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February 21, 2011
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Unrest delay Egypt's nuclear power plant tender
Cairo (AFP) Feb 19, 2011
The instability in Egypt has delayed the tender for the country's first nuclear power plant, a state-owned newspaper reported on Saturday. "It has been decided to postpone the international tender for the construction ... of the first nuclear power plant in Al-Dabaa until the stabilisation of the situation in the country," Al-Ahram said. The tender process, due in January, has been delayed to "guarantee the greatest number of companies" from different countries take part to ensure "real competit ... read more

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EDF repairs reactors amid anomalies
Electricite de France, the world's largest operator of nuclear power plants, is replacing backup diesel generators at eight nuclear reactor sites across France after anomalies were detected. ... more
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Russia to help Belarus build nuclear power plant
Russia said Thursday that it will extend Belarus a loan that will help the former Soviet republic build its first nuclear power plant since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. ... more
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Alstom to relocate nuclear part production: union
French engineering giant Alstom is planning to relocate from France to Mexico production of a part used for nuclear power plants, a union source told AFP Thursday. ... more
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Screwdriver blamed for nuclear plant shutdown
Operators of a South Korean nuclear power plant said Thursday that a stray screwdriver was most likely to blame after a reactor had to be shut down for three days. ... more
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Water Jet Cuts Access Point In Nuclear Waste Storage Tank To Help Manhattan Project Cleanup
Water jet contractor AK Services made history recently by cutting the largest-ever access hole in an active U.S. Department of Energy radioactive waste storage tank at the DOE's Hanford Site in sout ... more
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NUKEWARS

US lawmakers proposes tougher Iran sanctions
A group of US lawmakers Wednesday unveiled legislation to toughen sanctions on Iran for its nuclear energy program, calling for international companies traded on US exchanges to reveal investments in the Islamic Republic. ... more
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Hundreds detained in nuclear shipment protest
German police Wednesday said they detained hundreds of anti-nuclear protestors who tried to block the departure of a cross-country shipment of nuclear waste. ... more
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Vattenfall may not restart German reactor
Swedish utility Vattenfall might not restart its error-prone reactor in Brunsbuettel, near Hamburg, because modernizing it might prove too costly, Vattenfall Chief Executive Officer Oystein Loseth said. ... more
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IAEA hosts nuclear energy workshop
The International Atomic Energy Agency is this week hosting a meeting for countries considering developing their own nuclear power programmes as a way of helping mitigate the impact of climate change. ... more
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Russia may quit Bulgaria nuclear plant: report
Russia is considering pulling out of a project to build a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bulgaria due to persistent delays, Russian daily Kommersant reported Tuesday. ... more
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Europe launches trillion-euro energy revamp
European leaders launched Friday a trillion-euro bid to slash dependency on Middle East oil and Russian gas, clearing the way to place nuclear power at the centre of 21st century needs. ... more
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TRADE WARS

As ties warm, US mounts India business push
US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke heads next week to India on a mission to turn warming political ties into business - especially, he hopes, in the lucrative area of fighter jets. ... more
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Sweden kicks off large-scale nuclear accident exercise
Swedish authorities on Wednesday kicked off the country's largest-ever crisis management exercise on what to do in the event of an accident at one of its nuclear plants. ... more
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Animals at nuclear sites trapped, tested
Scientists testing for radiation at a South Carolina site where materials were refined for U.S. nuclear weapons say they're looking at the area's animals. ... more
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Toshiba returns to black for December quarter
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. ... more
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Iran nuclear plant will be 'ready in April'
Iran's first nuclear power plant will be ready to generate electricity on April 9, atomic energy chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Friday, in signs of yet another delay. ... more
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Cheap solar energy set to displace n-power
New research has established that sophisticated new solar energy production methods make it far and away the cheapest and least hazardous energy source, certainly cheaper and safer than nuclear power. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

China to boost nuclear power
China is likely to boost its 2020 target nuclear power capacity by 5 percent - 86 gigawatts - representing an annual investment of at least $10.6 billion, officials said. ... more
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CYBER WARS

Russia calls for NATO probe into Iran cyber strike
Russia called on NATO on Wednesday to launch an investigation into the computer worm that targeted a Russian-built Iranian nuclear power plant, saying the incident could have triggered a new Chernobyl. ... 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
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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
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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
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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
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ENERGY TECH

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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