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January 25, 2013

Construction of Bangladesh N-plant from October
Dhaka (AFP) Jan 23, 2013
Bangladesh will start building its first nuclear power plant by October this year after signing a loan deal with Russia to fund the construction, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced Wednesday. The Rooppur nuclear power plant in the country's northwest will have two reactors with each producing 1,000 megawatts and it will be built with the help of Russian state-owned nuclear giant Rosatom, Hasina said. The plant is seen as a necessary but risky move by the power-starved country to diversify it ... read more

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				Record high radiation level found in fish: TEPCO A fish contaminated with radiation levels more than 2,500 times the legal limit has been caught near Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, its operator said Friday. ... more		Egypt announces uranium discoveries Egypt's Nuclear Materials Authority says the discovery of huge amounts of uranium ore could help improve the country's flagging economy. ... more

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				Westinghouse Achieves Milestones For World's First Ap1000 Nuclear Power Plants Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the successful on-time installations of AP1000 full-scope plant reference simulators at China's Sanmen and Haiyang Nuclear Power Plants. The company ... more		Regulator wants more info before clearing Belgian reactors The Belgian nuclear regulator said Tuesday it wanted more information before it could make a final decision on whether to restart two reactors, shut down last year after cracks were found in them. ... more

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