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Iran begins fuelling Bushehr nuclear reactorTehran (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 Iran on Tuesday began fuelling the reactor core of its Russian-built nuclear power plant while saying the content, date and venue of new talks with the big powers on its atomic programme have yet to be agreed. "Today, the plant is going through the sensitive phase of loading fuel in the core ... We hope that the electricity produced by the Bushehr nuclear plant will be connected to the national grid in three months' time," state television reported atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. "Bushe ... read more |
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 Argentina to join small group of uranium-enriching countries 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. ... more | .. |
  S.Africa looks at shift away from coal South Africa opened public hearings on a 125-billion-dollar energy plan on Tuesday, to shift from dependency on coal while avoiding major price rises and a repeat of paralysing blackouts in 2008. ... more | .. |
 Tapping natural gas could unleash uranium Plans to tap one of the largest sources of natural gas in the United States could release naturally trapped uranium into the environment, researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Saudi cabinet gives nod to nuclear pact with Russia The Saudi government on Monday approved plans to establish a pact with Russia on peaceful nuclear cooperation, a government spokesman said. ... more | .. |
 Venezuela submits to no one, says Chavez in Libya Visiting President Hugo Chavez said Saturday Venezuela would not submit to any outside supervision after warnings from the United States over Caracas's decision to build its first nuclear power plant. ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Oct 24, 2010Indian 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. Japan and India launched talks in June on signing an atomic civilian cooperation agreement that will allow Tokyo to export nuclear power generation technology to energy-hungry India. But Japan, which was hit by Worl ... more
Vilnius (AFP) Oct 21, 2010European 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. "The Lithuanian president thinks there is no demand for some kind of joint regional nuclear plant," presidential spokesman Linas Balsys told AFP. Hard-line Belarus President Alexand ... more 
Damascus (AFP) Oct 21, 2010Venezuelan 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. "President Obama has started a war by spreading doubt with his words. He asked that we do not use the plant to produce nuclear arms," Chavez said at a joint news conference in Damascus with Syrian President Bas ... more |
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Cracks but no leak at Bulgarian nuclear reactor: ministrySofia (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 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. 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 nuclear regulator's website said. "The control systems have not detected leakage out of the primary circuit d ... read more |
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