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MIT study upbeat on nuclear power growthWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2010 Nuclear power use is growing worldwide but the high costs of setting up plants, disposing of waste and worries over abuse are holding back expansion, a new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said. "To enable an expansion of nuclear power, it must overcome critical challenges in cost, waste disposal and proliferation concerns while maintaining its currently excellent safety and reliability record," said the report, the third since 2003 on nuclear power by the Cambridge, Mass., i ... read more |
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Vilnius (AFP) Sept 6, 2010Fresh from her controversial announcement that Germany aims to postpone abandoning nuclear energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday threw Berlin's weight behind a planned four-nation plant in Lithuania. "We'll do everything we can to ensure that this construction gets backing," Merkel told reporters during a visit to the Baltic state, saying German authorities could help bring potential in ... more 
Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2010Battered from all sides by environmentalists, lobbyists and bickering ministers, German Chancellor Angela Merkel Sunday hosts a summit on nuclear energy, an issue set to dominate politics in coming months. The crunch get-together at Merkel's office in Berlin will bring together senior politicians to thrash out an emotive issue that will determine future energy policy in Europe's largest econ ... more 
Tehran (AFP) Aug 31, 2010Iran will need two more weeks to complete the process of loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said. The process of loading 163 fuel rods, also supplied by Russia, into the nuclear power plant located in the southern port city of Bushehr began on August 21 and was to be completed by September 5. Thereafter the rods were to be transfe ... more |
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Finnish police arrest 30 at nuclear power plant protestHelsinki (AFP) Aug 28, 2010 Finnish police arrested 30 demonstrators protesting near a nuclear power plant in Finland on Saturday for refusing to follow orders, a police official said. "Police did not have an option but to detain the whole group for refusing to follow police orders," Lars Groenroos of the Satakunta police told AFP. "Thirty people were taken to the Rauma police station" and 10 of them were given fines, he said. The protesters started blocking roads around the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, in southweste ... read more |
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