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APEC agrees to promote nuclear power: reportsTokyo (AFP) June 19, 2010 Asia-Pacific ministers and officials agreed Saturday to promote renewable sources and nuclear power in a bid to maintain energy security and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the region. Japan hosted the one-day energy meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), in Fukui, ahead of a summit scheduled for November in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. In a statement adopted at the meeting, the forum agreed that the deployment of renewable energy, nuclear energy and power generation inv ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) June 8, 2010Russia and Iran will establish a joint venture to operate Tehran's first nuclear plant set to come online this summer, Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of Russia's nuclear state corporation, said on Tuesday. Russia has been helping Iran build its first nuclear plant in the southern city of Bushehr since the mid-90s but its launch has been marred by a series of delays and the issue is hugely delicate ... more 
Moscow (AFP) June 8, 2010Russia and France signed an agreement Tuesday widening their areas of cooperation in nuclear energy research and development, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Sergei Kirienko, head of Russian atomic agency and Bernard Bigot, director of the French atomic and alternative energies commission, signed an agreement in Moscow which updates two past deals from 1993 and 2000. "This agreemen ... more 
Paris (AFP) June 7, 2010French nuclear giant Areva on Monday announced a fresh six-month delay to its third generation EPR nuclear reactor in Finland, with the plant now not operational before the end of 2012. The Olkiluoto reactor was initially to enter service in mid-2009. Areva in its last note to its Finnish client TVO put the start-up in mid-2012. Since then, TVO has been asking for a new timetable in ... more |
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EU probes Areva, Siemens civil nuclear dealBrussels (AFP) June 2, 2010 European competition regulators announced on Wednesday they are probing the terms of a deal between French and German nuclear giants Areva and Siemens. The European Commission is investigating whether "non-compete clauses... in the field of civil nuclear technology may be in violation of European Union antitrust rules," according to a statement. Areva and Siemens came together in this area in 2001 with a joint venture, Areva NP, that was cleared by the commission with the subsequent acquisition ... read more |
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