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S.Korea president offers to help India build nuclear plantsNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2010 South Korea's president offered Monday to help energy-hungry India build more nuclear plants as the two Asian powerhouses set a goal of doubling bilateral trade by 2014. President Lee Myung-bak touted what he said was his nation's expertise in building nuclear power stations as he expressed hope that South Korean companies would help India to construct new atomic power plants. Lee said South Korea, which recently won a 20.4-billion-dollar deal to design, build and operate four nuclear power plan ... read more |
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Russian-built Iran nuclear plant to start up this year: officialMoscow (AFP) Jan 21, 2010 A nuclear power plant in Iran being built by Russia will go into service by the end of this year, Russian atomic energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday. "All the work is going as scheduled. The tests are a success. This year will be the year of the launch of Bushehr," Kiriyenko was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. In 1995 Iran handed over the unfinished project, launched by Siemens of Germany in the 1970s, to Russia. Moscow has repeatedly extended the completion date ... read more |
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Berlin (AFP) Jan 22, 2010A leak in a uranium enrichment plant in Germany exposed an employee to a high level of radiation but posed no danger to people outside the facility, the firm operating the plant said on Friday. The employee was taken to hospital as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the German subsidiary of British nuclear firm Urenco said. None of the radiation escaped, the company added. "There is no ... more
Rome (AFP) Jan 20, 2010Italy, which plans to reintroduce atomic power after a ban dating from the Chernobyl disaster, will announce sites for new nuclear plants in 2011, an official said Wednesday. Under-Secretary for Economic Development Stefano Saglia said the sites in the controversial programme would be chosen in accord with regional governments, the ANSA news agency reported. The centre-left governments ... more 
Kuwait City (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 Kuwait has signed a 20-year agreement with France to develop the Gulf state's nuclear industry, beefing up the Gulf states' leadership of an Arab drive to develop nuclear power that will reshape the region's energy policy. The United Arab Emirates sealed a $20.4 billion deal in December for the construction of four 1,400-megawatt nuclear power plants with a consortium led by South Korea ... more |
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Areva in talks with foreign investors: chief executiveParis (AFP) Jan 18, 2010 French nuclear giant Areva is in talks with several foreign investors including sovereign funds to raise billions of euros in capital for expansion, the chief executive said Monday. "We have several investors who have been chosen. They have all come to see us at Areva," said Anne Lauvergeon on BFM television. "There are foreign investors. They are all interested in getting a stake and are in talks with the state about modalities and the price. There are sovereign funds, yes, absolutely ... read more |
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