shanghai Securities News said. The revised p ... more Belgian firm appeals nuclear tax: report 
Brussels (AFP) March 28, 2009Belgian energy firm Electrabel launched a court challenge against a bid to levy hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) in windfall tax on nuclear power companies, a report said on Saturday. "The appeal was launched this week" in a Belgian constitutional court by Electrabel, a subsidiary of the French energy giant GDF Suez, the Belgian firm's spokesman Fernand Grifnee was quoted as saying by ... more |
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Paris (AFP) March 25, 2009Frederic Lemoine, the chairman at French nuclear energy group Areva, has tendered his resignation after accepting a position at another major French group, an internal document showed Wednesday. "I have decided to accept the chairmanship of another quoted French company," Lemoine wrote to the secretary of the supervisory board Bernard de Gouttes in a letter obtained by AFP. "I have the ... more EU's Baltic states still 'islands' in power market 
Vilnius (AFP) March 24, 2009Five years since they joined the European Union, the bloc's Baltic states are still barely plugged into its electricity network and remain hooked to the grid of their Soviet-era master Moscow. Limited moves to resolve the situation mean the role of Russian power is set to strengthen from the end of this year, when a key but aging nuclear power plant in Lithuania closes down under a deal with ... more Sweden's opposition parties pledge end to nuclear power 
Stockholm (AFP) March 22, 2009Leaders of Sweden's opposition party on Sunday pledged to phase out nuclear power if they win the 2010 elections, just weeks after the government backed to keep the country's 10 reactors running. "We want to phase out the nuclear power stations ... replacing them with renewable energy," wrote the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Lefts in a joint piece published in the daily Dagens Nyhete ... more Russia firm may join Toshiba nuclear power group 
Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009A giant Russian nuclear energy firm, Atomenergoprom, may help build a uranium enrichment plant in Japan in a joint venture with Toshiba, the Russian company said in a statement Thursday. "Atomenergoprom and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to launch detailed studies of potential joint construction of a uranium enrichment plant based on Russian technology on the territory of Japan or another ... more Japan court rules nuke plant is quake-proof 
Tokyo (AFP) March 18, 2009A court in Japan Wednesday ruled that the country's second largest nuclear power plant meets earthquake safety standards and can legally operate, backing the government over a residents' group. Three years ago a lower court ordered a shutdown of one reactor at the Shika nuclear plant, handing a victory to campaigners who argued that government safety rules underestimated the size of a quake ... more |
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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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