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Berkeley scientists pioneer nanoscale nuclear materials testing capabilityBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2011 Nuclear power is a major component of our nation's long-term clean-energy future, but the technology has come under increased scrutiny in the wake of Japan's recent Fukushima disaster. Indeed, many nations have called for checks and "stress tests" to ensure nuclear plants are operating safely. In the United States, about 20 percent of our electricity and almost 70 percent of the electricity from emission-free sources, including renewable technologies and hydroelectric power plants, is supplied by ... read more |
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 Bulgaria gets 73.8-mln-euro aid for shut nuclear units Bulgaria signed grant agreements on Tuesday to receive 73.8 million euros ($105.3 million) for energy projects as compensation for shutting down four units at its Kozloduy nuclear plant ahead of joining the EU in 2007. ... more | .. |
Sarkozy bucks Europe's anti-nuke trend French President Nicolas Sarkozy's move to buck Europe's anti-nuclear trend and double down on atomic power comes at a key political juncture, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  Panel urges Japan PM to end nuclear crisis A panel set up to advise on recovery after Japan's quake-tsunami Saturday said solving the ongoing nuclear crisis was the top priority, backing temporary tax hikes to pay for reconstruction. ... 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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  Sarkozy touts investments as election race heats up French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised massive investments in education, research and nuclear power Monday, touting his economic record as a top rival entered the 2012 presidential race. ... more | .. |
 China needs improved administrative system for nuclear power safety The People's Republic of China should improve its system for ensuring the safety of its rapidly expanding nuclear power program, experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say. Despite havin ... more | .. |
 Japan begins nuclear charm offensive Japan began a campaign Sunday to convince communities hosting nuclear reactors to let operations resume, with several local governments blocking nuclear power generation after the atomic crisis in Fukushima. ... more | .. |
Philippines launches nuclear tourism In a fresh but ambiguous take on ecotourism, travellers in the Philippines can visit a remote turtle sanctuary and then venture into the heart of a nearby nuclear power plant. ... more |
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 TEPCO suspends water recycling due to leak A leak Monday forced Japan's TEPCO to halt the pumping in of decontaminated runoff water being used to cool reactors at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a company spokesman said. ... more | .. |
France to invest one billion euros in nuclear power France will invest one billion euros ($1.4 billion) in future nuclear power development while boosting research into security, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday. ... more | .. |
TEPCO braced for furious shareholder meeting Already battered by the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years, Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday faces furious shareholders whose investments have evaporated after the March 11 disasters. ... more | .. |
Iran's nuclear plant ready for August launch: Russia Iran's first nuclear power plant is set to start up in early August, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday. ... more |
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  IAEA states for stricter nuclear controls, funding unclear IAEA members are in favour of strengthening checks on nuclear power plants, but how this should be financed was still up in the air, the UN atomic watchdog's chief said here Friday. ... more | .. |
India to press ahead on nuclear power India's commerce minister called Thursday for more cooperation with the United States on nuclear energy and brushed aside talk of scrapping ambitious plans in the wake of Japan's Fukushima crisis. ... more | .. |
 Japan cleaning radioactive water, says PM aide Despite technical glitches, Japan is confident it can decontaminate vast amounts of radioactive water at its stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo's point man on the accident said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Russia finds nuclear safety faults after Fukushima Russia's nuclear power plants are dangerously under-prepared for earthquakes and other disasters, said a state review conducted after Japan's Fukushima accident and obtained Thursday by AFP. ... more |
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 Westinghouse presents bid for Lithuania nuclear plant US group Westinghouse presented its bid Thursday to build a nuclear power station in Lithuania to replace a Soviet-era plant, closed in 2009. ... more | .. |
 Technical problem shuts French nuclear reactor for hours A technical problem forced the closure of a reactor at the Gravelines nuclear plant in northern France for several hours, a spokesman for the French energy group EDF said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO books more than $1.5 bn in additional losses Japan's TEPCO said Wednesday it had booked an extra $1.1 billion loss to compensate victims of the Fukushima crisis, and would set aside another $473 million to bring the crippled plant under control. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima raises questions about new Finnish reactor More than 5,000 hard-hat workers swarm over a sprawling nuclear facility in western Finland to build OL3 - touted as the safest nuclear reactor in the world - a claim which has come under scrutiny following Japan's nuclear disaster. ... more |
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 OECD chief says nuclear energy still important Nuclear power is still a viable source of global energy despite the crisis in Japan, the OECD chief said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Westinghouse To Deliver Nuclear Fuel To Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Energy Facility Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it will begin shipping nuclear fuel to the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Watts Bar site for use in the Unit 2 reactor. TVA recently receiv ... more | .. |
TEPCO to open second Fukushima reactor building Tokyo Electric Power Co. Sunday said it would open a second reactor building at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to send repair crews inside for the first time since it was crippled. ... more | .. |
Japan suspends waste water nuclear operation Tokyo Electric Power Co. Saturday halted an operation to clean highly contaminated waste water at a crippled Japanese nuclear plant due to higher-than-expected radiation levels. ... more |
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Moody's cuts Japan's TEPCO to junk status Ratings agency Moody's on Monday downgraded TEPCO, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, to below investment grade, warning the rating was on review for further possible action. ... more | .. |
 No 'business as usual' as IAEA meets on nuclear safety The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog warned Monday that confidence in atomic energy had been deeply shaken by the Fukushima disaster as a conference began to debate lessons to be drawn from the crisis in Japan. ... more | .. |
Most Japanese wish to scrap reactors More than four out of five Japanese want to see Tokyo abandon nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima atomic crisis, a survey said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Iran nuclear plant link-up to grid in August: report Iran's first nuclear power plant, built by Russia, is to be connected to the national grid in early August, the Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Reza Sajjadi, said in media reports on Sunday. ... more |
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Japan starts cleaning nuclear runoff water Emergency crews at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant Friday started decontaminating more than 100,000 tonnes of highly radioactive water from three months of reactor cooling operations. ... more | .. |
Indonesia leader in Japan sceptical of nuclear power Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on a visit to disaster-hit Japan Friday voiced reservations about plans to build a nuclear power plant in his country, media reports said. ... more | .. |
S.Korea's oldest reactor must close: Greenpeace Greenpeace urged South Korea Friday to shut down its oldest nuclear reactor, expressing concern about its safety and drawing a parallel with a disaster-stricken reactor in Japan. ... more | .. |
 US Nuclear Industry Was In Serious Trouble Before Fukushima and Now Is Stalled Even as Germany, Japan, Switzerland and other nations move to abandon existing and planned nuclear reactors, the United States is on a path to see at best only a small handful of already planned, go ... more |
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