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Toshiba to buy Engie's stake in NuGen for $139 mn![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) April 4, 2017 Japan's troubled conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it would buy the 40 percent stake held by French group Engie in their British nuclear joint venture NuGen for about 15.3 billion yen ($138.6 million). The deal - prompted by the bankruptcy of Toshiba's US subsidiary Westinghouse - was at Engie's request, said the Japanese group, which currently holds the remaining 60 percent of the venture. NuGen plans to build three reactors at the Moorside site in Cumbria in northwest England. The AP-100 ... read more |
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![]() San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 In a perfect world, people would diligently reapply suncreen every couple of hours to protect their delicate skin from damaging solar radiation. But in reality, few people actually adhere to reappli ... more ![]() ![]() Chiba, Japan (AFP) March 30, 2017 Angry investors lambasted Toshiba executives at a shareholder meeting Thursday after it warned annual losses could balloon to more than $9.0 billion but they agreed to the sale of its memory chip business, the jewel in the Japanese giant's crown. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017 Westinghouse's bankruptcy announcement Wednesday cast a pall over the future of nuclear energy in the United States and comes as the Trump administration seeks to revive the coal industry. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) March 28, 2017 A Japanese appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a pair of nuclear reactors halted by a lower court order can be restarted, in a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policy. ... more |
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![]() Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017 Toshiba's loss-hit US nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, the companies said Wednesday, as the troubled division wrestles with huge losses and accounting fraud claims. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) March 17, 2017 A Japanese court on Friday ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ordered it and the plant operator to pay damages, officials and news reports said. ... more ![]() ![]() Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Extraordinary decontamination efforts are underway in areas affected by the 2011 nuclear accidents in Japan. The creation of total radioactivity maps is essential for thorough cleanup, but the most ... more ![]() ![]() Santiago (AFP) March 18, 2017 Douglas Tompkins's widow vividly remembers the suspicions the late billionaire raised when he started buying up land in Patagonia, the natural paradise at the bottom of South America. ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Two leading organisations within the UK's nuclear industry, the Energy Industries Council (EIC) and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), have signed a Memorandum of Und ... more ![]() ![]() Sussex, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 The hidden toll that subsidies for electricity, fossil fuels, and transport have on social welfare, economic growth and technological innovation needs to be exposed through better research says a ne ... more |
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![]() ![]() Germany's E.ON next to turn face to low-carbon future ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017 Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, hit by massive losses and accounting fraud allegations at its US nuclear unit. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 German energy company RWE said it's "back on track" after retooling its footing in the market and riding on the success of its renewable energy arm. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 Researchers looking into the effects of deep space travel on the human body may have just discovered something that could jeopardize humankind's chances of a successfully colonizing Mars. With work ... more ![]() ![]() Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Manchester scientists have revealed how arsenic molecules might be used to 'fish out' the most toxic elements from radioactive nuclear waste - a breakthrough that could make the decommissioning indu ... more |
![]() San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol ![]() ![]() Gripen fighter completes test flights using 100 percent biofuel ![]() ![]() Shell unveils giant new high-tech research lab in India |
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![]() Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Report shines light on installed costs and deployment barriers for residential solar PV ![]() ![]() Concept, SolarTech team up next-gen solar panels ![]() ![]() Next generation perovskite solar cells with new world-record performance |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Canada sees emerging role for wind energy ![]() ![]() Mega-wind farm offshore Denmark clears hurdle ![]() ![]() Japan scientist eyes energy burst from 'typhoon turbine' |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() US states begin legal action on Trump energy delay ![]() ![]() Program to be axed saves energy in LA buildings ![]() ![]() Energy demand metrics indicate strong U.S. economy |
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![]() Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Clarifying how lithium ions ferry around in rechargeable batteries ![]() ![]() Building a market for renewable thermal technologies ![]() ![]() New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries |
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![]() London (AFP) April 9, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Shanghai river clean-up leaves boat-dwellers in limbo ![]() ![]() Bangladesh closes one of world's most polluted places ![]() ![]() London to impose new charges to cut 'lethal' pollution |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Conflict-surge in oil prices fades on rig, labor figures ![]() ![]() Norway issues new drilling permits for North and Barents Seas ![]() ![]() North American rig count increased in March |
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![]() Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Chile desert combed for clues to life on Mars ![]() ![]() New MAVEN findings reveal how Mars' atmosphere was lost to space ![]() ![]() Potential Mars Airplane Resumes Flight |
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![]() Los Angeles (AFP) April 7, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() US coal company CEO urges Trump to stay in Paris climate deal ![]() ![]() How ENSO and Atlantic ADO impact East Asian winter monsoon ![]() ![]() Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change |
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![]() Hong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Researchers 'iron out' graphene's wrinkles ![]() ![]() Built from the bottom up, nanoribbons pave the way to 'on-off' states for graphene ![]() ![]() Reusable carbon nanotubes could be the water filter of the future, says RIT study |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Raytheon tests new electric gun for Phalanx weapon system ![]() ![]() Boeing, Laurel Tech contracted for DDG 51 modernization ![]() ![]() U.S. Navy's USS America completes survivability test |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 9, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() US navy strike group heads toward Korean peninsula ![]() ![]() Trump to Abe: US to boost military defense against NKorea ![]() ![]() UN Security Council strongly condemns N.Korea missile test |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 7, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() UN divided over Syria gas attack probe as US launches missile strike ![]() ![]() Syria 'chemical' attack: what we know ![]() ![]() Number of foreign jihadists in Iraq and Syria unknown: US |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Saab developing Gripen fighter for Brazil ![]() ![]() CH-53K helicopters approved for low-rate production ![]() ![]() Panama's AW139 helicopters hit a flight-hour milestone |
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![]() Hammam Al-Alil, Iraq (AFP) April 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Colombia opens probe into deadly landslide ![]() ![]() Trump's visceral response prompts Syria strikes ![]() ![]() Over 6,000 flee 'terrifying' violence in S.Sudan town: UN |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US ![]() ![]() NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean Worlds ![]() ![]() NASA Robotic Refueling Mission Departs Station |
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