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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 5, 2012 South Korea was forced to shut down two nuclear reactors Monday to replace components that had not been properly vetted, a minister said, warning of "unprecedented" power shortages to follow. Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-Woo said the "non-core" components posed no safety threat and were unrelated to a string of systems malfunctions at reactors this year that triggered calls for a safety review. The two affected units at the Yeonggwang nuclear complex may remain offline until early January ... read more |
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  Nuclear power or shale gas? Poland may have to choose soon Poland has set it sights on building its first nuclear power station and developing shale gas, but experts believe it may soon have to choose one or the other as investing in both could prove too costly. ... more | |
 Nuclear industry funded Japan's safety experts: report Four out of the six members of a government team drafting new safety standards for nuclear reactors have received thousands of dollars in grants from the nuclear industry, a report said late Saturday. ... more | |
 German nuclear exit delivers economic, environmental benefits Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, the German government took the nation's eight oldest reactors offline immediately and passed legislation that will clos ... 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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  Russian drug cops find plutonium during bust A Russian anti-drug unit has stumbled across radioactive soil samples from the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster as well as some dangerous traces of plutonium, officials said Thursday. ... more | |
 U.S. nuclear energy safety questioned The United States is headed toward a major nuclear disaster - one that could mirror what happened last year in Japan - unless the government more closely monitors aging power plants, safety advocates and activists said. ... more | |
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 US nuclear plant exits 'alert' after storm waters recede A US nuclear plant exited "alert" status Wednesday after the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy receded, ending the flood threat at New Jersey's Oyster Creek plant, though it remained offline. ... more | |
 Hurricane forces three US reactors shut Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems. ... more | |
 Chile thinking again of nuclear power use Chile is thinking again of meeting its future energy needs with nuclear power, after more than a year of hesitation and delays caused by the March 2011 Fukushima atomic reactor disaster in Japan. ... more | |
 Slovenian nuclear plant resumes output after preventive shut down Slovenia's only nuclear power plant resumed energy production on Tuesday after a preventive shut down as the Sava river - which is used to cool down the plant - was clogged up by leaves and rubbish. ... more |
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 China's Guangdong mulls investing in Romanian nuclear plant China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Group has shown interest in building two new reactors at Romania's sole nuclear power plant, deputy economy minister Rodin Traicu said Tuesday. ... more | |
 Alert as Sandy drenches US nuclear plant A nuclear power plant in New Jersey declared an alert Monday from mega-storm Sandy as water passed a minimum level but no safety concerns were reported, the US nuclear regulator said. ... more | |
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 Japan's Hitachi to buy British nuclear firm Horizon Japan's Hitachi said Tuesday it would buy British atomic power venture Horizon to expand its nuclear business overseas, as Japanese remain wary about atomic power after the Fukushima disaster. ... more | |
 Russia to spend over 100 billion RUB on nuclear weapons Russia's expenditures on nuclear weapons in 2013-2015 will amount to 101,15 billion rubles, Head of the Defence Committee of the Lower House of the Russian parliament Vladimir Komoedov said. Accordi ... more | |
Japan's Hitachi to buy Horizon for $628 mln: reports Japanese engineering giant Hitachi is set to buy Horizon, a joint venture planning to build nuclear reactors in Britain, in a deal valued at 50 billion yen ($628 million), reports said Saturday. ... more | |
IAEA team tours India nuclear plant after radiation leak A team from the UN's nuclear watchdog began a safety inspection Monday at a power plant in northern India where dozens of workers were exposed to radiation in separate leaks earlier this year. ... more |
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