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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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 US watching 'closely' Venezuela-Russia nuclear deal The United States said Friday it was keeping a close eye on a deal under which Russia will build and operate Venezuela's first nuclear power station. "This is something that we will watch... ver ... more | .. |
  Bushehr to receive fuel next month Iran's contentious first civilian nuclear power plant at Bushehr is to receive its fuel next month. Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission spokesman Kazem Jalali noted, "A complet ... more | .. |
Russia to build Venezuela's first nuclear plant: accord Russia and Venezuela signed on Friday an agreement during a visit by President Hugo Chavez to Moscow for Russia to build and operate Venezuela's first nuclear power plant, television pictures showed ... more | .. |
India to adjust nuclear power bill India is drafting new regulations for its civilian nuclear liability bill, with the hopes of securing deals with U.S. nuclear suppliers ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to India next mont ... more | .. |
Japan pledges aid for Jordan's nuclear power project Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Tuesday that his country would extend "maximum possible" financial aid to Jordan's project to build nuclear power plants. The aid pledge, conditional on ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Oct 15, 2010Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez clinched a host of deals Friday to boost a burgeoning relationship with Russia, including an accord to build the first nuclear power plant in his country. As well as the accord for Russia to build and operate the key OPEC member's first nuclear power station, Chavez's ninth visit to Moscow saw big deals with Russia for the purchase of energy assets. The f ... more  
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 |
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Belgian consortium announces nuclear fuel deal with ChinaBrussels (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 A Belgian consortium said on Thursday that it had signed an outline agreement to make nuclear fuel in China for civil power generation. The deal concerns construction of "a pilot installation for MOX fuel fabrication in China and for the use of MOX fuel in Chinese nuclear reactors." It said that the agreement could lead quite quickly to "a commercial agreement including technology transfer and technical assistance by the Belgian partners. The Chinese side to the deal is China National Nuclea ... read more |
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