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Obama to announce financing for two nuclear reactorsWashington (AFP) Feb 15, 2010 President Barack Obama will announce on Tuesday plans for the government to help finance the construction of two nuclear reactors - the first in nearly 30 years, a top US official said. Obama, who has advocated reducing foreign energy dependency and cutting back on greenhouse gases, will use a 2005 law that authorizes the Energy Department to guarantee loans to projects that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Obama "has long believed that nuclear power should be part of our energy mix," a se ... read more |
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London (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Britain and India have agreed the text of a deal on civil nuclear cooperation, ministers from both countries announced after talks in London on Thursday. "The two sides have discussed and negotiated a civil nuclear energy cooperation agreement and we hope that will be signed soon," Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said during a visit for trade talks. His British counterpart, Busines ... more 
Milan (AFP) Feb 4, 2010The Italian government announced on Thursday it would challenge a ban in three of the country's regions preventing the construction of nuclear plants on their territory in the Constitutional Court. The laws adopted by the Southern regions of Campania, Basilicata and Apulia "do not recognise the State's exclusive jurisdiction over the safeguard of the environment, over national security and o ... more 
Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 Sweden is investigating claims that Russia during the 1990s dumped chemical and nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea. A TV report broadcast Wednesday by Swedish private channel SVT accuses Russia of dumping chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the shores of Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. The toxic material allegedly stems from Russia's Karosta naval base in the L ... more |
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Iran has notified IAEA of uranium enrichment plans: envoyVienna (AFP) Feb 8, 2010 Iran officially notified the UN nuclear watchdog Monday of its plans to produce 20 percent enriched uranium, Tehran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency told AFP. "About 12 o'clock today, we delivered a letter officially announcing to the agency that we are going to start activities for the enrichment up to 20 percent in order to produce the fuel required for the Tehran research reactor," Ali Asghar Soltanieh said. "And in the same letter I invited the agency's inspectors to be pre ... read more |
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