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![]() Berlin (UPI) Sep 7, 2010 The German government has agreed to extend the life of the country's nuclear power plants, a move that has the opposition and the renewable energy industry fuming. Germany's 17 reactors will remain online for an average of 12 years beyond their planned phase-out deadline in 2021 as a bridge technology until renewables are ready to take over completely, German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed Monday. Reactors built before 1980 can remain online for 8 additional years, with newer reactors gettin ... read more |
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India passes civil nuclear liability bill![]() India passed a civilian nuclear liability bill Wednesday that paves the way for U.S. firms and other foreign companies to gain a foothold in India's nuclear energy market, which could exceed $150 billion in coming years. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the legislation marks the end of India's isolation in the global nuclear market. "I categorically state that this bill ... more Indian nuclear bill clears parliament ![]() The Indian parliament adopted Wednesday a long-delayed law that will throw open the 150-billion-dollar Indian atomic energy market to foreign private nuclear groups. The law, which has been the subject of fierce wrangling between the government and opposition, is part of a 2008 landmark atomic energy pact with the United States that granted India access to foreign nuclear technology. Pri ... more Egypt announces site of planned nuclear plant ![]() Egypt announced on Wednesday it would build its planned nuclear powerplant on the Mediterranean coast of el-Dabaa which it hopes will start production in 2019, the state news agency MENA reported. Presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad said President Hosni Mubarak had decided in a meeting that the reactor would be located in el-Dabaa, on the coast west of the port city of Alexandria. The m ... more |
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![]() Pripyat, Russia (UPI) Aug 20, 2010 Scientists studying wildlife in the Chernobyl region say DNA may be the key to which species are most likely to be damaged by radioactive contamination. Two scientists, one American and one French, have been in Chernobyl for more than 10 years studying the populations of insects, birds and mammals in "zone of alienation" surrounding the abandoned nuclear power station in Ukraine, the BBC reported Friday. Professors Tim Mousseau from the University of South Carolina and Anders Moller from ... read more |
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