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 Stockholm (AFP) June 3, 2009 
One of the world's first permanent nuclear waste storage sites that can house highly radioactive waste for more than 100,000 years will be built in Sweden, project officials said on Wednesday. The waste will be buried in tunnels drilled 500 metres (1,640 feet) underground in the bedrock in Forsmark, near the town of Oesthammar 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Stockholm, the Swedish ... read more
Moscow (AFP) June 2, 2009Russia and Oman have signed an agreement on nuclear energy cooperation that could see the two countries building reactors and counducting research together, Russia's atomic agency said on Tuesday. The document was signed by the deputy head of Rosatom, Nikolai Spasski, and the secretary general of Oman's foreign ministry, Badr Al-Busaidi. Oman set up a civilian nuclear energy agency last ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Astana (AFP) June 1, 2009The recently imprisoned former head of Kazakhstan's state nuclear power agency stole the majority of the Central Asian nation's uranium deposits, security officials alleged on Monday. Former Kazatomprom head Mukhtar Dzhakishev and other company officials illegally shifted ownership of uranium mines worth tens of billions of dollars through a network of offshore companies, the KNB security ... more 
Sofia (AFP) May 29, 2009Russia has agreed to lend Bulgaria 3.8 billion euros (5.4 billion dollars) to build a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube, the Dnevnik daily newspaper reported on Friday. In its online edition, the newspaper quoted Bulgarian Energy Holding official Ivan Atanasov, who is in charge of the Belene project, as saying that Russia had "opened procedures" to provide Bulgaria ... more 
Ottawa (AFP) May 28, 2009Canada 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 ... 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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AI giant Anthropic expands restrictions on Chinese entitiesSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Sept 5, 2025 US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said it was expanding restrictions on Chinese entities to include subsidiary companies and organisations based overseas, citing national security risks in an industry first. ... more
  
Marco Rubio to address global security during overseas tripWashington DC (UPI) Sep 12, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and the United Kingdom to address security matters in Gaza and globally from Saturday through Thursday. ... more
NATO military campaign will protect Poland's Eastern frontWashington DC (UPI) Sep 13, 2025 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO is launching a new military campaign in Poland following an incursion by Russian drones in Polish airspace earlier in the week, the military alliance confirmed in a statement. ... more
Rubio to meet with Netanyahu in Israel; Arab nations gather in QatarWashington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has landed in Israel to meet one-on-one with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over operations in Gaza City to expand the war even after the Trump administration criticized Israel for a surprise attack against Hamas negotiators in Qatar, which has been mediating between Israel and Hamas throughout the war. ... 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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