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![]() Dhaka (AFP) April 18, 2010 Bangladesh will sign a deal with Russia to build two nuclear power plants at a cost of at least three billion dollars in the electricity-starved Asian nation, Dhaka's atomic energy chief said Sunday. The two sides would sign the agreement when Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Russia later this year, said Mosharraf Hossain. "We have finalised the deal. The cabinet early this week approved the draft," he said. Russia will build the 1,000-megawatt plants near Bangladesh's northern to ... read more |
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U.S.-Vietnam sign nuclear agreement![]() The United States and Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding this week for cooperation in the nuclear power sector. The agreement will "open the door for increased cooperation" in areas such as the development of human resources and safety and security infrastructure, access to reliable sources of nuclear fuel as well as the management of radioactive waste and used fuel, the U.S. ... more Lithuanian petition rejects Belarus nuclear plant ![]() More than 20,000 Lithuanians have signed an electronic petition to the government against the planned construction of a nuclear power station in neighbouring Belarus, organisers said Thursday. Belarus plans to build a new nuclear plant that could possibly export energy to Lithuania. Lithuania agreed to close its own Soviet-era Ignalina nuclear station by 2009 as part of its 2004 EU accession ... more Russia to help Venezuela's nuclear bid: Chavez ![]() Russia has agreed to help Venezuela set up a nuclear power plant for the "post-oil" era, President Hugo Chavez said as the two countries deepened military, energy and financial ties. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on his first visit to Latin America's biggest oil producer, also vowed to help Venezuela launch its own space industry and the two countries inked a multimillion-dollar oil ... more |
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![]() Amman (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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