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Japan nuke plant restarts two years after quake: operator
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2009The world's largest nuclear power plant resumed part of its operations on Saturday, two years after it was shut down following a strong earthquake off the Japanese coast, the operator said. One of seven reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, located 300 kilometres (185 miles) northwest of Tokyo, started test operations, said operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). The company earli ... more Russia to sign nuclear pact with Japan: reports 
Tokyo (AFP) May 10, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told Japanese media his country expects to sign a nuclear power pact with Japan during his visit here this week, reports said Sunday. In an interview with Japanese media in Moscow, Putin said he would also present a list of economic cooperation projects during his three-day visit beginning on Monday. Various government-level agreements will be ... more Toshiba To Establish Nuclear Engineering Center In North Carolina 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 08, 2009Toshiba has announced that Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation, a U.S.-based Toshiba Group company, will establish an engineering center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The center will open this August, and will provide solid foundations for Toshiba Group's expansion of its nuclear power businesses and support for utility customers in the U.S. market. Major utilities in the Unit ... more Bulgaria seeks financing for new nuclear plant 
Sofia (AFP) May 7, 2009Bulgaria is counting on loans from Russia, Germany and France to build a new four-billion-euro nuclear power plant on the Danube, Deputy Economy and Energy Minister Yavor Kuyumdjiev said Thursday. Funding for the plant, which was due to come from the Bulgarian state and German power giant RWE, was proving difficult, Kuyumdjiev said in an interview with the daily Klassa published Thursday. ... more Commentary: Is Pakistan another Iran? 
Washington, April 27, 2009 U.S. President Obama's foreign policy gurus are baffled by Pakistan's anarchic chaos that is sweeping one of the world's eight nuclear powers. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she had trouble understanding why the Pakistani army isn't moving to suppress Taliban insurgents inching closer to the capital city of Islamabad. After six decades of independence -- and half that time und ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 19, 2009Growing energy demands and concerns about oil supplies and greenhouse gas emissions means nuclear power is making a comeback, top international specialists declared here Sunday. "Nuclear is really back on the agenda. There is a need for more energy," said Thierry Dujardin, a deputy director of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's nuclear energy arm. However, speaki ... more World's largest nuke plant to restart in quake-hit Japan town 
Kashiwazaki, Japan (AFP) April 17, 2009A strong earthquake shut down the world's largest nuclear power plant here almost two years ago. The clock is now ticking for it to restart -- but fears about a nearby seafloor faultline and a string of fires inside the dormant facility have deepened distrust in local communities. National, regional and local authorities have in recent weeks approved the resumption of the 8,200-megawatt ... more Over 50 nations want to build nuclear plants: report
Vienna (AFP) April 16, 2009More than 50 nations are in talks with the UN atomic watchdog to build nuclear power plants, a twofold increase over the last four years, a top agency official said in an interview released Thursday. "The IAEA is talking with 50-60 countries about the construction of nuclear power plants," Hans-Holger Rogner, head of planning and economic studies at the International Atomic Energy Agency, sa ... more Poland, Estonia urge Lithuania to speed up atomic power project 
Tallinn (AFP) April 16, 2009The Polish and Estonian prime ministers Thursday urged fellow EU member Lithuania to speed up work on its planned Ignalina new nuclear power station that is due to draw investment from the three states plus Lativa. "We are absolutely dissatisfied with the very slow pace of the preparations regarding the plan to build a new nuclear power station at Ignalina in Lithuania," Estonian Prime Minis ... more Japan signs nuclear energy deal with Jordan
Tokyo (AFP) April 14, 2009Japan agreed on Tuesday to provide Jordan with support for its nuclear energy programme as the Middle East state plans to launch its first atomic power plant in 2017, officials said. The five-year accord was signed in Tokyo as Jordan's King Abdullah II was making a three-day trip to the Japanese capital, said an official of Japan's energy agency. Under the deal, which can be extended for ... more |
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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 restarts nuclear plant after maintenance 
Ljubljana (AFP) May 4, 2009Slovenia on Monday restarted its sole nuclear power plant after month-long regular maintenance work, nearly a year after an incident there triggered a Europe-wide alert, management said. Plant equipment is in a good state and no particular problem was detected as 56 of the 121 nuclear fuel rods were replaced. Maintenance work will again be carried out late next year. The Krsko plant ... 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
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