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China to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan: reportBeijing (AFP) April 29, 2010 China has agreed to build two new civilian nuclear reactors in Pakistan, a report said Thursday, amid persistent concerns about the safety of nuclear materials in the restive south Asian state. Chinese companies will build at least two new 650-megawatt reactors at Chashma in Punjab province, the Financial Times said. China began building a reactor at Chashma in 1991 and broke ground on a second one in 2005, which is expected to be completed next year, it said. A statement posted on the websi ... read more |
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Dhaka (AFP) April 18, 2010Bangladesh 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 we ... more 
Riyadh (AFP) April 17, 2010Oil giant Saudi Arabia on Saturday gave its strongest signal yet that it wants to develop atomic power by announcing a new centre for nuclear and alternative energy technologies. Former commerce minister Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani was named to head the King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energies, to be built in Riyadh, said an announcement on the official SPA news agency. The g ... more 
Paris (UPI) Apr 16, 2010 France and Kuwait signed an agreement to develop nuclear energy in the Gulf country, a comeback for the French nuclear industry after it lost a key reactor deal in the United Arab Emirates. After talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheik Nasser Mohammed al-Ahmad al-Sabah and French officials signed an agreement to develop a civil nuclear energy project F ... more |
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Security breaches at world's nuclear sitesWashington (AFP) April 13, 2010 From gunmen storming a nuclear site in South Africa to Russian workers scheming to sell uranium, security breaches in recent years have raised fears about the safety of the world's nuclear material. With securing weapons-grade uranium and plutonium the focus of a 47-nation summit underway in Washington, here is a brief summary of incidents over the past two decades in which nuclear materials and know-how were stolen or put in jeopardy, due to flawed security or black market schemes. The events w ... read more |
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