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Bulgaria may be open to private nuclear plant project: PMSofia (AFP) Sept 27, 2012 Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Thursday that Bulgaria could support a private proposal to revive dropped national plans for a new nuclear plant on the Danube. Speaking a day after the US-led group Global Power Consortium said it was interested in reviving the 2,000-megawatt Belene plant, Borisov said he was potentially open to such proposals. "Why reject them if they are serious?" Borisov said. Bulgaria in March announced plans to drop the project over financial constraints. It had signed ... read more |
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 Alert stops nuclear reactor in Sweden A nuclear reactor in Sweden stopped automatically on Wednesday after an alert went off, but the cause had yet to be determined, its operator OKG said. ... more | .. |
 New international partnership tailor-made for UK nuclear industry AREVA, a global leader in nuclear energy and Atkins, one of the world's leading engineering and design consultancies, have formed a joint venture to compete for projects in the UK nuclear fuel manag ... more | .. |
India to press forward with nuclear power India is determined to increase its share of nuclear power, a government official said. ... 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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 Fishermen protest against Indian nuclear plant Indian fishermen and anti-nuclear activists on Saturday mounted a sea protest against an atomic power plant following violent demonstrations earlier this month, police said. ... more | .. |
 23 nuclear power plants are in tsunami risk areas The tsunami in Japan in March 2011 unleashed a series of negligence related with the resulting nuclear disaster. A scientific study headed by Spanish researchers has for the first time identified th ... more | .. |
 Japan will go nuclear free, PM insists Japan will go nuclear free, the prime minister insisted Friday, rebutting criticism that his government was floundering and unable to come up with a coherent position on the issue. ... more | .. |
 Emirates, Saudis drive for nuclear power The United Arab Emirates, one of the top oil exporters, is leading the race to develop nuclear power in the Arab world and has awarded contracts worth $2 billion to provide, convert and enrich uranium. ... more |
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 Quebec shutters sole nuclear plant as Ontario eyes more Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced Thursday that the province's only nuclear power plant would be closed, as activists went to court to try to prevent new reactors from being built in neighboring Ontario. ... more | .. |
Japanese power firm to suffer record loss Japan's Kansai Electric Power said Thursday that it would incur a record net loss of 125 billion yen ($1.6 billion) for a year half period due to the impact of the nation's nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
  Solving bubble troubles: new surface can prevent liquid explosions or even frost Explosions caused by boiling liquid could be reduced by suppressing the liquid from bubbling, according to a new University of Melbourne study. The research, which is the first of its kind, has iden ... more | .. |
Japan gets new nuclear watchdog Japan on Wednesday launched a new independent nuclear regulatory body in response to claims that cosy relationships and an overly powerful industry were responsible for the disaster at Fukushima. ... more |
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 Japan to retreat from nuclear power Japan says it aims to have zero nuclear power by 2030. ... more | .. |
 Up and Running: Just Hours After Launch, RBSP Takes First Science Steps Washington DC (SPX) Sep 14, 2012 While the RBSP teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station celebrated a job well done following the 4:05 a.m. EDT launch of the Radiat ... more | .. |
 Nuclear Proliferation Risks Of Laser Enrichment Require Fuller NRC Review The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is putting U.S. nuclear non-proliferation policy at risk if it decides not to require a formal nuclear proliferation assessment as part of the licensing ... more | .. |
 Nuclear energy: who's advancing and who's retreating After Germany and Switzerland, Japan on Friday became the third country to call time on nuclear energy, a decision motivated by last year's earthquake-induced Fukushima disaster. ... more |
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Japan says to phase out nuclear energy by 2040 Japan on Friday said it planned to phase out nuclear power over three decades in an apparent bow to public pressure after last year's Fukushima disaster, the worst atomic accident in a generation. ... more | .. |
Germany ready to help Japan on nuclear exit Germany stands ready to help Japan with the "demanding" goal of phasing out nuclear energy by drawing on its own nuclear exit progress, a government spokesman said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Canada wants Indian nuclear reactor sales Canada is seeking to enter India's lucrative nuclear energy market. ... more | .. |
 Thorium as uranium replacement studied The benefits of thorium as an alternative nuclear fuel representing a safer and more abundant alternative to uranium are "overstated," a British report says. ... more |
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 Signs of cracks found at second Belgian nuclear plant There are signs of cracks in a reactor vessel at a second nuclear plant in Belgium, with the problems similar to those identified at another site, power generator Electrabel said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan works on nuclear waste disposal The Science Council of Japan has expressed concerns about the country's nuclear waste disposal policies. ... more | .. |
India court rejects plea to block nuclear plant India's Supreme Court denied a request on Thursday to suspend the loading of uranium fuel rods at a contested nuclear plant in southern India, as local residents again gathered to protest. ... more | .. |
Japan to have new nuclear watchdog Japan plans to install a new nuclear regulatory commission. ... more |
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Japan to abandon nuclear power by 2030s: report Japan will abandon nuclear power within the next three decades under new government policy on the post-Fukushima energy mix, a newspaper said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Indian nuclear power protest turns deadly An Indian government official blamed foreign organizations, whom he said are seeking to hamper India's nuclear ambitions, for the anti-nuclear power protests in southern India that resulted in the death of one person. ... more | .. |
Jordan king says Israel disrupted nuclear plans King Abdullah II on Wednesday accused Israel of disrupting Jordan's nuclear energy plans and warned of sectarian violence spilling across the border from Syria, in a wide-ranging interview with AFP. ... more | .. |
  Haunting 'Land of Hope' part shot on location in Fukushima Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono pulled audiences this week into a family's suffering in the wake of a nuclear meltdown, showing haunting real scenes of Fukushima in his fictional drama "The Land of Hope." ... more |
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Russia claims 1.0 bn euros over Bulgaria nuclear deal Russia has raised to one billion euros ($1.3 billion) its compensation claim against Bulgaria over Sofia's decision to drop a deal for a Russian firm to build a new nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
 France says it will close oldest nuclear plant by 2017 French Ecology and Energy Minister Delphine Batho said Friday the government was still committed to closing the country's oldest operational nuclear plant by 2017. ... more | .. |
Weekly Japan anti-nuclear rally going strong Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators returned to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's executive mansion in central Tokyo Friday for a weekly rally. ... more | .. |
 Westinghouse Awarded Contract to Provide Feasibility Study for Hybrid Reactor Unit at Kozloduy NPP Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has received a contract from the Kozloduy NPP - New Build PLC of Bulgaria to perform a feasibility study on a potential seventh unit at the Kozlod ... more |
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