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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rival, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, sparred Sunday on minimum wages and nuclear power in an otherwise tepid TV debate before elections in two weeks' time. The conservative Merkel and Steinmeier, her vice-chancellor and the Social Democrats' candidate, also tried to claim credit for the recent state-brokered rescue of automaker Opel and a drop in ... read more 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2009NASA has made a series of critical strides toward the development of new nuclear reactors the size of a trash can that could power a human outpost on the moon or Mars. Three recent tests at different NASA centers and a national lab have successfully demonstrated key technologies required for compact fission-based nuclear power plants for human settlements on other worlds. NASA's Mars ... more
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Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended in an interview Wednesday his decision to cooperate with Iran to develop nuclear energy in his country. Chavez told Le Figaro newspaper that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was an ally and a friend, speaking three days after he signed agreements to strengthen cooperation during a visit to Tehran. "I thank him for the technology transfers ... more 
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Sep 9, 2009 Amid the gathering storm over Iran's controversial nuclear ambitions, the race is on among Arab states to build nuclear power plants of their own, opening up immense trade opportunities for the industrialized world as well as the specter of proliferation. The United States, Britain, France and Russia are competing for contracts in the nuclear energy bonanza that is emerging in the ... more 
Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2009Some 50,000 anti-nuclear protestors on Saturday demonstrated here against Germany possibly reversing a decision to abandon nuclear power, and instead extend the life of its nuclear power plants. The marchers, backed by 400 tractors, demanded that Germany stick to its commitment to close all nuclear plants by 2020 and also called for the closure of a radioactive dump at Gorleben in eastern ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Aug 20, 2009Pakistan came under severe pressure from the major nuclear powers on Thursday to end its defiance of 64 other countries in blocking international disarmament talks. Despite warnings that the blockage could discredit the world's principal disarmament forum, Pakistan's ambassador Zamir Akram held firm against an unusual joint offensive by Britain, China, Russia and the United States. ... more 
Ankara (AFP) Aug 19, 2009Turkey's energy minister highlighted Wednesday problems in a tender won by a Russian company to build the country's first nuclear power plant amid media reports that Ankara could cancel the project. A consortium led by Atomstroyexport, Russia's state nuclear giant, was the only bidder in the tender last year and the government -- unhappy with the financial terms -- is yet to decide whether ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 20, 2009A small radioactive leak was detected at a Japanese nuclear power plant after a strong earthquake struck the region last week, the operator said Thursday. Chubu Electric Power Co. said it detected "a slightly higher level" of the radioactive element iodine 131 in an exhaust filter, but added that the amount was so small that "it would not harm human health". A magnitude 6.4 quake ... more |
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