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New EU foreign chief distances herself from anti-nuclear pastBrussels (AFP) Jan 11, 2010 The EU's new foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, distanced herself Monday from her anti-nuclear past, as European lawmakers grilled her about her suitability for the post. "The relevance of the 1970s is not the relevance of 2010," she told deputies in Brussels. "I'm not a member of CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) and have not been a member of CND for 28 or 29 years. "I do not ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2010The HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is awarding nine contracts for the advanced research and development of more effective tests and devices to determine the level of radiation a person has absorbed after a nuclear or radiological incident. The contracts total $35 million for the initial phase and up to $400 million over five years. The contracts are awar ... more 
Paris (AFP) Jan 7, 2010The French state-controlled nuclear engineering group Areva is about to shed its 25.78-percent interest in nickel mining company Eramet to the strategic investment fund (FSI), press reports said on Thursday. Eramet, which notably has big nickel mining interests in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, would transfer its interest imminently to the FSI, an entity created by the French ... more 
Sofia (AFP) Jan 5, 2010Bulgaria announced Tuesday that it would close for maintenance one of the two 1,100 megawatt reactors at its sole nuclear power plant at Kozloduy on the Danube. The plant would start lowering the reactor's capacity from 10:00pm (2000 GMT) Tuesday, the power station's management said in a statement. The planned maintenance, expected to be wrapped up within 10 days, would include repairs o ... more |
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Angra Dos Reis, Brazil (AFP) Jan 3, 2010Two nuclear plants close to a southern Brazilian town hit by landslides may shut down as a precaution, the mayor said Sunday, as the regional toll from deadly floods rose to 68. "There are no operational problems at Angra I and Angra II... but if landslides persist in the hills, we'll need to shut them down," Mayor Tuca Jordao told a press conference in this seaside town some 150 kilometers ... more 
Tehran (AFP) Dec 29, 2009Iran is ready to swap abroad its low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel, the foreign ministry's spokesman said on Tuesday, insisting that the exchange should happen in several stages. Iran is ready for "fuel swap in several stages and has said that this can be an opportunity for the two sides" to build confidence, Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters. "If this principle is accepted by the ot ... more
Paris (AFP) Dec 29, 2009The French nuclear power sector is to re-focus its strategy, notably in Britain and the United States, after losing out to a South Korean consortium on a 20.4-billion-dollar project in the United Arab Emirates. "The French team spent too much time getting itself together," Claude Gerant, the French presidential secretary general, told the newspaper Les Echos. The French group Areva, the ... more |
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