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Ukraine to dispose of all highly enriched uraniumWashington (AFP) April 12, 2010 Ukraine pledged Monday to dispose of its stocks of highly enriched uranium by 2012, as the United States vowed to work with the nation still haunted by the Chernobyl accident over two decades ago. The surprise announcement came in a joint statement after US President Barack Obama met for the first time with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who took office in the former Soviet republic in February. "President Yanukovych announced Ukraine's decision to get rid of all of its stocks of highly- ... read more |
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Vienna (AFP) March 29, 2010The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Russia signed an agreement on Monday to set up a centre in Siberia that will sell nuclear fuel to countries that want it, the agency said. IAEA chief Yukiya Amano signed the agreement with Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russian state-owned nuclear giant Rosatom, allowing countries to access nuclear fuel under IAEA supervision and in respect of non ... more 
Seoul (AFP) March 29, 2010North Korea will build a light water nuclear power plant "in the near future", its official news agency said Monday, also taking a swipe at speculation about the health of leader Kim Jong-Il. The country "will witness the appearance of a light water reactor power plant relying on its own nuclear fuel in the near future in the 2010s", the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a lengthy co ... more 
Helsinki (AFP) March 29, 2010A majority of people in Finland, which is hosting one of the world's first new-generation nuclear power plants, want their country to stop building new atomic reactors, a poll showed Monday. Fifty-one percent of respondents want Finland to stop after completing its latest-generation fifth reactor, which has been plagued by cost overruns and delays, according to the poll conducted for public ... more |
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Russia tasks tycoon Vekselberg with modernisation driveMoscow (AFP) March 23, 2010 The Kremlin said Tuesday it had appointed billionaire Viktor Vekselberg to develop Russia's answer to Silicon Valley, the flagship project in its drive to wean the country's economy off oil and gas. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is seeking to build a high-tech hub near Moscow that would focus on developing several priority sectors, including nuclear energy, IT and telecoms. "I have made a decision that the Russian part of this coordinating structure which we will create will be headed by Vik ... read more |
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