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Poland will build its first nuclear power plant by 2020 to bolster the energy security of the EU member, Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak said Tuesday. "We have adopted a four-stage road map ... with construction of the power plant from 2016-2020," Pawlak said after a cabinet meeting in Warsaw. Legislative work to clear the way for the project will be completed by 2010, he said, while ... read more 
Geneva (AFP) Aug 10, 2009Pakistan on Monday held up the resumption of nuclear arms control negotiations at the UN Conference on Disarmament as it asked to reopen a work plan already agreed on by the main nuclear powers. The Pakistan delegation, which on Friday asked for more time to consult with Islamabad, on Monday said it wanted fresh discussions on procedural questions in a draft text detailing the various heads ... more
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2009A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 struck central Japan early Tuesday, reportedly injuring more than 40 people and triggering fires while also shutting down a nuclear power plant and bullet trains. The quake hit at 5:07 am (2007 GMT Monday) in the Pacific Ocean about 170 kilometres (105 miles) southwest of Tokyo at a depth of 26.8 kilometres (16.7 miles), according to the US Geological Survey ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 9, 2009Nagasaki'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 ... 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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Amman (AFP) July 28, 2009Jordan is forging ahead with a peaceful nuclear programme that would turn the energy-poor kingdom into an exporter of electricity, nuclear chief Khaled Tukan told AFP. "We are moving in great strides in the field of civilian nuclear energy in order to stop being dependent on the import of fuel," said Tukan, who chairs the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC). Jordan is the latest Sunni ... more 
Berlin (AFP) July 24, 2009One of Germany's most modern nuclear power stations was shut down on Friday due to a technical fault, operator RWE said, less than three weeks after problems at another reactor hit the headlines. The Emsland reactor in north-west Germany, which supplies around 3.5 million households, underwent an automatic shutdown at 3:00 am (0100 GMT), RWE said in a statement. "We are looking into what ... more 
Paris (AFP) July 23, 2009Engineering groups Alstom and Schneider said on Thursday they might launch a joint bid for the Transmission and Distribution business being sold by Areva, France's state-controlled nuclear power giant. "Schneider Electric and Alstom envisage submitting a joint offer" for the T&D operations, the two companies said in a statement. Ultimately, Alstom could end up with the transmission ... more |
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