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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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New Delhi (UPI) Mar 29, 2009 The United States and India reached an agreement Monday allowing India to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from the United States for civilian energy purposes. The agreement will allow American companies to participate in India's "rapidly expanding "civil nuclear energy sector, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The announcement comes ahead of Indian Prime Minister Manmoh ... more 
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 |
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Greenpeace accuses Areva of neglecting health of NigeriensNiamey (AFP) March 29, 2010 French nuclear group Areva is not paying enough attention to the health of workers and inhabitants around its two uranium mines in Niger, Greenpeace said on Monday. The environmental lobby group called in a report for an independent radiation study to be conducted around the two mine sites at Arlit and Akokan in the country's northwest and for the area to be decontaminated. "The people of Arlit and Akokan continue to be surrounded by poisoned air, contaminated soil and polluted water," Greenpeac ... read more |
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