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 Nairobi (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 
Kenya hopes to build its first nuclear power plant in the next five years with help from France, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday. "We want to establish a nuclear plant. We want to start with a plant of the average of between 1,000 and 2,000 Megawatts (output) and we are looking at five years from now," Odinga said in an interview with AFP. Odinga said nuclear power was one ... read more
London (AFP) Nov 7, 2009Britain could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy minister revealed in an interview Saturday. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband told The Daily Telegraph newspaper that new planning guidelines due out on Monday would reduce the time it would take to get a new generation of nuclear power plants into operation. ... more
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Tokyo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009A Japanese nuclear power plant on Thursday started using recycled mixed-oxide or MOX fuel from a controversial shipment from France that arrived in the country amid protests in May. A reactor at the Genkai nuclear plant in western Saga prefecture was activated after being loaded with MOX, a blend of plutonium and reprocessed uranium, said a spokesman of the plant's operator. ... more 
Duesseldorf, Germany (UPI) Nov 5, 2009 German energy giants Eon and RWE have decided to team up to build nuclear power plants in Britain, promising to invest around $25 billion in the endeavor. The new company Horizon Nuclear Power headquartered near Gloucester will start operations on Nov. 16, the companies said in a joint statement. The joint venture is held to 50 percent by Eon UK, with RWE npower owning the other half. ... more 
Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Safety fears and threats of winter power cuts have taken some of the shine off France's world-beating nuclear industry, the country's main source of power and a key plank in its foreign trade strategy. France generates more than three-quarters of its electricity through nuclear power, more than any other country by proportion, and President Nicolas Sarkozy has made exporting French know-how ... more |
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Bucharest (AFP) Oct 26, 2009Environmental group Greenpeace won a court case in Romania on Monday that could force the authorities there to make public a list of potential locations for the construction of a nuclear power plant. The economy ministry must "communicate the requested information to the claimant," a ruling published on the Bucharest court's website said. The ministry is to pay penalties if it does not ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 24, 2009Japan's major nuclear reactor manufacturers have begun developing small nuclear power systems for both developed and emerging countries, a report said on Saturday. Toshiba Corp. is developing an ultra-compact reactor with an output of about 10,000 kilowatts and has started procedures for approval in the United States, the Nikkei business daily said. The new reactor, the Toshiba 4S, is ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Taiwan wants to extend the life of its oldest nuclear power plant for another 20 years, the government said Tuesday, triggering alarm among activists who fear it could put public safety at risk. State-owned Taiwan Power Company has asked to keep using the Chinshan plant, operational since 1978 in a coastal area of north Taiwan, after the licenses of its two reactors expire in 2018 and 2019 ... more |
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