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 Ottawa (AFP) May 28, 2009 
Canada said Thursday it hoped to sell a stake in its nuclear agency to try to grow Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and boost its reactor sales, amid growing interest around the world in nuclear power. Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt told a news conference AECL could not thrive in its current form as it is too small, with a mere 10 percent of installed reactor capacity in the world ... read more
Minsk (AFP) May 28, 2009Belarus is seeking a 9.0-billion-dollar (6.5-billion-euro) loan from Russia to build a nuclear power station, Russia's finance minister was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Thursday. "Belarus is asking Russia for nine billion dollars in credit to build a nuclear power station," the minister, Alexei Kudrin, was quoted as saying during talks here. "We have the request from the ... more
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Astana (AFP) May 27, 2009Security officials in Kazakhstan said Wednesday that the recently imprisoned former chief of the country's nuclear power agency illegally sold uranium mining rights to overseas companies. Former Kazatomprom boss Mukhtar Dzhakishev took part in crooked deals that squandered the Central Asian state's uranium resources and netted him tens of thousands of dollars, the KNB security service said. ... more 
Tripoli (AFP) May 26, 2009Libya and Ukraine on Tuesday signed deals to cooperate in both peaceful civilian nuclear energy and in defence during a visit by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. They also signed agreements on protection of information and higher education, an AFP reporter said. After arriving in the north African country on Monday, Tymoshenko said the former Soviet republic needed to diversify ... more 
Sydney (AFP) May 22, 2009Global 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 ... 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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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 
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 
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 
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 |
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