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UN atomic agency probing Delhi radioactive waste scandalVienna (AFP) May 1, 2010 The UN atomic watchdog said Saturday it is seeking more information about reports of a radioactive waste scandal at the University of Delhi, with one person already dead from radiation poisoning. India's atomic energy regulator the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) is currently investigating a claim that Delhi University buried radioactive material on its campus 20 years ago. Local police also blame the university for dumping an irradiation machine containing radioactive cobalt-60 which ende ... read more |
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Helsinki (AFP) April 20, 2010The building of Finland's fifth nuclear power reactor, which has been plagued by numerous delays, is unlikely to go online in June 2012 as currently planned, Finnish media reported Tuesday. "The construction side and installation start up have progressed somewhat slower than was planned," Jouni Silvennoinen, project manager for Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima's (TVO) Olkiluoto 3 project, ... more 
Washington (AFP) April 19, 2010The United States said Monday it is "still interested" in an offer to swap nuclear fuel with Iran after Tehran said it would talk with the entire UN Security Council to break the deadlock. "We're still interested in pursuing that offer if Iran is interested," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said, even as Washington consults with its international partners about imposing tougher san ... more 
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 |
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Russia shuts down last plutonium reactor: officialsMoscow (AFP) April 15, 2010 Russia on Thursday shut down its last weapons-grade plutonium reactor, in line with a pledge made at a nuclear security summit in Washington this week, officials said. "It was shut down today at 0400 GMT," Yelena Golovinkina, a spokeswoman for the Mining-Chemical Complex in the Siberian city of Zheleznogorsk, which houses the reactor, told AFP. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had pledged to close the reactor earlier this week at the 47-nation summit hosted by US President Barack Obama dedicate ... read more |
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