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November 26, 2011
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Protests confront nuclear waste train in Germany
Dannenberg, Germany (AFP) Nov 26, 2011
Thousands of German anti-nuclear protesters mobilised Friday against a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France that has already sparked violent opposition. The train with 11 wagons of reprocessed German nuclear waste crossed the Franco-German border early on Friday, stopping for more than five hours at the small German town of Neunkirchen to change engines. Protests had been peaceful, said officials. It left Neunkirchen just after 4:00 pm (1500 GMT), but ground to a halt 100 kilomet ... read more

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Poland plans its first atomic power plant on Baltic
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Protests confront nuclear waste train in Germany
Thousands of German anti-nuclear protesters mobilised Friday against a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France that has already sparked violent opposition. ... more
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Swiss nuclear shutdown to cost 16.8 billion euro
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Nuclear waste train heads to end of the line in Germany
Thousands of anti-nuclear protestors were awaiting the arrival of a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France at its destination in northern Germany Saturday. ... more
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France delays nuclear train amid German demo threats
French authorities ordered a train carrying reprocessed nuclear waste to Germany to stop near the border for 24 hours on Thursday to try to avoid more mass protests. ... more
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Nuclear waste train heads to end of the line in Germany
Thousands of anti-nuclear protestors awaited the arrival Saturday of a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France to northern Germany, where it will be stored. ... more
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EU nuclear fund plan unacceptable: Lithuania
Lithuania on Thursday slammed a funding plan from Brussels to help it decommission a Soviet-era nuclear reactor whhich was shut down in 2009 under the terms of its European Union entry four years earlier. ... more
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EU offers new funds to shut down Soviet-era reactors
The European Commission offered on Thursday an additional 500 million euros in EU aid for Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to put Soviet-era nuclear reactors out of service for good. ... more
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French nuclear train halted at German border as demos loom
French authorities on Thursday ordered a trainload of reprocessed nuclear waste to be halted en route to Germany near the border for 24 hours to try to avoid more protests. ... more
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Protests as French nuclear convoy heads for Germany
Baton-wielding French police battled anti-nuclear protesters Wednesday as the last train carrying German nuclear waste treated in France set off on its journey home. ... more
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Czech PM offers Germany public debate on nuclear plant
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Wednesday he had proposed to Germany a public debate on the controversial construction of two new units at the southern Czech nuclear Temelin power station. ... more
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Last German nuclear convoy to leave France amid protests
French police battled anti-nuclear protesters Wednesday as the last convoy of German nuclear waste to be treated here was prepared for its final journey home. ... more
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No job cuts at French state-owned firms: minister
The French state will not accept job cuts due to the economic slowdown at firms in which it has a stake , Finance Minister Francois Baroin said Tuesday after reports of lay-offs at nuclear energy giant Areva. ... more
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Sarkozy says nuclear power critics 'questioning progress'
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday repeated his call for France to keep nuclear power, accusing the political left of stalling progress by campaigning to reduce reliance on atomic energy. ... more
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Areva to slash at least 2,700 jobs: sources
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Nuclear giant Areva to slash 1,300 jobs in Germany: report
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Hungary likely source of elevated radioactivity levels: IAEA
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IEA outlines Japan's low nuclear scenario
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'Considerable damage' if France drops nuclear power: Sarkozy
President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Thursday that abandoning nuclear power would cause "considerable damage" to France after his opponents vowed to campaign to reduce the country's reliance on atomic energy. ... more
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IEA Report Advises Governments to Embrace Renewables and Nuclear
The good news is that on 8 November the International Energy Agency released its 2011 "World Energy Outlook." While it will cheer nuclear advocates, overall the report makes for grim reading. Pullin ... more
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Belgian parties strike 'deal' for nuclear stipend: reports
Six parties negotiating a budget for Belgium have agreed to pay the country's nuclear sector - essentially Electrabel - an annual stipend of 550 million euros, Belgian media reported Monday. ... more
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