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India withdraws nuclear power bill New Delhi (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 The Indian government withdrew the introduction of a bill that seeks to limit the liabilities of companies setting up nuclear power plants in the country. The bill would cap to about $65 million the compensation that foreign nuclear operators would be liable for in the event of a nuclear accident. The Indian government's liability, however, would be limited to about $385 million. All claims would be required to be presented within 10 years. The government maintains that without the legis ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) March 9, 2010The French utility EDF and Russian group Rosatom are discussing expanded cooperation, EDF said Tuesday after a report that talks have focused on nuclear reactors outside their home countries. "Henri Proglio (head of EDF) has had a dozen meetings with (Rosatom chief) Sergei Kirenko" during a nuclear conference held here, an EDF spokesman told AFP. "They are considering ways to expand coop ... more 
Paris (AFP) March 8, 2010Russia's state nuclear giant Rosatom on Monday proposed leasing nuclear fuel to countries that need it and then taking it back for treatment in order to avoid proliferation. "If the fuel is of Russian origin, we are ready to propose leasing solutions over the entire lifespan of the nuclear plant," Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko said at an international conference in Paris. "We would take ... more 
Paris (AFP) March 8, 2010France urged international financial bodies to finance a new era of global nuclear power on Monday and pitched its own reactor technology as the model to follow. Welcoming delegates from 60 energy-hungry nations to a conference in Paris, President Nicolas Sarkozy said civil nuclear power had been unfairly passed over for World Bank development loans. He called on world and regional finan ... more |
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Expert: Australia like drug dealer of coalSydney (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 A climate scientist often referred to as the "godfather of climate change" said Australia's massive coal exports are almost equivalent to being a drug dealer to the world. In kicking off his visit to Australia for a series of lectures on nuclear energy, James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, had a message for the world's largest exporter of coal: Phase it out. Australia exported about 60 percent of its coal production in 2008 - about 268.5 million tons - ... read more |
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