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Green group urges Thailand to shelve nuclear plansBangkok (AFP) June 30, 2010 Environmental campaigners on Wednesday urged Thailand to shelve its nuclear power proposals, warning that the cost of the project could be much greater than expected. Greenpeace said the government's provisional plans to build five nuclear plants could face "huge cost overruns" and pressed authorities to instead focus on renewable energy. Campaign manager Tara Buakamsri said official estimates for the initial cost of the development was around 15.4 billion dollars, but cautioned that internation ... read more |
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Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Jun 18, 2010 In a significant policy change, Swedish parliamentarians this week reversed a 30-year-old ban on building new nuclear reactors. The Riksdag voted 174-172 in favor of a bill proposed by the government that would see Sweden replacing its existing 10 reactors with new ones within the next few decades. The reactors, which supply half of the country's electricity, under a plan from 1 ... more 
Seoul (AFP) June 18, 2010South Korea and India agreed Friday to launch talks on forging a nuclear energy cooperation pact, the foreign ministry said, a deal which would pave the way for Seoul's export of an atomic power plant. The agreement was reached when Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan met his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in Seoul for annual foreign ministers' talks. President Lee Myung-Bak and Indian Prime ... more 
Hanoi (AFP) June 17, 2010Vietnam must start now to implement safety measures including public oversight for its first nuclear power plant, which is scheduled to begin operations in 10 years, experts said Thursday. The energy-hungry communist country is making preparations to start construction in 2014 of its first atomic power facility. Initial plans call for four reactors, with a total capacity of 4,000 megawat ... more |
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Nuclear power vital to cutting CO2 emissions: reportParis (AFP) June 16, 2010 Roughly a quarter of global electricity could be generated by nuclear power by 2050, requiring a tripling in nuclear generating capacity but making a major contribution to reduced CO2 emissions, a report said Wednesday. A study by the International Energy Agency, which seeks to coordinate energy policies in industrialised nations, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development described such a target as "ambitious but achievable." "Nuclear is already one of the main sources of low ... read more |
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