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 Sydney (AFP) May 22, 2009 
Global resources giant BHP Billiton announced plans Friday to develop a major new uranium mine in Western Australia after the state lifted a ban on production of the nuclear fuel. The company said it planned to begin producing uranium at its Yeelirrie site in 2014, boosting Australian output of the fuel as demand for nuclear energy grows in countries such as China and India. "Current pla ... read more
Astana (AFP) May 21, 2009Kazakhstan on Thursday put forward a former industry and trade minister to head the Central Asian state's nuclear power firm, Kazatomprom. Prime Minister Karim Masimov told reporters in the capital Astana that Vladimir Shkolnik was the government's choice to head the key state company, making his confirmation a virtual certainty. "We will recommend that Vladimir Sergeyevich (Shkolnik) he ... more
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Madrid (AFP) May 20, 2009A think tank of Spain's governing Socialist Party Wednesday called for all of the country's nuclear plants to be closed by 2050, when it said all energy sources should be renewable. The Ideas Foundation said Spain should be "free of nuclear energy in 2050" and have "100-percent renewable energy." "Renewable energies could replace current nuclear production in less than a decade," the exp ... more 
Warsaw (AFP) May 19, 2009Poland has named its first nuclear energy official, the government said Tuesday, after announcing plans to build one or two nuclear power plants to meet the country's growing energy needs. Prime Minister Donald Tusk named Helena Trojanowska to oversee nuclear energy development. Until her appointment she ran the nuclear energy department of the Polish Energy Group, a state-owned electr ... more 
Paris (AFP) May 18, 2009France is ready to help Romania build a new nuclear power station, President Nicolas Sarkozy told his Romanian counterpart on Monday. Several European companies including France's GDF Suez, Enel from Italy and E.ON from Germany have expressed an interest in the contract to build Romania's second nuclear plant. During a working lunch with President Traian Basescu, Sarkozy offered "France' ... more 
Paris (AFP) May 16, 2009French nuclear power group Areva has sold its stake in oil giant Total in order to fund its own projects, the Figaro newspaper reported Saturday. Neither company would comment on the report, which said that Areva gave up its 0.4 percent share of Total valued at nearly 400 million euros (540 million dollars) some two weeks ago. Areva is seeking some three billion euros to finance its inve ... more |
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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 
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 
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 
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 |
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