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December 12, 2012

Custom robots could do Fukushima cleanup
Tokyo (UPI) Dec 11, 2012
Japanese company Mitsubishi has unveiled a radiation-resistant robot it says can help clean up the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. It joins other companies, including Hitachi and Toshiba, that have introduced their own radiation-resistant remote-controlled robots. While robots are already at work inside the nuclear plant damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, none of them is specifically designed to work in a highly radioactive environment, experts said. Jeremy Pitt ... read more

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Japan may scrap nuclear plant over seismic fault Geologists said Monday a Japanese nuclear plant may be sited over an active seismic fault, indicating that it will probably be scrapped. ... more		The ATMEA1 reactor introduced to the Brazilian market ATMEA, the 50/50 Joint Venture between AREVA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), held yesterday its first regional ATMEA Day in Rio de Janeiro to present the ATMEA1 reactor design and the company ... more		Swedish nuclear reactor stopped over safety concerns A nuclear reactor in Sweden was stopped on Thursday after the country's nuclear industry watchdog said the operator had failed to comply with its safety requirements, safety officials said. ... more
				No nuclear problems reported after Japan quake: IAEA Nuclear power plants close to the epicentre of a powerful undersea earthquake and tsunami off Japan have reported no problems and no emergency measures were activated, the UN atomic agency said Friday. ... more		PM says France committed to problem-plagued nuclear reactor Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that the French government remains committed to finishing a new-generation nuclear reactor despite further cost overruns. ... more

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Outside View: Japan's energy conundrum When it comes to choices in Japanese politics, quantity has certainly given over to quality. After all, as voters face a barrage of campaign rhetoric from 12 political parties as they go to the polls Dec. 16, none of the parties have come up with a credible solution to the country's energy dilemma following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. ... more		Bulgarian president hints at revival of Russian nuclear project Bulgaria's president said Wednesday that his party might support reviving a major joint nuclear power project with Russia abandoned earlier this year even if a January referendum fails as expected to attract enough voters to be valid. ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		Who will win the Temelin NPP bid? US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began her European tour with visiting the Czech Republic. The main aim of her talks in Prague is lobbying the bid of the Japanese-US Westinghouse company for th ... more
				Japan leaders near Fukushima as poll campaign starts Japan's election campaign kicked off Tuesday with party leaders making pitches near the disaster-struck Fukushima plant, setting the tone for a poll set to be dominated by nuclear power and the sluggish economy. ... more		Italian power giant pulls out of French nuclear deal Italian power giant Enel on Tuesday said it was pulling out of a deal with France's EDF to build nuclear reactors at six plants and added that it would receive 613 million euros ($802 million) in reimbursements. ... more

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EDF raises cost of problem plagued nuclear plant French energy group EDF raised Wednesday the total cost of its long-delayed new-generation nuclear reactor at Flamanville in western France by 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) to 8.5 billion. ... more		Clinton backs Westinghouse bid for Czech nuke deal US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday backed a bid by US energy giant Westinghouse to build two new units at the Czech Temelin nuclear plant worth at least $10 billion (7.67 billion euros). ... more		Collision of equal sized bodies may explain Mercurys unique composition Gravitino emerges as contender in dark matter search Molecular 'fossils' offer microscopic clues to the origins of life - but they take care to interpret		Japan anti-nuclear groups join forces ahead of poll Anti-nuclear parties banded into a new political group on Wednesday, as Japan's fragmented electoral landscape shifts ahead of next month's national poll. ... more
				AREVA to continue International OECD Research Program for nuclear plant safety The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has extended the international research program conducted at AREVA's technical center in Erlangen ... more		Chernobyl shelter construction reaches key landmark Work to build a permanent shelter to secure the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine reached a key milestone on Tuesday when workers raised the arched section that will cover the destroyed unit. ... more

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	France begins 'energy transition' debate Nuclear power-dependent France this week will launch a six-month national debate on the government's proposals for an "energy transition" toward renewables. ... more		Troubled Iranian reactor in focus at UN nuclear agency Iran is set to be in focus at a UN atomic agency board meeting starting Thursday, not only because of ongoing suspicions of a covert weapons drive but also over safety concerns over its only operating nuclear power plant. ... more		Nuclear power key issue in Japan elections A new political party, expected to become the unifying force of an anti-nuclear energy coalition, has been formed in Japan ahead of next month's elections for the lower house of Parliament. ... more		Japan's ruling party promises to phase out nuclear power Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised Tuesday to rid Japan of nuclear energy in coming decades as he set out his party's platform before next month's general election. ... more

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Czechs delay nuclear plant deal over Areva complaint

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S. Korea to choose spent nuclear fuel storage sites

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