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Federal Nuclear Waste Panel Overlooks Public MistrustPullman WA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010 A renewed federal effort to fix the nation's stalled nuclear waste program is focusing so much on technological issues that it fails to address the public mistrust hampering storage and disposal efforts. Writing in the latest issue of the journal Science, 16 researchers from around the country say a special White House panel on high-level radioactive waste needs to focus more on the social and political acceptability of its solutions to succeed. "While scientific and technical analyses are e ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 10, 2010Russia fought a deadly battle Tuesday to prevent wildfires from engulfing key nuclear sites as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took to the air in a water-bombing plane to join the firefighting effort. Two soldiers were killed by blazing trees as they strove to put out a fire dangerously close to Russia's main nuclear research centre, while workers were also mobilised to fight blazes near a nuc ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 9, 2010Here is a list of sensitive nuclear sites threatened by the spread of fires raging in Russia since late July. - THE MAYAK COMPLEX Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency in the Urals town of Ozersk, some 2,000 kilometres (1,242 miles) to the east of Moscow and home to major nuclear reprocessing and stockage plant Mayak. The Mayak plant can process 400 tonnes of waste a ... more 
London (UPI) Aug 9, 2010 Britain is on track to open a first new nuclear reactor in 2018, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said Monday. The Liberal Democrat minister said the new British government is behind plans of its predecessor to support the construction of new nuclear reactors within eight years. "We are on course to make sure that the first new nuclear power station opens on time in 2018," he told th ... more |
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Chinese nuclear firm ties up with Australian uranium minerBeijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2010 Australian uranium producer Paladin Energy Ltd has said it agreed with a major Chinese nuclear power firm to explore long-term uranium sales, as Beijing looks to boost its renewable energy capabilities. Paladin signed a memorandum of understanding with a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corporation (CGNPC) setting up a "framework of cooperation" for uranium sales, the Sydney-based company said. The agreement also mentioned the possible expansion of joint venture r ... read more |
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