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Russia shortly to fuel Iranian reactorTehran (UPI) Aug 19, 2010 Iran's civilian nuclear program continues to unsettle the country's diplomatic relations. International concern has intensified over reports that the country's first civilian nuclear power plant at Bushehr will be loaded with Russian fuel by Aug. 21. The date has increased foreign media speculation that the facility may be the subject of a military attack, most likely by Israel, in an effort to prevent the installation from going critical prior to feeding electricity into the country's n ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 12, 2010Here is a list of sensitive nuclear sites threatened by the spread of fires raging in Russia since late July. - SAROV NUCLEAR PLANT Russia is stepping up efforts to halt wildfires near its main nuclear research site, where nuclear weapons are also made, at Sarov in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 500 kilometres (310 miles) to the east of Moscow. While no blazes had been registered on th ... more 
Austin TX (SPX) Aug 12, 2010Environmental groups have asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the radioactive waste storage and disposal programs administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the West Texas radioactive waste site owned by Waste Control Specialists (WCS). The groups say the TCEQ has failed to protec ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 11, 2010Russia on Wednesday admitted wildfires hit swathes of land contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster, raising fears that buried radioactive particles could be released into the air, as a new wildfire broke out near a nuclear facility. The new wildfire caused by lightning flamed up near a major nuclear research centre in the Russian town of Sarov, causing the plant's management to ask firefighte ... more |
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Burning Russia battles to defend nuclear sitesMoscow (AFP) Aug 10, 2010 Russia 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 nuclear reprocessing plant. After almost two weeks of fires that have claimed over 50 lives and part destroye ... read more |
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