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Japan's Toshiba buys stake in US uranium firm USECTokyo (AFP) May 25, 2010 Electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday it would buy a 100-million-dollar stake in US nuclear fuel producer USEC as the Japenese firm seeks a greater presence in the growing market for nuclear power plants. The electronics maker, which also builds industrial components and nuclear power plants, will invest in United States Enrichment Corporation along with US-based Babcock & Wilcox Investment Company. The latter will match Toshiba's investment. USEC supplies more than half of the US market and ... read more |
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Amman (AFP) May 12, 2010Jordan is studying offers from Russian, Canadian and French firms to build a nuclear reactor to help the energy-poor kingdom meet its power needs after rejecting a South Korean bid, an official said on Tuesday. "Jordan is currently examining offers by Russia's Atomstroyexport, Atomic Energy of Canada and a third joint one by France's Areva and Japan's Mitsubishi," the Jordanian official told ... more  
Ankara (AFP) May 11, 2010Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived here Tuesday for a two-day visit, expected to focus on energy cooperation, including a plan to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. Flying in from Syria, Medvedev was to meet Wednesday with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and co-chair with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan the first meeting of a recently agreed "high-level cooperation council" ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) May 11, 2010The death from radiation poisoning of a scrapyard worker in New Delhi has highlighted the lax enforcement of waste disposal laws in India, leading to calls for urgent action. In early April, a machine from Delhi University containing cobalt-60, a radioactive metal used for radiotherapy in hospitals, ended up in a scrapyard in the city. Rajendra Yadav, a 35-year-old worker in the congest ... more |
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Japan to restart controversial nuclear reactor after 14 yearsTokyo (AFP) May 6, 2010 Japan plans to restart Thursday its controversial fast-breeder nuclear reactor after operations were suspended for more than 14 years following a sodium leak and a fire. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is scheduled to relaunch Monju, the nation's only fast-breeder reactor, around 10:30 am (0130 GMT). The facility was shut down in 1995, less than two years after Monju had started generating power, after a special thermometer broke, leaking high-temperature metallic sodium that reacted violently wi ... read more |
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