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Toshiba returns to black for December quarterTokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2011 Japan's Toshiba said Monday it swung back to a net profit for the December quarter from a year ago on strong demand for its memory chips used in smartphones and tablet computers. The electronics giant, whose business spans consumer electronics and nuclear power plants, revised upward its full-year earnings forecast on the back of its strong third-quarter results. Toshiba reported a net profit of 12.4 billion yen ($151 million) in the period, reversing a net loss of 10.6 billion yen a year earlie ... read more |
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  Poland eyes EUR25 bln investments as it goes nuclear Poland hopes to attract 25.8 billion euros (35 billion dollars) in investment in a new nuclear energy sector over the next 20 years, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear cleanup plant questioned A costly U.S. environmental project, meant to deal with millions of gallons of nuclear waste, is over budget and faces technical and safety issues, critics say. ... more | .. |
 Turkey sees political strings to France nuclear plant deal Possible talks with France over the construction of a nuclear power plant in Turkey will include political considerations, Turkey's energy minister said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Areva to begin US trial of cancer-fighting isotope A subsidiary of the French nuclear giant Areva said Monday it had received US clearance to begin a clinical trial of an isotope that targets cancer cells. ... more |
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 Court halts transfer of stake in Dutch nuclear plant The Dutch Supreme Court placed an interim freeze Friday on plans to transfer a 50 percent stake in the Netherlands' sole nuclear power station, fully state-owned, to German energy company RWE. ... more | .. |
  Oil giant Saudi Arabia looks to alternative energy With vast oil reserves that are far from exhausted, Saudi Arabia, facing rising domestic energy demand that could cut into its oil exports, has decided to explore nuclear and renewable energy, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Cyber-attack did not affect Iran nuclear programme: official A cyber-attack that targeted Iranian nuclear centrifuges producing enriched uranium in November did not affect the country's nuclear programme, an Iranian official said in Moscow on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Top Iran nuke envoy blames US for cyberattack Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili blamed the United States for a cyberattack on what he insisted is a nuclear energy - not weapons - program, in an interview broadcast Monday. ... more |
  
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 Russia-US nuclear deal in force: officials A long-awaited nuclear cooperation agreement between Moscow and Washington allowing US companies to sell nuclear reactors and materials to Russia entered into force on Tuesday, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Top US lawmaker targets civil nuclear pacts A top US lawmaker condemned a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia as "potentially dangerous" Thursday and vowed to introduce legislation to require congressional approval of such pacts. ... more | .. |
Italy court opens way for nuclear power referendum Italy can hold a referendum on the planned re-introduction of nuclear power after a ban introduced by a 1987 vote following the Chernobyl disaster, the Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday. ... more | .. |
School boycott over Indian nuclear station: report Pupils from 70 schools in the Indian state of Maharashtra have boycotted classes after teachers tried to persuade them to support plans for a local nuclear power station, reports said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Medvedev ratifies nuclear energy pact with Japan The Russian president on Saturday ratified a civil nuclear energy pact with Japan that allows the transfer of Japanese technology to Russia and the sale of more Russian uranium to energy-poor Japan. President Dmitry Medvedev ratified the pact after it was passed by the lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament in December last year, the Kremlin said in a statement on its website. ... more | .. |
Japan, Iraq talk nuclear energy: minister Japan's trade minister has expressed interest in cooperating with Iraq on nuclear energy, the Iraqi interim electricity minister said on Monday after talks in Baghdad. ... more | .. |
Taiwan's new nuclear plant delayed, operator says The opening of a controversial new nuclear power plant in Taiwan that has already far exceeded its budget has been put back for months at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, its operator said Friday. ... more | .. |
Turkey in talks with France on nuclear plant: report Turkey is in preliminary talks with France for the construction of a nuclear power plant but Japan has the priority, Anatolia news agency quoted Turkey's energy minister as saying on Friday. ... more |
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 Iran Rejects Claims Of Delays Linking Bushehr Nuclear Plant To National Grid Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali- Akbar Salehi rejected claims that the launch of Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr would be delayed again and the plant's connection to national power g ... more | .. |
China announces new nuclear technology Scientists in China have developed nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that would extend the life of the country's uranium deposits from 70 to 3,000 years, Chinese state media said. ... more | .. |
 Cleaning Up Nuclear-Contaminated Sites Faster And Cheaper Members of the engineering faculty at Oregon State University have invented a new type of radiation detection and measurement device that will be particularly useful for cleanup of sites with radioa ... more | .. |
 China announces nuclear fuel breakthrough Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns, state media reported on Monday. ... more |
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 China says it can reprocess spent nuclear fuel Chinese scientists say they have developed nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end uranium supply concerns, state media said Monday, as Beijing strives for energy security. ... more | .. |
 US helps Ukraine get rid of enriched uranium The United States has helped Ukraine remove 50 kilos (111 pounds) of highly enriched uranium from three Ukrainian sites to be disposed of in Russia, US officials announced Friday. ... more | .. |
EDF's role in US nuclear market is clouded Time may be running out for French energy giant EDF to gain a stronger foothold in the US nuclear sector, after it rejected a government loan deal for a new reactor and lost its local partner. ... more | .. |
S.Korea must improve offer to win nuke deal: Turkish envoy South Korea must make an improved offer if it wants to secure a project to build a Turkish nuclear power plant, the country's ambassador to Seoul said Monday. ... more |
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 Saudi, Russia in talks to sign nuclear pact: report Moscow and Riyadh are locked in talks to sign a framework agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation, a local daily reported on Tuesday quoting the Russian ambassador to the kingdom. ... more | .. |
Areva carries out capital increase The French nuclear energy group Areva said Tuesday that its 900-million-euro (1.2-billion-dollar) capital increase had been carried out. ... more | .. |
 Leaks show poor African uranium security Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal abysmal safety and security standards in the African uranium mining industry, analysts say. ... more | .. |
Japan, Turkey sign memorandum on civil nuclear cooperation Japan and Turkey signed a memorandum on civil nuclear cooperation Friday, a step toward a possible 20-billion-dollar deal for Japanese companies to build a nuclear plant in Turkey, an official said. ... more |
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Areva capital increase approved Shareholders in the French nuclear energy group Areva have approved a 900-million-euro (1.2-billion-dollar) capital increase, the company said in a statement. ... more | .. |
 Serbia's nuclear waste shipped to Russia: IAEA The UN atomic watchdog confirmed Thursday that it coordinated the repatriation to Russia of 2.5 tonnes of nuclear waste from a reactor in Serbia that was once considered one of the world's most dangerous. ... more | .. |
  Al-Qaeda aims to 'bring down' Pakistan: Biden Al-Qaeda is trying to "bring down" nuclear-armed Pakistan, US Vice President Joe Biden warned Sunday, days after a war review tip-toed around Islamabad's role in fighting extremists. ... more | .. |
Japan, S.Korea seal civilian nuclear pact Japan and South Korea sealed a civilian nuclear pact on Monday, paving the way for the Asian neighbours to share nuclear-power technologies and equipment, Japan's foreign ministry said. ... more |
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