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Greenpeace blasts Swiss nuclear power over Russian fuelGeneva (AFP) Oct 5, 2010 Environmental group Greenpeace sharply criticised Swiss power stations Tuesday for using nuclear fuel from a Russian reprocessing centre at Mayak, claiming it was one of the world's most polluted. Greenpeace Switzerland said in an open letter to energy firm Axpo that executives had acknowledged "for the first time" that reprocessed nuclear fuel from Mayak was used in two nuclear power stations in central Switzerland. Mayak in central Russia reprocesses spent nuclear fuel rods from Russian submar ... read more |
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Tehran (AFP) Sept 29, 2010Iran's atomic chief said on Wednesday that the country's first nuclear power plant will be ready to generate electricity by January - two months later than announced. Ali Akbar Salehi said that the process of placing fuel rods at the Bushehr facility, built by Russia, would be completed by the "middle of" the Iranian month of Aban, around November 7, the state television's website reported. ... more 
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2010French electricity generator EDF is working on two new nuclear reactor designs of its own which could rival those made by Areva, the world's biggest atomic energy company, the Expansion magazine said. In a report to appear Wednesday, Expansion said EDF is "looking at its own series of reactors," power rated at 1,000 and 1,500 Megawatts, which if finalised could be competition for Areva's thi ... more 
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 |
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Africa's uranium business turns riskyNiamey, Niger (UPI) Sep 24, 2010 Suddenly, the uranium mining industry is becoming a risky business, it seems. Islamic militants who kidnapped seven people at a French-owned uranium mine in Niger Sept. 16 have warned Western firms that "steal our wealth to leave promptly." In recent months, the steep rise in the price of uranium oxide, used to fuel nuclear power plants, has attracted Canadian, Australian and Chinese companies to challenge the monopoly in Niger held by France's state-owned nuclear giant, Areva. ... read more |
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