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China to resume nuclear power constructionBeijing (UPI) Oct 25, 2012 China has lifted a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear projects, imposed 19 months ago after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster. That decision was included among several measures passed during a meeting of China's Cabinet Wednesday presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao. Under the new plan China would have 40 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity - three times the current level - by 2015, says a statement released after a the Cabinet meeting. Just prior to the March 2011 Fu ... read more |
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 Poland still committed to nuclear, shale gas development: PM Poland is firmly committed to developing both nuclear energy and shale gas exploration, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Westinghouse SELECTS McAfee SIEM and IPS as core security components to address THREATS TO control systems Westinghouse Electric Company and McAfee has announced that the two companies have entered into a worldwide agreement in which Westinghouse will provide McAfee Enterprise Security Manager and Networ ... more | .. |
 Bulgaria to hold referendum on new nuclear power plant Bulgaria will hold a referendum on the construction of a second nuclear power plant, parliament decided on Wednesday, eight months after the government scrapped a deal with a Russian firm to build one. ... 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 phase-out possible for Japan? A former chief of the International Energy Agency said he was doubtful that Japan could follow through on its plan to phase out nuclear power by 2040. ... more | .. |
  Poland must choose between nuclear and shale gas future: utility exec Poland must choose between developing its first nuclear energy plant or pushing ahead with a programme to tap potential shale gas reserves, the head of Polish state-owned utility PGE said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Bulgaria nuclear reactor back online Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant was fully operational again Wednesday after technical problems at one of its two reactors were resolved, the operator said. ... more | .. |
  Japan's radiation monitoring unreliable: Greenpeace Government radiation monitoring in areas near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is unreliable, Greenpeace charged on Tuesday, with heavily populated areas exposed to 13 times the legal limit. ... more |
  
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 AREVA to equip all Pressurized Water Reactors with Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners AREVA will equip all of the Japanese Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) fleet with more than a hundred of its Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners (PARs). PARs are state-of-the-art passive safety de ... more | .. |
 Jordan ends uranium deal with France nuclear giant Jordan said on Tuesday it had terminated a uranium mining licence for a joint venture between Areva and a local firm, but the French nuclear giant insisted the agreement was only covering exploration. ... more | .. |
 Westinghouse Announces Master Research Agreement With University Of Missouri Westinghouse Electric Company is pleased to announce the signing of a multiyear master research and collaboration agreement with the University of Missouri-Columbia and Missouri University of Scienc ... more | .. |
 International consortium to bid for Magnox-RSRL Parent Body Organisations Three of the world's leading nuclear companies, CH2M HILL, AREVA and Serco, joined forces in a newly-formed consortium - CAS Restoration Partnership - and announced their intent to participate in th ... more |
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 Queensland to restart uranium mining The Australian state of Queensland has lifted a decades-old ban on uranium mining. ... more | .. |
Bulgaria shuts nuclear reactor after generator problem Bulgaria shut down one of two reactors at its only nuclear power plant on Tuesday after a generator control problem, the operator said, adding that there was no radiation leak. ... more | .. |
 Australia's Queensland lifts uranium mining ban Australia's mineral-rich Queensland state reversed a decades-long ban on uranium mining Monday, citing rekindled interest in the nuclear fuel after Canberra gave the go-ahead to exports to India. ... more | .. |
 AREVA awarded new contract to supply LEU fuel elements to Research Reactor MARIA At the occasion of the RERTR 2012 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy in Warsaw on October 14 to 17, AREVA CERCA, a 10 ... more |
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 Tiny travelers from deep space could assist in healing Fukushima's nuclear scar Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, which ... more | .. |
  New radiation treatment significantly increases survival rate A novel drug that mimics a naturally occurring molecule found in coffee and blueberries has been developed to treat radiation exposure. Charles R. Yates, Pharm.D., Ph.D., and colleagues Duane Miller ... more | .. |
 Fukushima panel chief hopes for change in Japan The head of a hard-hitting panel that blamed cultural factors for the Fukushima nuclear disaster voiced hope Tuesday that the tragedy would help open up Japan's system of government. ... more | .. |
 Australia, India take first steps on nuclear deal Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday agreed to open negotiations to export uranium nuclear fuel to energy-hungry India after meeting her counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. ... more |
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 UNH scientists provide window on space radiation hazards Astrophysicists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC) have created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near-Earth, lunar, ... more | .. |
 Australia to export uranium to India? Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said exports of uranium to India will figure prominently during her state visit to India this week. ... more | .. |
French broadcaster apologises to Japan over Fukushima gag The head of France 2 television apologised on Tuesday to Japan after a presenter's gag showed the Japanese national football team's goalkeeper with four arms and linking that to the "Fukushima effect". ... more | .. |
  Grass attacks 'unchecked nuclear power' Israel Nobel prize-winning German author Gunter Grass on Sunday launched another broadside at Israel, saying it was "an unchecked nuclear power" and an "occupying force." ... more |
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Lithuanian voters reject atomic power plan Lithuanian voters on Sunday rejected plans to build a new plant to replace the Baltic state's lone nuclear power station, a Soviet-era facility shut down under the terms of its EU entry, though the result does not bind the government to act. ... more | .. |
  Germany raises electricity charge to finance renewables Germany's electrical grid operators said Monday they were raising by nearly 50 percent the charge to consumers that finances subsidies for renewable energy as the country phases out nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 Tepco admits Fukushima mistakes Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, admitted that it had avoided taking some safety measures prior to the March 2011 nuclear accident, a new report reveals. ... more | .. |
 Lithuanian poll leaders pledge nuclear rethink Lithuania's centre-left opposition has promised a sweeping review of the country's energy policy if it wins Sunday's election, held in tandem with a referendum on building a nuclear plant. ... more |
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 Testing Mars and Moon soil for sheltering astronauts from radiation Humans venturing beyond Earth orbit deeper into space face increased exposure to cosmic radiation, so ESA has teamed with Germany's GSI particle accelerator to test potential shielding for astronaut ... more | .. |
UAE may join Turkey nuclear power plant project: minister The United Arab Emirates could join a project to build Turkey's second nuclear power plant if South Korea is involved, Turkish energy minister said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
Nuclear hide-and-seek: Activists undiscovered at Swedish plant Two Greenpeace activists who broke into a Swedish nuclear plant managed to remain undetected for 38 hours before leaving the site voluntarily, the environmental group said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Swedish minister summons officials after nuke arrests Sweden's environment minister is to meet with the country's nuclear energy regulator and power plant operators on Wednesday after activists on Tuesday were able to break into two nuclear plants. ... more |
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