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Russia lacks personnel to dismantle nuclear sitesTomsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 Russia is experiencing an acute shortage of personnel to ensure the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities, state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom officials and experts warned on Friday. Russia is to decommission and dismantle 42 nuclear facilities by 2015 and 188 by 2020, Rosatom department head Yevgeny Komarov said, adding that 10 facilities were decommissioned last year. No college or university in Russia currently trains such specialists, he said, proposing that special tra ... read more |
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 EON to sue Germany over nuclear tax Germany's largest energy company EON said Tuesday it would sue the government over plans to maintain a tax on spent fuel rods despite the intention to do away with nuclear plants by 2022. ... more | .. |
 Bulgarian nuclear reactor back on line after repairs Bulgaria switched one of the reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant back into the electricity grid on Tuesday after more than a month of repair and refuelling work. ... more | .. |
 Poland not swayed by Germany's 2022 no nuke plan Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power by 2022 will not influence neighbour Poland's decision to open its first nuclear power plant in 2020, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said Tuesday in Warsaw. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Areva and Rhodia in nuclear, rare earths deal French nuclear group Areva and chemicals counterpart Rhodia announced Tuesday an agreement to develop deposits containing a mix of uranium and rare earth elements. ... more | .. |
 German nuclear shutdown sets global example: Merkel Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision Monday to phase out nuclear power by 2022 but France, Europe's biggest producer, said it will not follow suit. ... more | .. |
 German nuclear opt-out threatens blackouts, say critics Germany's decision to end nuclear power by 2022 gives it 10 years to find alternative sources of energy, but only six months to avoid a winter blackout, say critics of the government move. ... more | .. |
 Slovenia, Slovakia rule out nuclear plant closures Slovenia and Slovakia said Monday they had no plans to close their nuclear power plants following Germany's decision, insisting they were highly dependent on them for energy. ... more |
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 Despite German U-turn, nuclear here to stay in Europe Fears over nuclear safety after radiation leaks at a Japanese plant triggered by an earthquake and tsunami have pushed Germany and Switzerland to call time on atomic energy, but nuclear's days are far from over in Europe. ... more | .. |
 Germany announces end to nuclear power by 2022 Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialised power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be wrapped up by 2022. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic experts begin Malaysia rare earths visit A team of UN atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia on Sunday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests. ... more | .. |
  Japanese unhappy with atomic crisis response: poll Almost three quarters of Japanese voters are unhappy with the centre-left government's handling of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a newspaper poll indicated on Monday. ... more |
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  Japan detects high radiation levels off coast: report Japan has revealed radiation up to several hundred times normal levels has been detected on the seabed off the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 EU, Japan join forces to improve nuclear safety Europe and Japan agreed Saturday to join forces in efforts to promote tighter international standards for nuclear safety in the wake of the atomic crisis in Japan. ... more | .. |
 Fire at Japanese nuclear plant A fire broke out on Friday at a nuclear power station near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, its operator said. ... more | .. |
 Expert discovers simple method of dealing with harmful radioactive iodine Iodine radioisotopes are produced by fission of uranium fuel in a nuclear reactor. Radioactive iodine is of concern because it is highly mobile in the environment and selective uptake by the thyroid ... more |
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German state ministers want 7 nuclear plants axed now The environment ministers from all 16 German regional states unanimously called on Friday for a temporary order to close seven nuclear power plants to be made permanent. ... more | .. |
Greenpeace accuses Tepco of nuke 'deceit' Japanese nuclear reactor operator Tepco mishandled the Fukushima nuclear crisis and tried to cover up the extent of the accident, Greenpeace Germany claims. ... more | .. |
 IAEA mission visits two other nuclear plants in Japan A team of foreign experts have visited two other nuclear plants in Japan before they go on to inspect the Fukushima plant at the centre of the current emergency, the UN atomic watchdog said Friday. ... more | .. |
  EU suspends travel ban on Iranian foreign minister The European Union has suspended a travel ban against Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, a former head of Tehran's nuclear energy agency, an EU spokeswoman said on Thursday. ... more |
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 Greenpeace warns of radioactive sea life off Japan Environmental group Greenpeace warned Thursday that marine life it tested more than 20 kilometres (12 miles) off Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant showed radiation far above legal limits. ... more | .. |
Radiation fears surround France's old uranium mines It looks like any other another leafy woodland path in Brittany, but campaigners say ramblers on this particular trail may face levels of radiation at least 10 times higher than normal. ... more | .. |
G8 'fully confident' Japan will recover from nuke disaster G8 leaders meeting in France are to express complete confidence that their partner Japan will make a full recovery from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, according to a draft statement Thursday. ... more | .. |
 S.Africa to push ahead with nuclear plans Energy-hungry South Africa said Thursday it would not abandon plans to scale up nuclear power despite the meltdown in March at the Fukushima plant in Japan. ... more |
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 Russia hopes for nuclear safety rules progress at G8 Russia said Thursday it was likely to win agreement from its G8 partners for its proposals for new legally-binding nuclear safety rules after Japan's Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
IAEA begins probe into Japan nuclear emergency A team of foreign inspectors due to visit Japan's stricken Fukushima plant began questioning officials Wednesday as part of a fact-finding mission on the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. ... more | .. |
 EU firms push nuclear despite Fukushima European utilities are betting on nuclear power despite Japan's Fukushima crisis, which has resulted in a popularity setback for the energy source and tighter safety rules. ... more | .. |
 Switzerland opposes building further nuclear power plants The Swiss government on Wednesday recommended to parliament that the country's five nuclear power plants should not be replaced as they age, leaving them to be phased out by 2034. ... more |
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EU to test nuclear plants' safety after hard bargaining The European Union's energy chief said Wednesday he was satisfied with a deal to conduct EU-wide safety checks on nuclear plants even though tests on terror attacks were left for another day. ... more | .. |
Japan retired nuclear workers ready for duty A group of retired Japanese nuclear and civil engineers are hoping to report back for duty for one last mission - to stabilise the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
 Stored nuclear fuel seen as U.S. risk The threat of released radioactive materials from a spent fuel pool at Japan's Fukushima plant is dwarfed by the risk posed by similar U.S. pools, a study says. ... more | .. |
Japan's TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday said it believed fuel had partially melted inside three reactors, as long suspected by experts. ... more |
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