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Saudi nuclear drive gains momentumRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Jul 14, 2010 Saudi Arabia's decision last week to sign a nuclear cooperation pact with France marks a major step forward for a pan-Arab drive toward nuclear power, even as the United States strives to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions. Jordan is talking with Areva of France and Mitsubishi of Japan, among other companies, to acquire the technology required to build the Hashemite kingdom's first nuclear power generating plant. Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates, which is the Arab state furthes ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) July 2, 2010France signed a cooperation accord with Morocco on Friday to help the north African country advance its plans to build a nuclear power plant. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said the agreement was "not a commercial deal to build a nuclear reactor" but rather a "framework accord that will help Morocco prepare its entry into the field of nuclear energy." The agreement was signed duri ... more 
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 |
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Green group urges Thailand to shelve nuclear plans Bangkok (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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