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France supports Mitsubishi taking stake in Areva: FillonTokyo (AFP) July 16, 2010 France is open to a plan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan to take a stake in French nuclear giant Areva, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Friday. Fillon supports the idea of "cooperation between Areva and Mitsubishi... in particular on the new nuclear reactor Atmea," a joint venture between the companies to develop and market a new reactor, Fillon said. "France is open to Mitsubishi taking shares in Areva," he said in a joint statement with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Ka ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) July 5, 2010Myanmar's military rulers are using gas revenue from US and French energy giants Chevron and Total to fund an illegal bid to build nuclear weapons, human rights monitors said in a report on Monday. Myanmar's Yadan gas pipeline, run by the two companies along with Thai firm PTTEP, made billions of dollars for the military leaders, the Paris-based group EarthRights International said, citing d ... more 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 06, 2010Westinghouse Electric Company, its consortium team member The Shaw Group Inc., China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC), and Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd are pleased to announce the successful completion of the first pour of basemat structural concrete for the nuclear island of Unit 2 at the Haiyang site in China. The placement of the basemat concrete was completed ... more 
Riyadh (AFP) July 5, 2010The Saudi cabinet agreed on Monday to sign a nuclear cooperation accord with France, which could open the way for French help in developing nuclear power in the oil-rich kingdom. The agreement is "for the development of peaceful uses of nuclear energy," the cabinet announced after its weekly meeting in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. The pact was first proposed by Fr ... more |
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Greenpeace activists fined for Sweden nuclear protestStockholm (AFP) July 1, 2010 A 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 the court in Uppsala obtained by AFP. In a statement, Greenpeace welcomed the fact that activists were fo ... read more |
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