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Sandia chemists find new material to remove radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuelAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Jan 27, 2012 Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste. The Sandia researchers have used metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to capture and remove volatile radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel. "This is one of the first attempts to use a MOF for iodine capture," said chemist Tina Nenoff of Sandia's Surface and Interface Sciences Department. The discovery could be applied to nuclear fuel reprocessing or to clean u ... read more |
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 Areva order book increases despite Fukushima disaster French nuclear energy giant Areva said Thursday its order book increased by 3.1 percent last year to 45.6 billion euros ($59.8 billion) despite Fukushima nuclear disaster hitting sales. ... more | .. |
 Mexico activists slam planned mine near nuclear plant Mexican environmental activists on Wednesday slammed the alleged threat from a Canadian gold mining project that would lie only two miles (three kilometers) from a nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
US changes tack on nuclear deals: newspaper The Barack Obama administration has shifted policy on planned international nuclear cooperation agreements by withdrawing a demand that Jordan and Vietnam give up their rights to produce nuclear fuel, a newspaper reported Tuesday. ... 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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  Ban Ki-moon warns UN disrarmament conference may sink UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that the UN Conference on Disarmament could fail because of a three-year stalemate over Pakistan's reluctance to discuss nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 Japan seeks Fukushima UN nuclear agency presence Japan is asking the UN's nuclear agency to set up a permanent office in Fukushima to monitor its efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO 'to be nationalised' for at least 10 years: report The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant will be effectively nationalised for at least 10 years under a plan to provide it with money to fund compensation payouts, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Egypt probes reports of stolen radioactive material Experts are investigating reports that a safe containing radioactive material was stolen from a site where Egypt plans to build its first nuclear power plant, government newspapers said on Friday. ... more |
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  TEPCO uses camera to survey Fukushima reactor The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said Thursday they had passed an industrial camera into one of the wrecked reactors, in their first attempt to directly check the interior. ... more | .. |
 Sweden must improve nuclear plant safety: report Sweden should take steps to increase security against attacks at its nuclear plants including introducing armed guards, a government-sponsored report published Thursday said. ... more | .. |
Romania to sell 10% stake in two energy firms Romania on Wednesday approved the sale of 10 percent of its stakes in two national power firms, one of them specialising in nuclear energy. ... more | .. |
 Japan reactor lifespan up to 60 years: government Nuclear reactors in Japan could still be operating up to 60 years after they were built, the government said Wednesday as it unveiled plans to boost their maximum lifespan by 50 percent. ... more |
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 Japan probes radioactive apartment block Japan's government was Monday investigating how an apartment had been built with radioactive concrete in the latest scare from the country's ongoing nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
  Energy-hungry Japan in $34 bln Australia gas deal Japanese energy firm Inpex and French giant Total on Friday announced a huge $34 billion gas project in Australia, as Tokyo looks for alternatives to nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
 Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan About 2,000 demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama on Saturday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster that sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. ... more | .. |
Quake hits eastern Japan; nuclear plant stable A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Japan on Thursday near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, but did not cause any further problems at the power station, officials said. ... more |
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 Rio Tinto completes takeover of uranium miner Hathor Global miner Rio Tinto on Thursday completed its acquisition of Canadian uranium junior Hathor Exploration as the company bets on the sector recovering from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 The nuclear, biological and climate threat - 2011 reviewed In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, ... more | .. |
Namibia green lights Chinese uranium buy-in Namibia's competition commission said Wednesday it had cleared a Chinese nuclear company to take over an Australian mining firm with rights to the world's fourth-largest uranium deposit. ... more | .. |
Nuclear power a key issue for Taiwan polls The fate of Taiwan's controversial $9.3 billion nuclear power plant will be a key issue in the country's upcoming presidential elections. ... more |
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 New material for thermonuclear fusion reactors Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Oxford University (United Kingdom) and the University of Michigan (USA) have joined efforts to develop new materials for thermonuclear fusion r ... more | .. |
 Australia ranked first, N.Korea last on nuclear safety Australia has the tightest security controls among nations with nuclear material while North Korea poses the world's greatest risks, a new index by experts said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  German jobs boom in renewable energy questioned Optimistic predictions that Germany's decision to turn its back on nuclear energy will lead to the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the renewable energy sector have met with scepticism. ... more | .. |
 Iran must prove nuclear drive peaceful: UN chief UN leader Ban Ki-moon called Friday for "peaceful" efforts to ease tensions between Iran and Western nations but stressed that Iran must prove its nuclear program is not aimed at producing weapons. ... more |
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 Bulgarian nuclear plant gets clean bill of health: regulator Bulgaria's nuclear safety regulator gave a clean bill of health to the country's sole nuclear power plant at Kozloduy Thursday, following post-Fukushima stress tests commissioned by the EU. ... more | .. |
Japan's nuclear safety panel received donations: report Almost a third of commissioners and examiners at Japan's nuclear safety commission received donations from the country's nuclear power industry, the Asahi Shimbun reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear watchdog urges French plants to boost safety A French watchdog on Tuesday called for the country's nuclear plants to beef up safety following the Fukushima disaster under a programme it estimated would cost tens of billions of euros (dollars). ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace files complaint against French nuclear group Greenpeace on Tuesday said it had filed a criminal complaint against French nuclear giant Areva which it suspects of having spied on the environmental group. ... more |
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 Iran tests first domestically made nuclear fuel rod Iran said on Sunday that its scientists have "tested the first nuclear fuel rod produced from uranium ore deposits inside the country," the website of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation said. ... more | .. |
 New Year despair for Japan's nuclear refugees As most of Japan prepares to ring in the New Year at the end of a traumatic 2011, refugees from the country's nuclear crisis relocated far from home say they have nothing to celebrate. ... more | .. |
 Finnish nuclear plants get clean bill of health Finland's nuclear safety regulator Friday gave the country's four nuclear reactors a clean bill of health after stress tests commissioned by the European Council. ... more | .. |
 Spanish village celebrates nuclear waste depot Residents of a small Spanish village celebrated news Friday that their district will host a nuclear waste depot, a source of jobs in tough economic times. ... more |
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