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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 9, 2009 
Nagasaki's mayor, marking the 64th anniversary of his city's atomic bombing by the United States, called Sunday on the leaders of nuclear-armed powers to visit the site and build a nuclear-free world. Tomihisa Tanoue urged world leaders from both declared nuclear powers and others such as Iran, Israel and North Korea to visit the city in southwestern Japan. "I am sure anyone who visits h ... read more 
Vilnius (AFP) Aug 6, 2009Lithuania on Thursday sought to reassure its partners in a four-nation nuclear power project that the slow-moving effort is still on course and that a key hurdle will be cleared next month. "In September we should have the first version of the business plan," Romas Svedas, deputy energy minister, said in an interview with the Lithuanian newspaper Vilniaus Diena. "We hope that the new ... more
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Ankara (AFP) Aug 7, 2009The Turkish state could take as much as a 25 percent stake in a planned nuclear power plant project if the Russian-led consortium competing for the contract lowers its price, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Friday. "A public sector stake is possible if the price falls," Yildiz told the CNN-Turk news channel. "The price needs to be cut to a reasonable level." "If the prevalent model in ... more  
Sofia (AFP) Aug 3, 2009Bulgaria's new Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov said on Monday that he will review the justification for big energy projects because of the economic crisis. His main target was a project to build a new 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant near Belene on the Danube. "What is clear is that work was done on a piecemeal basis, without any idea on how to achieve economic pro ... more 
Paris (AFP) Aug 3, 2009Energy groups EDF and Enel said on Monday they were joining up to develop third-generation nuclear reactors for Italy as Italian authorities prepare to end a nuclear power moratorium in place since 1987. France's EDF and Italy's Enel "announced today the creation of the equal basis joint venture 'Sviluppo Nucleare Italia Srl'," they said in a statement. The new venture is "aimed at devel ... more |
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Bangi, Malaysia (UPI) Jul 22, 2009 Malaysia aims to use nuclear power as an alternative energy source by 2025, a government official said. Nuclear policy has received the go-ahead to be implemented and the government will link up with international organizations such as the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Malaysia's Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Fadillah Yusof, the New ... more 
Moscow (AFP) July 22, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia should hold a quarter of the international nuclear energy market, as he announced an ambitious development programme. "With ultra-modern technologies and the ability to guarantee the complete cycle, from the production of uranium, to the maintenance and decommissioning of nuclear power plants, Russia can count on a minimum of a qua ... more 
Rome (AFP) July 22, 2009France and Italy signed an agreement Wednesday to cooperate on research into nuclear power and renewable energy, the first concrete step under a joint venture agreed at a bilateral summit in February. The accord was signed by the president of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Bernard Bigot, and the head of Italy's National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENE ... more |
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