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UN watchdog holds first meeting under new chief AmanoVienna (AFP) Feb 28, 2010 The International Atomic Energy Agency meets to discuss a tough new report on Iran by its new director general Yukiya Amano this week. Diplomats close to the UN watchdog say the IAEA's 35-member board of governors is unlikely to censure the Islamic republic over its contested nuclear work, despite some blunt words by Amano in his first report on the matter. But the four-day meeting, also the first since Amano took over the reins on December 1, could well pave the way for a new round of sanction ... read more |
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Sydney (AFP) Feb 17, 2010Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Wednesday ruled out introducing nuclear power to Australia, saying the government was working to cut greenhouse gas emissions through other means. United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a plan to build new nuclear reactors, saying nuclear energy must play a key role in cutting carbon pollution and reducing the US's dependence on foreign oil. Ru ... more 
Tehran (AFP) Feb 17, 2010Iran will not suspend its sensitive high level enrichment in return for radioisotopes as offered in a letter by three world powers to the UN atomic watchdog, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. "It is not at all rational to say that Iran should not produce (isotopes and uranium) and stop its (enrichment) plant and that they will provide its needed medicine," ministry spokesman Ramin Mehm ... more 
Paris (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 French energy giant EDF is eager to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plants from 40 years to 60 years but the move could require massive investments. The head of France's nuclear safety authority, Andre-Claude Lacoste, this week warned that EDF would have to modernize most of its reactors to have their lifetime extended. Such a modernization, Lacoste told the Financial Ti ... more |
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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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