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Olympic Dam mining expansion approvedAdelaide, Australia (UPI) Nov 29, 2011 Legislation has passed in South Australia paving the way for mining giant BHP Billiton's proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam project, which is expected to be the world's largest open-cut operation. Located north of Adelaide, Olympic Dam is the world's fourth-largest copper and gold deposit and the largest known uranium deposit. The $30 billion expansion project, for an open-pit copper, uranium and gold mine, has the potential to boost production from about 180,000 tons a year to 750,00 ... read more |
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 Hundreds hurt during German nuclear train demos: police More than 100 police officers and over 300 demonstrators were injured in Germany during days of clashes over a shipment of radioactive waste from France, according to figures provided Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  US Could Achieve Over $80 Billion In Lower Energy Costs By Focusing On Safer, Renewable Energy It is a myth that switching to safe, renewable energy would mean an unreliable U.S. power supply that also is too expensive to afford. That is the major conclusion of a new Synapse Energy Economics ... more | .. |
 Sarkozy backs nuke industry amid protests French President Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated his support for his country's nuclear energy industry despite a wave of protests and political opposition. ... 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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 Nuclear waste gets to final destination in Germany A shipment of radioactive waste arrived at its final destination in Germany Monday after a five-day odyssey from France marred by sometimes violent clashes between police and demonstrators. ... more | .. |
 Southeast Asia to pursue nuclear power? A number of Southeast Asian nations haven't ruled out nuclear power despite safety concerns after natural disasters in Japan led to a meltdown at a nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
  Japan nuclear plant director sick: company The director of Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is stepping down because of illness, the plant's operator said Monday, without revealing whether his condition was radiation-related. ... more | .. |
German police clash with thousands blocking nuclear train German police battled thousands of anti-nuclear protestors Sunday, many chained to railroad tracks, who have caused delays as they try to block a train carrying radioactive waste. ... more |
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 Nuclear waste train reaches German rail terminus A rail convoy taking radioactive waste from a French reprocessing centre to storage in northern Germany, completed the rail stage of its journey Monday, after days of fierce protests. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO to sell $2.4 bn KDDI stake for nuclear payout Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) will sell its entire stake in telecom operator KDDI worth about $2.4 billion to help pay compensation for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the utility said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Poland plans its first atomic power plant on Baltic Poland's first nuclear power plant, due to come on line by 2020, is set to be located near the Baltic Sea, Polish energy group PGE said on Friday. ... more | .. |
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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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 Areva to slash at least 2,700 jobs: sources France's nuclear giant Areva will cut at least 2,700 jobs and slash planned investments by 40 percent to generate at least 500 million euros in savings per year by 2013, sources told AFP Monday. ... more | .. |
 India eyes Australia uranium assets - report Energy-hungry India will consider acquiring Australian uranium mining assets if a controversial ban on exports to the nuclear power is lifted, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Radioactive road poses headache for Seoul district A district council in South Korea's capital is grappling with a weighty waste management problem - finding somewhere to dump a radioactive road. ... more |
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Arabs push nuke energy despite Fukushima Most Arab states have shrugged off the political and environmental fallout from the March 11 Fukushima disaster in Japan and are pushing ahead with nuclear energy programs. ... more | .. |
Nuclear giant Areva to slash 1,300 jobs in Germany: report France's nuclear giant Areva will cut 1,300 jobs in Germany and close down two of its sites after Berlin's decision to abandon nuclear energy, news weekly Der Spiegel reported on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Japan bans Fukushima rice for radiation Japan on Thursday announced its first ban on rice produced near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant after samples showed radioactive contamination well above legal limits. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima radiation 'mostly fell in sea': study Most of the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant dropped into the ocean and began circling the planet, Japanese researchers said Thursday. ... more |
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 Hungary likely source of elevated radioactivity levels: IAEA Elevated levels of the radioactive element iodine-131 that were detected in several nations have been identified as likely originating at a Hungarian research institute, nuclear authorities said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 IEA outlines Japan's low nuclear scenario Assuming Japan doesn't build any new nuclear reactors by 2035, it could face rising economic costs and risks to its energy security, the International Energy Agency says. ... more | .. |
'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 | .. |
 Chernobyl veterans on hunger strike over benefit cuts Ukrainian veterans of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster clean-up demonstrated around the country on Wednesday against cuts to their benefits, the latest in a string of protests. ... more |
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France opposition in first push to reduce nuclear power France's long-held support for nuclear energy emerged as a key issue in next year's elections Wednesday as the opposition Socialists and Greens agreed to joint efforts to reduce reliance on atomic power. ... more | .. |
 Radioactive iodine: Now France detects traces in atmosphere France's nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said it had detected traces of radioactive iodine in the air last week after similarly low contamination was reported by the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Austria. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic agency praises Fukushima clean-up The UN atomic agency praised Japan's clean-up efforts eight months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster but said there was still room for improvement. ... more | .. |
 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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