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Areva says it will halt depleted uranium shipments to RussiaParis (AFP) May 28, 2010 The French nuclear group Areva said Friday it would halt shipments of depleted uranium to Russia in July in response to a commercial dispute. Areva each year sends several tonnes of depleted uranium to Russia to be re-enriched in facilities operated by the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom. A contract between Areva and its Russian partner Tenex, a Rosatom subsidiary, was to run until 2014, with a possibility that conditions could be re-negotiated for the period 2011-2014. "We have agreed on end ... read more |
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Ankara (AFP) May 12, 2010Russia on Wednesday signed a 20-billion-dollar (15.8-billion-euro) deal to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant as President Dmitry Medvedev hailed expanding ties with the NATO member. "This agreement opens a new page in our cooperation... Our talks today showed that Turkey and Russia are strategic partners not only in words but in deeds," Medvedev told a joint news conference with Turki ... more  
Ankara (AFP) May 12, 2010Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday hailed "strategic" ties with NATO-member Turkey as the two sides prepared to seal energy deals, including a plan to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. "Our relations have dramatically changed over the past years. Today they are strategic," Medvedev told a joint press conference with Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul. "This is a very speci ... more 
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 |
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Pakistan test-fires missiles: militaryIslamabad (AFP) May 8, 2010 Pakistan said Saturday it had successfully tested two missiles capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called for its recognition as a nuclear power. A statement from the military said the Ghaznavi, with a range of 290 kilometres (180 miles), and the Shaheen 1, which can hit targets up to 650 kilometres away, both "successfully hit the target areas." Gilani, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid and other senior mil ... read more |
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