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Obama backs Venezuela's right to nuclear energyWashington (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he had no objection to Venezuela developing nuclear power for civilian energy purposes, days after Caracas and Moscow signed a landmark deal. "We have no incentive nor interest in increasing friction between Venezuela and the US, but we do think Venezuela needs to act responsibly," Obama told Spanish media at the White House. "Our attitude is that Venezuela has rights to peacefully develop nuclear power," he said, adding that as a signatory of the nuclear n ... read more |
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Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 08, 2010The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) has submitted its latest RD and D programme to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. Based on the programme SKB now has the knowledge to submit the applications to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark. SKB plans to submit the applications in March 2011. According to the Swedish Nuclear Activities Act, SKB ... more 
Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2010French electricity generator EDF said Saturday it was shocked and disappointed that Constellation Energy has decided to pull out of a project to build a nuclear power plant in the US state of Maryland. "EDF is extremely disappointed and shocked to learn that Constellation has unilaterally decided to withdraw from the Calvert Cliffs 3 project," the company said in a statement. Earlier, Co ... more 
New York (AFP) Oct 9, 2010Constellation Energy announced Saturday it was unable to obtain a workable US loan guarantee for its new generation Calvert Cliffs 3 nuclear power plant in Maryland with its partner Electricite de France. The US power company said it would have to discuss the future of Calvert Cliffs 3 with its partner EdF, which has not yet informed Constellation Energy of its position on the loan guarantee ... more |
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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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