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Iran transfers fuel into its first nuclear power plantBushehr, Iran (AFP) Aug 21, 2010 A defiant Iran on Saturday began loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant in the face of stiff opposition from world powers to its controversial atomic programme. Despite leading Western opposition to the Islamic republic's project to enrich uranium in defiance of four sets of UN sanctions, the United States said it saw no "proliferation risk" from the new plant. Western nations suspect that Iranian uranium enrichment masks a weapons drive, a charge strongly denied by Tehran ... read more |
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Moscow (UPI) Aug 13, 2010 Russia's nuclear energy agency Rosatom said Thursday it will launch Iran's first nuclear power plant next week after years of delay. Russia will begin loading uranium-packed fuel rods into the Bushehr reactor in southwestern Iran on Aug. 21, Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov said Friday. The process will take two to three weeks and is considered a key step toward operationalization of t ... more 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 15, 2010Energy firms in Germany have threatened to switch off the country's nuclear power stations if Berlin presses ahead with plans for a tax on fuel rods, Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government, however, dismissed E.ON, RWE, Vattenfall and EnBW's threat as "sabre-ratting," the weekly said in an article to be published on Monday. Merkel's government and the ... more 
Warsaw (AFP) Aug 13, 2010Planning to open its first nuclear power plant in 2022, Poland on Friday signed an agreement with South Korea on bilateral co-operation on atomic energy, a Polish government statement said. Co-operation between the two countries "will allow the Polish side to benefit from Korea's experience in the area of operating nuclear power stations and treating nuclear waste, as well as staff training ... more |
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Australian opposition vows uranium for India, warns on ChinaSydney (AFP) Aug 12, 2010 Australia's opposition Thursday vowed to sell uranium to nuclear power India if elected this month and cautioned against over-reliance on China, the country's top trading partner. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and his conservative, opposition rival Julie Bishop debated foreign policy for the first time ahead of knife-edge August 21 elections, laying out contrasting visions. Smith touted his government's record since taking office in 2007, saying Labor had restored "neglected" ties with the Unit ... read more |
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