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November 27, 2016

Swiss reject speedy nuclear phaseout
Geneva (AFP) Nov 27, 2016
Switzerland's ageing nuclear reactors will keep running for the foreseeable future, after voters Sunday rejected a call to speed up the phaseout of the plants. A full 54.2 percent of voters and an overwhelming majority of Switzerland's 26 cantons voted against an initiative which would have forced three of the country's five nuclear reactors to close next year, according to final results. Just a few months after Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant was destroyed in the March 2011 tsunami disaster, Sw ... read more

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Sweden to scrap taxes on solar energy in 2017 Sweden is set to ditch taxes on its production of solar energy in 2017 in a bid to run entirely on renewable energy by 2040, the government said on Monday. ... more		Strong 6.9 quake hits Japan, triggering Fukushima tsunami A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday triggering a one-metre (3.3-foot) tsunami wave that crashed into the coast at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. ... more		Consortium plans global shift toward net negative carbon economy Six satellites launched for ICEYE as constellation expansion gains momentum WHO says all Covid-19 origin theories still open, after inconclusive study		French power company EDF underestimating costs: study France's power giant EDF has "drastically" under-budgeted the cost of dismantling its old reactors and investing in new projects such as a contested British nuclear plant, a Greenpeace-commissioned study said Thursday. ... more
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Japan, India sign controversial civil nuclear deal Japan and India signed a controversial civil nuclear deal on Friday that will allow Japanese companies to export atomic technology to the Asian giant as the two countries deepen economic and security ties. ... more		N. Korea urges shift from US, Seoul says it has Trump's support North Korea on Thursday warned the incoming Donald Trump administration will have to acknowledge it as a nuclear state, as the South said the maverick billionaire had pledged to protect it. ... more		Russia, China Plan Documents to Build 2 New Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Reactors Russia and China plan an operational preparation of documents on the construction of two new reactors in China's largest nuclear power plant, Russia's Rosatom said Tuesday. "The heads of gover ... more		French, Finns divided over nuclear dispute ruling Finnish utility TVO claimed partial victory Thursday in a bitter dispute with France's Areva over a troubled nuclear reactor in International Chamber of Commerce arbitration, but the French side dismissed the ruling as "technical". ... more

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