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Saudi cabinet gives nod to nuclear pact with RussiaRiyadh (AFP) Oct 25, 2010 The Saudi government on Monday approved plans to establish a pact with Russia on peaceful nuclear cooperation, a government spokesman said. It authorised the head of the new King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energies to draft a pact with Moscow on nuclear cooperation, Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja told the official SPA news agency. It was the latest sign of the world's largest oil supplier taking a strong interest in developing nuclear energy for domestic use. In July, the ... read more |
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 Nuclear power will cut Italy emissions: official Italy's return to nuclear power will boost its international prestige and allow it to meet engagements to reduce its emissions under the Kyoto protocol, the junior minister for energy said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Cracks but no leak at Bulgarian nuclear reactor: ministry Cracks were detected in components of a reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant during maintenance work, the nuclear regulator said Tuesday, insisting however there had been no leakage. Ma ... more | .. |
 Czechs push back tender to complete nuke plant to 2013 The Czech prime minister said Tuesday the government would pick the winner in 2013 of a tender to complete the Temelin nuclear power station, a year later than scheduled. "We expect to issue the ... more | .. |
  Chavez in Iran for talks on energy, trade Venezuela's firebrand President Hugo Chavez visited Iran on Tuesday to boost energy and trade ties, days after clinching a deal with Russia to build his country's first nuclear power plant. Iran ... more | .. |
 Britain sinks tidal scheme, names eight future nuclear sites The British government confirmed on Monday it will drop plans for a multi-billion-pound tidal energy project, as it identified eight sites suitable for building new nuclear power stations. An of ... more |
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Murmansk, Russia (AFP) Oct 17, 2010An electronic sign along a busy street posts the outside temperature, the wind strength - and the radioactivity level. Welcome to Russia's Kola Peninsula, a region that still bears the scars of its dubious past as the Soviet Union's "nuclear dump". When the USSR imploded, the northwestern Russian peninsula was left with ageing nuclear submarines and spent nuclear fuel abandoned in not a ... more  
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Oct 18, 2010 Russia's agreement to build a nuclear power station and a research reactor in Venezuela has handed the Obama administration and the International Atomic Energy Agency with a headache that won't go away easily. The problem isn't so much the introduction of nuclear energy to the Latin American country, which has growing electricity needs, but the unpredictable policies of populist Preside ... more 
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2010The 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... very, very closely," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters. "It is certainly a right of any country to pursue civilian nuclear energy, but with that right comes responsibilities," ... more |
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India to adjust nuclear power bill New Delhi (UPI) Oct 13, 2010 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 month, an Indian official said. The bill, passed in late August, limits nuclear reactor operator liability following an atomic disaster to about $320 million and allows lawsuits against suppliers of nuclear materials, technology and services. Prithviraj Chavan, minister of state in the office of ... read more |
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