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Iran says 'small leak' delayed nuclear plant launchTehran (AFP) Oct 4, 2010 Iran's atomic chief has said a small leak in a pool beside the Bushehr reactor has delayed the start-up of the nuclear plant, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. However, Ali Akbar Salehi ruled out any links between the delayed launch and a computer worm which analysts say may have been designed to target the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities. "During the washing process a small leak was seen in a pool next to the reactor and it was stopped. The leak delayed activities for a fe ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2010The chairwoman of French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to visit the firm's operation in Niger, the company said Monday, after Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped several of her employees there. "Anne Lauvergeon plans to visit Niger soon," a spokesman said, declining to confirm a report that she would travel on Thursday. The purpose of her visit is to visit Areva employees in the region, the sp ... more 
New York (AFP) Sept 27, 2010The United States said Monday that it hoped to reach a solution with India on a law regulating its nuclear energy market after business leaders charged that it would deter investment. The issue arose during talks in New York between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna, which were meant to lay the groundwork for President Barack Obama's visit to New ... more  
Berlin (AFP) Sept 26, 2010Regalvanised opposition to nuclear power and a bitter national row on immigration threaten to derail Angela Merkel's attempts to give her fractious government a fresh start one year after her re-election. And with six crucial state polls looming next year, Merkel is under the gun to get her centre-right alliance on track. On September 27, 2009, Merkel scraped to victory with her conserva ... more |
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Germany approves disputed nuclear shipment to RussiaBerlin (AFP) Sept 23, 2010 German authorities approved Thursday hotly disputed plans to ship radioactive nuclear waste to Russia in a move expected to spark fresh protests by atomic energy opponents in both countries. Germany's nuclear watchdog green-lighted the shipment of 951 spent fuel elements from the temporary storage site Ahaus in the west of the country to the Mayak nuclear facility, 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) east of Moscow. "The fuel elements... will be returned to Russia on the basis of the Russian Research ... read more |
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