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Lithuania braces for nuclear shutdownVisaginas, Lithuania (AFP) Dec 20, 2009 Rising from the flat plain of eastern Lithuania, the two tall red and white chimneys of a nuclear power plant are the symbol of a once-proud Soviet industrial era whose end is looming. One hour before midnight on December 31, under a pledge to the European Union, the last reactor will finally go offline at the 26-year-old plant, long a crucial power source for this Baltic state. ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2009French nuclear energy giant Areva said Thursday it has won a contract to build the world's longest high voltage electricity line across Brazil for 400 million dollars (275 million euros). The transmission link will stretch 2,375 kilometres (1,500 miles) from the Madeira hydroelectric complex in the northwest of the country to the energy-hungry metropolis of Sao Paulo in the southeast, Areva ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Vietnam and Russia signed a major arms deal and a nuclear energy agreement on Tuesday, in a sign of reviving ties between Moscow and its former Soviet-era ally in Southeast Asia. Hanoi agreed to buy Russian-made submarines and aircraft in the arms deal, which was signed in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his visiting Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung. ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Dec 14, 2009North Korea is still seeking recognition as a nuclear power despite trying to normalise relations with the United States, South Korea's top military officer said Monday. "It is our assessment that North Korea has not altered its strategic goal of simultaneously securing the status of a nuclear state and the stability of its regime through the normalisation of North-US relations," General ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Dec 11, 2009The first official visit by the new head of the UN atomic watchdog, Yukiya Amano, will be to Nigeria next week, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Friday. Amano, who took over as the IAEA's director general on December 1, will be in Abuja from December 13 to 15 "on his first official visit to a member state", the watchdog said in a statement. "During his trip, Amano plan ... more
Sofia (AFP) Dec 11, 2009Russian investors are ready to take part in Bulgaria's nuclear plant project in Belene following the withdrawal of German utility RWE, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said Friday. "Russia wants to see the project continue and we are currently holding constructive dialogue with the Bulgarian government to find a fair corporate solution allowing us to secure the further development of ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2009Senators Thursday unveiled a framework for future US action on climate change, embracing emission cuts in a boost for the Copenhagen summit, but also including controversial measures on nuclear power and offshore drilling. President Barack Obama heads next week to the 192-nation climate talks hoping to show US leadership, but the Senate has yet to finalize plans for the first nationwide rest ... more |
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