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India plans massive nuclear energy boost New Delhi (UPI) Sep 30, 2009
India aims to boost its nuclear energy capacity by 12,000 percent by 2050. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in making the announcement Tuesday at a New Delhi conference on peaceful uses of nuclear power, predicted that India could produce 470 gigawatts of nuclear power. That would make India the largest nuclear energy producer in the world, surpassing the United States, which now ... read moreLithuania says nuclear deal due in 2010
Vilnius (AFP) Sept 30, 2009Lithuania said Wednesday it aimed in the first six months of 2010 to sign a key investment deal in a four-nation nuclear power project to replace a Soviet-era plant set to shut down within months. "The plan is to sign a contract with the strategic investor in the first half of 2010," Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas told reporters, referring to the as-yet unchosen player that will steer the ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
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China approves building of coastal nuclear plant
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2009China has approved the construction of a new nuclear plant in its eastern coastal region, in the latest step in Beijing's plan to include more clean energy in the country's consumption mix. The State Council, or cabinet, issued a licence last week for the building of the first phase of the Haiyang nuclear power station in Shandong province, the State-owned Assets Supervision and ... more German greens vow protests against nuclear U-turn
Berlin (AFP) Sept 28, 2009Green groups in Germany vowed on Monday to hit the streets if Chancellor Angela Merkel's victorious new coalition keeps its campaign promise to reverse the country's scheduled exit from nuclear power. The world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl in 1986 turned a large part of German public opinion against atomic power, and in 2000 the government of chancellor Gerhard Schroeder decided to ... more Russia: Iran's enigmatic ally and key crisis player
Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2009Russia, which has the deepest relations with Iran of any big power, is to play a critical role in the Iranian nuclear crisis in the next months as the clock ticks on efforts to find a diplomatic solution. Moscow is a key supplier of military hardware to Tehran, a reliable trade partner in difficult times and is building Iran's first nuclear power plant -- subtle levers to pressure Tehran ... more |
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Romania to chose site for second nuclear plant in early 2010
Bucharest (AFP) Sept 16, 2009Romania will chose the site for its second nuclear plant in early 2010 but will keep the decision secret in part to head off possible protests, officials said Wednesday. "The decision should be taken in January or February 2010", Pompiliu Budulan, general manager of Romanian nuclear energy company Nuclearelectrica told a press conference in Bucharest. Three locations are currently under ... more Bulgaria weighs partial sale of stake in Belene nuclear plant
Sofia (AFP) Sept 17, 2009Bulgaria is considering the sale of part of its 51-percent share in a new nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said Thursday. Asked Thursday in an interview in the Standart newspaper if Bulgaria were seeking new private investors to enter the Belene project, Traikov replied: "Yes." Bulgaria's state-owned electricity utility NEK ... more India, Mongolia sign uranium agreement
New Delhi (UPI) Sep 15, 2009 India signed a civil nuclear energy agreement with uranium-rich Mongolia on Monday. The memorandum of understanding for "peaceful use of radioactive minerals and nuclear energy" was signed during Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia's state visit to India. According to a statement issued by the Mongolian presidency, Indian officials expressed a "willingness to cooperate in ... more |
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