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Argentina to join small group of uranium-enriching countriesBuenos Aires (AFP) Oct 25, 2010 Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner Monday rededicated a uranium enrichment plant in southern province of Rio Negro, saying that next year Argentina would join the group of 10 countries producing the fuel for peaceful use. "In November 11, a first sample of enriched uranium will be obtained, at which point, Argentina will join the group of 10 countries producing enriched uranium" for peaceful ends, Kirchner said. The same plant was used to produce enriched uranium from 1982 to 1983 but then ... read more |
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 Indian PM in Japan for nuclear, trade talks Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Japan Sunday for a visit aimed at progressing towards a civilian nuclear deal and boosting trade ties between the two nations. ... more | .. |
Lithuania rejects Lukashenko bid for joint nuclear plant European Union member Lithuania has rejected a proposal by neighbouring non-EU Belarus for a joint nuclear power plant amid competition between three similar projects in the region, an official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Chavez accuses Obama of sowing 'doubt' on nuclear deal Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday accused his US counterpart Barack Obama of deliberately sowing "doubt" on his country's nuclear plant deal with Moscow for political ends. ... more | .. |
 Obama backs Venezuela's right to nuclear energy 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 i ... more | .. |
 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 |
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Sofia (AFP) Oct 19, 2010Cracks 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. Maintenance checks on September 28 found "mechanic defects (cracks) in the upper part of the protective tubes of three control rods" in the reactor's primary radioactive circuit, a statement on the nucl ... more 
Prague (AFP) Oct 19, 2010The 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 documents for bidders in 2011, receive bids in 2012 and pick the winner in 2013, but the tender may also end up without a winner," Petr Necas said after a meeting of the state security council. T ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Oct 19, 2010Venezuela'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. Iranian state television showed footage of Chavez being welcomed by his counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the president's office in what was his ninth visit to the Islamic republic. The two leaders later ... more |
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Venezuela-Russia nuke deal a new headacheCaracas, 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 President Hugo Chavez. U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said in Washington the United States hop ... read more |
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