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Advancing The Nuclear Enterprise Through Better ComputingOak Ridge TN (SPX) May 20, 2010 Scientists at the Nuclear Science and Technology Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are merging decades of nuclear energy and safety expertise with high-performance computing to effectively address a range of nuclear energy- and security-related challenges John Wagner, Technical Integration Manager for Nuclear Modeling within ORNL's Nuclear Science and Technology Division (NSTD), says one of the goals of his organization is to integrate existing nuclea ... read more |
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Geneva (AFP) May 6, 2010Greenpeace on Thursday reported French nuclear group Areva to the World Health Organisation, accusing it of endangering the local population with radioactive waste from its uranium mines in Niger. The environmental pressure group sounded the alarm last month over Areva's two mine sites at Arlit and Akokan in northwestern Niger, saying waste was contaminating the soil, air and water in the re ... more
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 5, 2010Malaysia's plan to build its first nuclear power plant ran into opposition Wednesday from politicians and environmentalists who queried how necessary and safe it would be. The government on Tuesday said the country's growing energy needs would be met by a nuclear power station that would be up and running in 2021. But Lim Guan Eng, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Action Pa ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2010China on Tuesday pledged "extreme restraint" in its development of atomic weapons, as world powers met in New York at a key UN conference on curbing the spread of nuclear arms. "China... exercises extreme restraint over developing nuclear weapons and we will continue to maintain our nuclear power at the lowest level, only for national security needs," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu to ... more |
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US campaign to boost broader peaceful nuclear useUnited Nations (AFP) May 3, 2010 The United States announced Monday a campaign to raise 100 million dollars over five years to help developing countries gain better access to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The State Department said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce the campaign in her speech before delegates at the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference at the United Nations. "The United States has pledged 50 million dollars to this effort and will work with others to meet the 100 milli ... read more |
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