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Koreans to build Jordan's first nuclear reactor: state mediaAmman (AFP) March 30, 2010 A South Korean consortium signed an agreement on Tuesday to build Jordan's first nuclear reactor in a project worth 130 million dollars, state media in the Arab kingdom reported. Under the deal, the state-run Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute and Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. are to construct the reactor at the Jordan University for Sciences and Technology near the northern city of Irbid, Petra news agency said. Prime Minister Samir Rifai was cited as saying at the signing ceremo ... read more |
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New Delhi (AFP) March 24, 2010US nuclear firms looked poised to benefit from a 2008 deal that threw open India's promise-filled atomic market, but instead are watching from the sidelines as French and Russian rivals cash in. The 2008 deal, pushed through by former president George W. Bush, eased a three-decade international embargo on the sale of nuclear technology to India imposed after the country's first nuclear test ... more 
Sofia (AFP) March 22, 2010A 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 ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) March 21, 2010Resource-poor Japan is planning to build at least 14 nuclear power plants over the next 20 years to reduce its reliance on other countries for its energy needs, a report said Sunday. The world's second biggest economy, which wants to double its provision for its fuel consumption, will make an announcement in June on whether it indends to press ahead with the plants, the Nikkei business daily ... more |
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Russian ecologists slam 'horrifying' nuclear waste billMoscow (AFP) March 17, 2010 Russian environmentalists and opposition activists Wednesday condemned as "irresponsible" a bill on the disposal of nuclear waste that is being debated by the Russian parliament. The bill was passed in its first reading by the lower house of parliament in January and is set for its crucial second reading this month. Lawmakers say it will ban the storage of nuclear waste above ground. The bill is "horrifying" and "only protects the interests of the state nuclear agency Rosatom," Vladimir Slivyak, ... read more |
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