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Short circuit shuts nuclear reactor at Bulgarian plantSofia (AFP) March 22, 2010 A 1,000-megawatt reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant was shut down late Sunday due to a short circuit but no radiation leak was detected, the plant said Monday. According to a press statement, the reactor was taken off the electricity grid at 11:03 pm (2103GMT) on Sunday following a short circuit in the turbogenerator's control and management system, which is in the radiation-free secondary circuit of the bloc. No radiation leak was detected after the automatic shutdown of the re ... read more |
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Istanbul (AFP) March 10, 2010The state power companies of South Korea and Turkey signed a preliminary deal here Wednesday aimed at building a nuclear power plant in northern Turkey. Under the deal, the companies will carry out preliminary work and "if a common ground with mutually acceptable conditions emerges, the main agreement between the two governments will be signed", Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sa ... more 
Paris (AFP) March 9, 2010Syria, which has been investigated by the UN nuclear watchdog over its alleged attempt to build a secret nuclear reactor, would like to develop atomic energy, its government said Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told an international conference on civilian nuclear power in Paris that Damascus needs "to consider alternative sources of energy, including nuclear energy." Frenc ... more 
Paris (AFP) March 9, 2010Israel and Syria each announced plans Tuesday to develop nuclear power to meet the energy needs of the volatile Middle East, during a conference hosted by France to promote reactors. Israel said it was ready to build a joint nuclear plant with its Arab neighbours but Jordan flatly rejected the proposal, saying it was premature to discuss such cooperation without first settling the Palestinia ... more |
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Poland's PGE signs up GEH for nuclear feasibility studyWarsaw (AFP) March 9, 2010 PGE SA, Poland's largest energy firm, has signed a deal with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for a feasibility study on plans to build its first nuclear power plant, statements said Tuesday. The US-based GEH "will help PGE study the feasibility of building up to four reactors based on one of GEH's reactor designs," a GEH statement said. PGE said the accord, reached on March 1, "does not include an exclusivity clause between both companies in the area of the development of nuclear energy in Polan ... read more |
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