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Lithuania invites bids for new nuclear plantVilnius (AFP) Dec 8, 2009 Lithuania formally began the hunt Tuesday for investors to build and run a new nuclear power station in the Baltic state that would replace a crucial Soviet-era plant due to close within weeks. A tender invitation, open until January 29, 2010, was published by Lithuania in the official journal of the European Union. It said Vilnius was seeking one or more investors with solid experience ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) Dec 2, 2009One 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 ... more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2009Top US security official Janet Napolitano on Wednesday admitted her government will fail to meet a 2012 deadline to scan all incoming ship cargo, measures designed to prevent a nuclear terror attack. The Homeland Security Secretary said she would seek an extension to Congress's deadline, citing inadequate technology and multi-billion-dollar costs involved in screening the 10 million ... more 
Vienna (AFP) Dec 1, 2009Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano took the helm on Tuesday of the UN atomic watchdog, pledging a steady hand to steer the agency through the storm surrounding Iran's nuclear drive. "This is the first day as director general of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) for me," the 62-year-old told reporters as he arrived for his first staff meeting on a cold, rainy day in the Austrian ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 Russian state-owned mining firm ARMZ Uranium Holding Company wants to acquire at least two-thirds of Canadian rival Khan Resources Incorporated, Russian news agencies reported on Monday. "Two-thirds of shares would suit us," ARMZ director general Vadim Jivov was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti on Monday, adding that his company would not buy at "just any price." ... more 
Vienna (AFP) Nov 29, 2009UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who once described himself as a "nuclear pope", quoted the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi in his farewell remarks at the International Atomic Energy Agency. "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; were there is ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 29, 2009India and the United States are close to signing a nuclear fuel reprocessing agreement, one of the last requirements to finalise last year's landmark civilian nuclear deal, an official said Sunday. Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told reporters "we have arrived at almost the very last stage" of negotiations. Narayanan was speaking on board Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ... more |
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