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Soviet-era Lithuanian nuclear plant shuts down under EU dealVilnius (AFP) Dec 31, 2009 Lithuania Thursday shut down its Soviet-era nuclear plant under an EU deal in a move set to drive up electricity prices amid an economic crisis and leave it counting on ex-master Moscow for power. "At 11:00 pm (2100 GMT) everything went offline. It all went according to plan," Viktor Sevaldin, director of the 26-year-old plant, told AFP by telephone. The plant, located in Visaginas in ea ... read more |
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Seoul (UPI) Dec 28, 2009 South Korea won a landmark deal to build nuclear reactors for the United Arab Emirates, boosting calls for lifting Seoul's self-imposed ban on nuclear activities to tap bigger atomic reactor markets. A South Korea-led consortium beat U.S. and French rivals and clinched a $40 billion deal to build and operate four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates, in one of the world's bi ... more 
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Dec 27, 2009The United Arab Emirates has awarded a 20.4-billion-dollar contract to build four nuclear power plants to a South Korean-led consortium, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation said Sunday. The UAE "has determined that the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) team is best equipped to fulfill the government's partnership requirements in this ambitious programme," ENEC chairman Khaldoon al ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 22, 2009European Union countries on Tuesday agreed to start negotiations with Russia on nuclear energy cooperation, the bloc's executive said. The move is part of a broader push to secure stable energy supplies long-term, after the EU struggled in recent winters to guarantee gas supplies from major energy exporter Russia. "This is an important step, which will give a new impetus to EU-Russia ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Dec 21, 2009French nuclear energy giant Areva said Monday it would supply Dubai with 11 electricity substations for 200 million euros (286 million dollars), as the emirate grapples with a serious debt crisis. "The order is the largest ever for Areva T&D (Transmission and Distribution) in the United Arab Emirates," Areva said in a statement. Philippe Guillemot, chief executive of Areva T&D, called it ... more 
Visaginas, Lithuania (AFP) Dec 20, 2009Rising 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. ... more
Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2009The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday brought into effect a deal to cooperate in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, hailed as a contrast to Iran's defiant nuclear drive. In a ceremony at the State Department, US and UAE officials exchanged diplomatic notes bringing into force the Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation, which was negotiated under previous president ... more |
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