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February 13, 2014

Starpower: Boost in quest for nuclear fusion
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2014
Scientists on Wednesday announced an important advance in the long quest to harness nuclear fusion, a field that has sparked dreams of clean and limitless energy. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and other stars, entails forging the nuclei of atoms to release energy, as opposed to splitting them, which is fission - the principle behind the atomic bomb and nuclear power. Decades of work in fusion have run up against a giant hurdle - the energy yield from the reaction has been dwarfed by ... read more

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New Czech PM won't back price supports for nuke expansion Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says he won't back price supports for an expansion of the Temelin nuclear power plant, casting doubt on the plans. ... more		Abe hails election of pro-nuclear Tokyo governor Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday welcomed the election of a conservative governor of Tokyo in a result analysts say will help boost Abe's economic reform agenda and reinforce his drive to restart Japan's nuclear reactors. ... more		Tokyo election win a victory for nuclear power? The victory of Yoichi Masuzoe in Tokyo's gubernatorial election Sunday could be a boost for Japan's return to nuclear power, though the anti-nuclear camp still urges against it. ... more
				Govt-backed pro-nuclear candidate wins Tokyo governor vote The establishment candidate backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe romped home in Sunday's election for governor of Tokyo in a result which analysts said would boost the premier's pro-nuclear agenda. ... more		India needs nuclear power, for now -- minister India needs to rely on nuclear power until it can further develop renewable energy, a government official said. ... more

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Hungary approves controversial nuclear project with Russia Hungarian lawmakers approved Thursday a controversial Russian-financed extension of the country's only nuclear power plant, despite concerns in Hungary and Brussels over transparency and fair competition. ... more		France admits Niger has 'legitimate' demands in uranium talks France on Wednesday admitted that former colony Niger's demands for more revenues from uranium mining are "legitimate", as the two countries pursue tough negotiations. ... more		Typhoon Ragasa hits south China after killing 15 in Taiwan Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires Climate change causing havoc with global water cycle: UN		Westinghouse Eyes Poland's Plan To Build Nuclear Power Plants Westinghouse Electric Company welcomes yesterday's decision by the Polish government to adopt its new program for nuclear power, which will pave the way for the construction of the country's first n ... more
				Fire erupts at US nuclear waste plant Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to contain a blaze at a US nuclear waste plant in New Mexico, while underground staff were evacuated and some taken to hospital, officials said. ... more		Highly Efficient Broadband Terahertz Radiation from Metamaterials Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have demonstrated broadband terahertz (THz) wave generation using metamaterials. The discovery may help develop noninvasive imaging and ... more

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Fukushima operator books $7.54 bn profit on bailout, rate hike Tepco, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Friday it booked a whopping $7.54 billion April-December profit owing to an electricity rate hike and its massive government bailout. ... more		UK plant gets all-clear after radioactivity levels rise Britain's Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant was given the all-clear on Friday after "elevated" levels of radioactivity were detected. ... more		NASA says on track to send astronauts around the Moon in 202 NASA launches mission to study space weather NASA's ESCAPADE craft returns to Florida for fall mission to Mars		Niger, Areva tussle over future of uranium mining Niger's government and French nuclear giant Areva are engaged in tough talks on the future of uranium mining in the west African country, whose leaders want more money from the resource to help pay for development. ... more
				Seoul gives green light to two nuclear reactors The South Korean government has granted final approval to build two new nuclear reactors at the Shin Kori Nuclear Power Plant in Ulsan, about 255 miles southeast of Seoul. ... more		Tokyo governor race kicks off with focus on nuclear power The race to become the next governor of Tokyo kicked off Thursday in an election widely seen as a referendum on Japan's energy policy, almost three years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima. ... more

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Britain wind farm proposal scaled back in face of opposition

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	Japan researchers use cosmic rays to see nuclear fuel Japanese researchers said Thursday they had succeeded in using cosmic rays to find nuclear fuel inside a reactor, a technology that might be helpful in the complicated decommissioning at Fukushima. ... more		Westinghouse To Build Three AP1000 Nuclear Reactors In UK With Nugen Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that Toshiba Corporation has agreed in principle to buy a 60 percent share in the NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) Moorside project in West Cumbria, U.K., and ... more		Bolivia's Morales eyes nuclear power Bolivia's President Evo Morales said Wednesday he wanted to produce nuclear energy, even though his country is South America's poorest. ... more		Germany eyes swift cuts in renewable energy subsidies Germany's new energy minister has outlined cuts in subsidies to producers of renewable energy as the country wrestles with soaring costs from its nuclear power exit, according to a document obtained by AFP Sunday. ... more

Japan's Tepco to restart nuclear reactors?		Commentary: Talibanized Pakistan?		Iran invites Gulf states to tour nuclear power plant		Japan approves TEPCO business plan to switch on reactors		India and South Korea to cooperate on nuclear power?
Tokyo governor race wide open as ex-PM Koizumi steps in		Japan's Toshiba to buy 60% stake in British nuclear firm		Hungary awards $14-billion nuclear project to Russia		IAEA to support Vietnam's nuclear projects		S. Korea president eying nuclear business on India trip

UN nuclear experts to visit Iran on Saturday: report

TEPCO to siphon off radioactive water from tunnels under Fukushima plant

Microalgae and aquatic plants can help to decrease radiopollution in the Fukushima area

Fukushima operator paid way over odds on procurement

Japan scientists to create controlled nuclear meltdown

Greenland and Denmark to agree on uranium in 2014: Danish PM

Czech environment minister cancels nuke waste repository site survey

Westinghouse Announces Setting of AP1000 Plant Shield Building Conical Roofs

China loans Pakistan $6.5 bn for nuclear plants

Renewables Provides All New US Electrical Generating Capacity In November

Fukushima operator readies new restructuring plan

Saudi royal firm to file complaint against France's EDF

Romania says Enel, ArcelorMittal exit nuclear project

Westinghouse Expands European Nuclear Center To Meet Growing Demand

Solvay and AREVA team up to develop new thorium applications

Over 1,000 protest in Niger against French nuclear firm Areva

Finland's Fennovoima inks reactor deal with Russia's Rosatom

Japan to boost financial support for Fukushima operator

Fukushima's last two reactors to be decommissioned

Brussels opens probe into UK state aid for new nuclear plant

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