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Work starts on Brazil's third nuclear reactorRio De Janeiro (AFP) June 1, 2010 Work started Tuesday on a third nuclear reactor in Brazil after being stalled for 24 years, the state company Electronuclear said. The reactor, in the Angra dos Reis nuclear power plant 150 kilometers (90 miles) on the coast south of Rio de Janeiro, received final authorization from the National Nuclear Energy Commission. The cost of Angra III, as the reactor is known, is 4.9 billion dollars. It will be operational in 2015 and produce 1,405 megawatts. Energy Minister Marcio Zimmerman last we ... read more |
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Brussels (AFP) May 14, 2010The Belgian government on Friday denied press reports it wanted to slap an additional charge on French group GDF Suez for extending the life of GDF's nuclear plants in Belgium. The energy ministry cited a draft agreement signed in October 2009 between the government and GDF Suez calling for payment of 215 to 245 million euros (396 million dollars) for the period 2010-2015. "Beyond that d ... more  
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 |
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Radiation death exposes India's waste disposal failuresNew Delhi (AFP) May 11, 2010 The 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 congested yard in Mayapuri, western New Delhi, died due to multiple organ failure on April 26. Seven others were hosp ... read more |
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