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Germany might sell reactor life yearsBerlin (UPI) Jul 13, 2010 The German government is considering auctioning off allowances to extend the lifespan of the country's nuclear reactors. Germany's Financial Times Deutschland newspaper Tuesday reported that Berlin is mulling such a plan, which observers say is aimed at filling the state coffers with much-needed cash. It would enable the country's utilities to bid at auctions for licenses to keep their nuclear power plants running beyond previously agreed deadlines. "It's an interesting proposal t ... read more |
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Stockholm (AFP) July 2, 2010Swedish authorities on Friday called for tighter security at a nuclear plant that was broken into by Greenpeace activists in June. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority called on the Forsmark nuclear plant, near Uppsala, north of Stockholm, "to investigate... which measures would eventually be needed to strengthen physical protection" of the plant. It noted in a statement that the tresp ... more
Stockholm (AFP) July 1, 2010A court in central Sweden on Thursday handed out fines to 29 Greenpeace activists who broke into a nuclear power plant earlier this month, according to judicial sources. The activists - 13 Germans, eight Poles, four Danes, a Frenchman, a Finn, a Swede and a Briton - were given fines ranging from 190 to 1,600 euros (230-2,000 dollars) for trespassing, according to a copy of the judgment by ... more 
Helsinki, Finland (AFP) July 1, 2010Finland's parliament on Thursday approved the building of two new nuclear reactors in a move the government said would help fight climate change and create jobs but that was widely denounced by environmentalists. "This is one of the most important decisions my government is going to make, because it really improves Finland's competitiveness and will create new jobs, and thus also increase th ... more |
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Japan starts talks with India on nuclear powerTokyo (AFP) June 28, 2010 Japan began the first round of talks with India in Tokyo Monday on exporting nuclear power generation technology made by technology giants such as Toshiba and Hitachi, the foreign ministry said. The first round of two-day talks are aimed at devising a treaty to allow cooperation between both sides on peaceful use of nuclear power, but no deadline to reach an agreement has been set. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said last week that Japan would urge India to make further efforts for nuclear non- ... read more |
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