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France offers Pakistan nuclear energy help
Paris (AFP) May 15, 2009France and Pakistan have agreed to cooperate in the nuclear field, officials said Friday, with Islamabad claiming an important breakthrough in its bid to be seen as a responible nuclear power. Following talks between France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, the French leader's office said he had offered to help Pakistan improve its "nuclear safety" capab ... more Russia, Japan agree nuclear energy pact 
Tokyo (AFP) May 12, 2009A nuclear energy agreement signed by Japan and Russia Tuesday will pave the way for contracts worth billions of dollars, the head of Russia's state nuclear agency said Tuesday. The accord, which was inked during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Tokyo, will allow for the transfer of Japanese technology to Russia and the sale of more nuclear fuel to energy-poor Japan. It wi ... more Russia signs civilian nuclear power pact with Bangladesh 
Dhaka (AFP) May 13, 2009Bangladesh and Russia signed a deal Wednesday which could lead to construction of the first civilian nuclear power plant in the electricity-starved South Asian nation, an official said. The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on peaceful use of nuclear energy, which officials said was the first step toward construction of a plant. "We've had approaches from other countries. We ... more EDF, Centrica sign deal to 'relaunch' nuclear power in Britain 
Paris (AFP) May 11, 2009France's state-owned EDF and Britain's Centrica announced on Monday a long-awaited joint venture aimed at relaunching nuclear energy in Britain. EDF, the world's biggest nuclear energy producer, also said it would buy 51 percent of the Belgian electricity company SPE from Centrica for 1.3 billion euros (1.8 billion dollars), the companies said in a joint statement. The deal with Centrica ... more 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 |
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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 Areva seeks to block Siemens-Rosatom nuclear deal 
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2009French nuclear power group Areva said Thursday it had filed a request for arbitration to try to stop Germany's Siemens creating a rival venture with Russian group Rosatom. A spokeswoman for the French state-controlled group confirmed a press report that her company had taken the case to the International Chamber of Commerce, but declined to provide further details. A Siemens spokesman sa ... more Kazakhstan, China sign major nuclear power deal 
Almaty (AFP) April 29, 2009Kazakhstan on Wednesday signed a deal that would see it build nuclear power plants for China, as well as provide its energy-hungry neighbour with more than 24,000 tonnes of uranium. The deal between state nuclear agency Kazatomprom and the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) calls for the creation of a joint venture to build power plants for energy-hungry China, the Kazakh firm said ... more French nuclear plant evacuated after bomb scare 
Chinon, France (AFP) April 30, 2009A French nuclear power plant was evacuated Thursday after a bomb alert sparked by an anonymous telephone call, regional officials said. Police inspected all high-security parts of the plant in cental-western Chinon but found nothing unusual, the local prefecture said. A full search of the site was still ongoing late Thursday morning. All but the most essential staff, or 198 people, were ... more Nuclear power making comeback, top energy officials say 
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 |
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Tokyo (AFP) April 14, 2009Japan's government Tuesday chastised the operator of the world's largest nuclear plant for a string of fires that has hit the facility since it closed after an earthquake almost two years ago. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is scheduled to restart as early as this month but the nine blazes, the latest of which hit Saturday, have stoked fears about the safety of the seven-reactor ... more Iraq to create nuclear energy commission 
Baghdad (AFP) April 9, 2009Iraq plans to create an atomic energy agency nearly three decades after Israeli bombers destroyed a reactor being built by the late dictator Saddam Hussein, the government spokesman said on Thursday. "The government has decided to create a national nuclear energy commission that will be responsible for controlling nuclear activities in the country and assuring they are in line with internati ... more Japan quake-hit nuke plant set to restart soon: official
Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2009The world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan is set to resume operations soon, two years after a strong earthquake caused a radioactive leak there, an official said Thursday. Despite some local opposition, Tokyo has given the go-ahead for a test run of a reactor at the plant -- seen as a de facto resumption of the facility. The agreement of local communities is the last hurdle to a resta ... more Greenpeace Co-Founder Spruiks Benefits Of New Nuclear Power 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2009As Wisconsin state lawmakers consider repealing the moratorium on nuclear energy, Dr. Patrick Moore, a Greenpeace co-founder and current Co-Chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition (CASEnergy), addressed a joint committee in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Dr. Moore testified before the Wisconsin Senate Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail Committee and the House Energy and Utilities ... more 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
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