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 London (AFP) Nov 27, 2009 
Britain's nuclear safety watchdog has warned that French and US-Japanese reactors planned for construction in Britain could be rejected unless safety concerns were met. The Health and Safety Executive said it has some concerns about features of both designs of the reactor technologies, proposed for use in a new generation of British nuclear power stations. "We continue to believe that ... read more
Bangalore, India (AFP) Nov 29, 2009Workers at a nuclear power plant in southern India were treated for poisoning after drinking water was deliberately spiked with radiation, senior government officials said Sunday. Routine tests showed 55 employees from the plant in Kaiga in the state of Karnataka had increased levels of the radioactive element tritium, which is used in nuclear reactors. B. Bhattacharjee, a member of the ... more
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Taipei (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Taiwanese environmental groups on Wednesday voiced concern over the safety of two nuclear power plants after a survey found they were located near a zone at risk from earthquakes. "The plants are old and it's not easy to upgrade their quake resistance features," said Herburt Lee, secretary general of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union. The plants, in northern Taiwan, are as close ... more 
Paris (AFP) Nov 25, 2009A French attempt to win a 41-billion-dollar (27.2-billion-euro) contract to build nuclear power stations in the Emirates is at risk over pricing, the La Tribune newspaper reported on Wednesday. The newspaper reported that the top official at the presidential Elysee Palace, Claude Geant, had held a meeting with the heads of big French companies concerned on Tuesday to discuss a further ... more 
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Vietnam's Communist-dominated parliament on Wednesday brushed aside criticism and approved building the country's first nuclear power stations, a project keenly watched by potential foreign partners. The "draft law on nuclear electricity" was approved by 77 percent of deputies present in the single-chamber national assembly, said one deputy critical of the project, Nguyen Minh Thuyet. ... more |
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Ankara (AFP) Nov 21, 2009 Turkey is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying Saturday. "The fact that the tender was scrapped does not mean that the process is scrapped. Our determination on nuclear power plants is persisting," Yildiz said in Kizilcahamam town, near Ankara, Anatolia news agency reported. ... more 
Ljubljana (AFP) Nov 20, 2009Slovenia plans to build a second reactor at its nuclear power plant in Krsko between 2020 and 2025, Economy Minister Matej Lahovnik said here Friday. "The second reactor at Krsko will be built between 2020 and 2025," Lahovnik told a news conference. "I'm in favour of a second reactor since the nuclear option is very attractive and necessary for Slovenia," he said. The Slovenian ... more  
Moscow, Russia (XNA) Nov 16, 2009President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will prioritize the development of nuclear energy, especially the use of nuclear technology in spacecraft. Medvedev made the announcement Thursday during his annual address to the Federal Assembly. This was not the first time that Russia has suggested the development of nuclear-powered spacecraft. Anatoly Perminov, the head of Federal Space Agenc ... more |
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