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Japan's TEPCO to drop nuclear exports: reportTokyo (AFP) June 28, 2012 Tokyo Electric Power Co. is to abandon plans to export its nuclear power plant expertise as it struggles to cope with the Fukushima disaster, news reports said Thursday. The turnaround by one of the world's largest utilities would be a blow to Japan's once-proud policy of promoting its nuclear technology, the Mainichi Shimbun daily said. Tokyo Electric, known as TEPCO, will withdraw from a scheme to supply and run two nuclear reactors at a plant in Vietnam, the paper said. The project is bei ... read more |
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 Noisy TEPCO shareholders OK Japan state bailout A boisterous shareholders' meeting on Wednesday rubber stamped the effective nationalisation of TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
 Czech nuclear plant upgrade complete The Dukovany nuclear plant in the southern Czech Republic has increased its total power output to 2,000 megawatts following an extensive upgrade, a plant spokesman said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Slovakia to raise the ante on nuclear shutdown: PM Slovakia's prime minister said Tuesday he wants more than twice as much EU cash to fully decommission two Soviet-era nuclear reactors that were closed after the country joined the European Union. ... 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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Central Africa gunmen attack French uranium plant: army Rebels attacked and looted a plant operated by French nuclear giant Areva near a uranium mine in the southeast of the Central African Republic, army and French diplomatic sources said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Temelin bidder Areva inks memoranda with Czech partners French state-run energy company Areva signed outline arrangements on Friday with 11 Czech companies on potential cooperation in the construction of two nuclear units in the country. ... more | .. |
 Japan unveils 10% energy-saving target Japan on Friday said its industrial heartland must cut electricity use by 10 percent this summer as the country grapples with a power shortage in the aftermath of last year's Fukushima atomic crisis. ... more | .. |
 Where to put nuclear waste? Researchers in Finland have found that acceptance of the site of a spent nuclear fuel repository can depend on gender and economic background. Writing in the International Journal of Environmental T ... more |
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 Japan protest over nuclear restart About 20,000 people gathered in front of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's residence in Tokyo late Friday to protest his decision to restart two nuclear reactors. ... more | .. |
Lithuania seals approval of Hitachi nuclear plant deal Lithuania's parliament on Thursday approved a deal with Japan's Hitachi on the construction of a new nuclear plant aimed at reducing the Baltic state's energy dependence on Russia. ... more | .. |
 NRC Petitioned to Stop 35 Reactors Until Court Ruling Satisfied The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must not make final licensing decisions until it has completed a rulemaking action on the environmental impacts of highly radioactive nuclear waste in the for ... more | .. |
Sweden raises security over explosives at nuclear plant Sweden has tightened security at its three nuclear power plants after routine checks revealed an explosive device planted on a truck inside its southern Ringhals plant, police said Thursday. ... more |
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 Abandoning Fukushima was never an option: TEPCO The embattled operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday denied it had ever considered abandoning the crippled power station, blaming poor communication with Japan's government for the claim. ... more | .. |
  Japan sorry for not using US radiation map A Japanese minister apologised Tuesday for the nation's failure to make use of a United States-made map showing how radiation was spreading from crippled reactors in the days after the Fukushima crisis. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM orders first nuclear restart Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two reactors at the Oi nuclear complex in Fukui Prefecture in western Japan. ... more | .. |
 Lithuania opens probe into nuclear plant bribery claim Lithuania opened a probe Tuesday after US justice authorities said a US company had paid bribes to officials employed at a nuclear power plant in the Baltic state before it shut down in 2009 under EU rules. ... more |
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Venus' Cloud Aerosols Contain Reservoirs of Water and Iron
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 Experts discuss better nuclear disaster communication A three-day conference hosted by the UN atomic agency started in Vienna on Monday aimed at improving public communication in a nuclear accident, more than a year since Japan's devastating Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
 EU closes probe into Areva, Siemens civil nuclear deal European competition regulators announced on Monday that they have closed a year-long probe into a deal between French and German nuclear giants Areva and Siemens. ... more | .. |
 RWE pulls plug on international nuclear power business German power giant RWE, already hard hit by the government's decision to phase out nuclear power, said on Monday it is similarly abandoning its ambitions in the sector outside Germany. ... more | .. |
 Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart Japan started work to put nuclear reactors back online Saturday, despite public distrust of the technology after last year's meltdowns at Fukushima, the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl. ... more |
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Japan PM orders nuclear restart amid protests Japan ordered nuclear reactors back online Saturday, defying public sentiment against atomic power following last year's meltdowns at Fukushima sparked by a huge quake-tsunami disaster. ... more | .. |
 Japan's Hitachi says atomic power sales to double Japan's Hitachi said Thursday it would more than double its nuclear power business within a decade owing to growing overseas demand and post-disaster work at the crippled Fukushima atomic plant. ... more | .. |
 US, India see progress with nuclear deal The United States and India sought Wednesday to dispel doubts over their relationship as a US company signed a deal on nuclear power, long a source of disappointment between the countries. ... more | .. |
Japan PM set to order nuclear restart at weekend Japan's prime minister is set to defy fierce public sentiment this weekend and order nuclear reactors back online for the first time since Fukushima, as he seeks to head off a summer energy crunch. ... more |
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  Japanese restrict atomic exposure testing Japan's Fukushima prefecture has asked Hirosaki University to stop testing people for radiation exposure levels following last year's nuclear plant disaster. ... more | .. |
German utilities want 15 bn euros for nuclear exit: report German power suppliers are suing the government for 15 billion euros ($19 billion) in damages over the decision to abandon nuclear power, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
'Good progress' in global nuclear safety: IAEA The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday "good progress" was being made in enhancing global nuclear safety, almost a year after implementing an action plan in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
US, India see progress with nuclear deal The United States and India sought Wednesday to dispel doubts over their relationship as a US company signed a deal on nuclear power, a key point of disappointment between the countries. ... more |
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 New circuits work in high radiation levels U.S. researchers say microscopic mechanical devices that withstand intense radiation and heat can be used in robots dealing with damaged nuclear power plants. ... more | .. |
  Experts call for strong regulation and peer review of military and civilian nuclear programs All nuclear energy and weapons programs should be independently regulated and subject to rigorous peer review, according to three experts on nuclear policy. Their comments and recommendations are pu ... more | .. |
 Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation Japan's atomic energy authority and the country's space agency Tuesday announced a joint project to develop a drone to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year's nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 20,000 tonnes of uranium found in Jordan: joint venture A joint venture between Jordan Energy Resources Incorporated and French nuclear giant Areva said on Tuesday it has discovered more than 20,000 tonnes of uranium in the Middle East kingdom. ... more |
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