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French reactor shut down following loss of coolingParis (AFP) Dec 2, 2009 One of four reactors at the Cruas nuclear power station in southern France was shut down late on Tuesday following a lapse in the cooling system, France's nuclear safety agency said. French energy company EDF reported the incident at 2250 GMT and followed its emergency procedures to shut down the reactor, it added. The cooling system for the reactors use water from the Rhone river and ... read 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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Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Nov 24, 2009In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day. "It looks unlikely that there will be any substantial near-term departure from recently observed acceleration in carbon ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 21, 2009Russia and Kazakhstan signed plan for joint uranium production late Friday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. Deputy chiefs of Russia's Rosatom and Kazakhstan's KazAtomProm nuclear producers signed the agreement on additional measures to boost cooperation in uranium production as well as construction of nuclear power stations in Kazakhstan, officials said. The details of the ... more 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Nov 20, 2009 The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is expected to award a contract for the Gulf's first nuclear power plant this year, amid concerns this could be the trigger for a new regional arms race with Iran. Saudi Arabia is reported to be pushing ahead with its own nuclear plans, particularly as hopes of an accommodation between the United States and Iran over its controversial nuclear program ... more |
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